diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..376b5d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[commit]
+    template = .gittemplate
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diff --git a/.gittemplate b/.gittemplate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..600c4e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gittemplate
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Type(<scope>): <subject>
+# <body>
+# <footer>
+
+# Type should be one of the following:
+# * BREAKING CHANGES (breaking change) [major release -- 1.x.x]
+# * feat (new feature) [minor release -- x.1.x]
+# * fix (bug fix) [patch release -- 0.0.x]
+# * docs (changes to documentation)
+# * style (formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no code change)
+# * refactor (refactoring production code)
+# * test (adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change)
+# * chore (updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change)
+# Scope is just the scope of the change. Something like (admin) or (teacher).
+# Subject should use clear words and say what you did.
+# The body should go into detail about changes made.
+# The footer should contain any Github (or other tool) issue references or actions.
+
+# For a full example of how to write a good commit message, check out
+# https://conventionalcommits.org/
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a35c2cc6..4cf603cb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 language: node_js
-
 node_js:
 - '8'
-
-script: npm test && npm run coveralls && ./npm_patch.sh
-
+before_install:
+- npm i -g markdown-to-html
+- wget https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v2.2.9/hub-linux-386-2.2.9.tgz
+- tar -xvzf hub-linux-386-2.2.9.tgz
+- export PATH=${PATH}:$PWD/hub-linux-386-2.2.9/bin/
+before_script:
+- cd /tmp
+- git clone -b master https://github.com/ibm-developer/changelog-generator-slack-notification.git
+- npm install changelog-generator-slack-notification
+- cd -
+script: npm test && npm run coveralls && ./npm_version_upgrade.sh
 branches:
   only:
   - development
   - master
-
 notifications:
-  email:
-    on_success: always
-    on_failure: always
   slack:
-    rooms:
-    - "$SLACK_ARF_DEVOPS"
-
+    secure: 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
 deploy:
   provider: npm
-  email: $NPM_EMAIL
-  api_key: $NPM_TOKEN
+  email: "$NPM_EMAIL"
+  api_key: "$NPM_TOKEN"
   on:
     branch: master
-
+    condition: $NPM_VER != $PKG_VER
+after_deploy:
+  - node /tmp/changelog-generator-slack-notification/index.js --html "$HTML" --name "$PKG_NAME" --api "$SLACK_WEBHOOK" --v "$PKG_VER"
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 158bbeb3..ca22efb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,4 +110,13 @@ To run integration tests
 
 }
 ```
+## Publishing Changes
+
+In order to publish changes, you will need to fork the repository or ask to join the `ibm-developer` org and branch off the development branch.
+
+Once you are finished with your changes, run `npm test` to make sure all tests pass.
+
+Do a pull request against `development`, make sure the build passes. A team member will review and merge your pull request. 
+Once merged to development to master, the version will be auto-incremented and published according to the commit. Please follow the [conventional commit specification](https://conventionalcommits.org/)
+before contributing. To help you with commit a commit template is provide. Run `config.sh` to initialize the commit template to your `.git/config`. 
 
diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..18ce9668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CMD=$(cat .git/config | grep "commit")
+if [ -z $CMD ]; then
+   echo "$(cat .git/config)\n$(cat .gitconfig)" > ./.git/config
+else
+    echo "commit file template already saved"
+fi
diff --git a/npm_version_upgrade.sh b/npm_version_upgrade.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fe732a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm_version_upgrade.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ev
+
+echo "Auto version updating script : version 0.0.1"
+echo "Checking if a new version update is required ..."
+PKG_NAME=`node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').name);"`
+PKG_VER=`node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').version);"`
+NPM_VER=`npm show $PKG_NAME version`
+echo "$PKG_NAME : version = $PKG_VER, npm version = $NPM_VER"
+HTML=$(markdown CHANGELOG.md)
+
+if [ $TRAVIS_BRANCH = "master" ]; then
+    echo "Build targetting master - checking if this is a PR or not"
+    if [[ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "false" ]]; then
+        echo "This is a build on master, performing additional steps"
+        if [ $NPM_VER == $PKG_VER ]; then
+             echo "Version numbers match, so changing version and committing changes"
+             ./prerelease.sh
+            retval=$?
+            if [[ $retval != 0 ]]; then
+                exit $retval
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
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diff --git a/prerelease.sh b/prerelease.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9613328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prerelease.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+echo "Running pre-release checks and scans"
+CURRENT_PKG_VER=`node -e "console.log(require('./package.json').version);"`
+echo "Determining current version: ${CURRENT_PKG_VER}"
+LINE="bumping version in package.json from ${CURRENT_PKG_VER} to"
+PKG_VER_NEXT=$(standard-version --dry-run | grep 'package.json from' | awk -v FS="${LINE}" -v OFS="" '{$1 = ""; print}')
+PKG_VER_NEXT="$(echo -e "${PKG_VER_NEXT}" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
+
+echo "Determining next version: ${PKG_VER_NEXT}"
+
+git config user.email "travisci@travis.com"
+git config user.name "Travis CI"
+git config push.default simple
+
+echo "Creating git branch"
+BRANCH="updateTo${PKG_VER_NEXT}"
+git checkout -b $BRANCH
+
+npm run version
+git push --follow-tags origin $BRANCH
+hub pull-request -b development -m "chore: Merging CHANGELOG and package.json changes"
+hub pull-request -b master -m "chore: Merging CHANGELOG and package.json changes"
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