From 9b67f6bd18f13fdd8df20c7b339965c37bc32767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen McGirr <o.a.mcgirr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:26:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: trigger publish on tag push, auto-create GitHub release
 with notes

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index d741ff6..7dec2fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 name: Publish to npm
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -38,9 +39,22 @@ jobs:
           name: dist
           path: dist/
 
-  publish:
+  release:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          generate_release_notes: true
+
+  publish:
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     steps: