From cd1349009a377f8057c92cb9224efb5a99d2e051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andrew @ Conduit" <andrew@openconduit.ai>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 16:55:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: replace release-please with tag/workflow_dispatch
 trigger on publish

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml        | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 20 --------------------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/release-please.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f71422f..4147a09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 name: Publish @openconduit/core
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to publish (e.g. 1.2.1) — must match package.json'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish to GitHub Packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -31,3 +39,9 @@ jobs:
         run: npm publish
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && format('v{0}', inputs.version) || github.ref_name }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7569311..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Please
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  release-please:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
-        id: rp
-        with:
-          release-type: node
-          draft: true