diff --git a/.github/tag_and_release/release-notes.md b/.github/tag_and_release/release-notes.md
index dc67e9e..9771e28 100644
--- a/.github/tag_and_release/release-notes.md
+++ b/.github/tag_and_release/release-notes.md
@@ -1,76 +1,36 @@
-### 🎉 New feature
+> **Pre-release dry-run.** Not for production use. Continues the
+> cross-repo verification series started by v0.0.1-alpha.1 (2026-05-27)
+> against the release CD pipeline. The next planned tag is v0.0.1 GA
+> once all known release-infra gaps close.
 
-1. Newborn of something project.
-    ```shell
-    >>> something-cli --help
-    usage: something-cli [-h] [--host HOST] [--port PORT] [--log-level {debug,info,warning,error,critical}] [--reload] [--env ENV_FILE] [--token TOKEN]
-                         [--transport {sse,http-streaming}]
-    
-    Run the something I don\'t know what it is FastAPI server
-    
-    options:
-      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
-      --host HOST           Host to bind the server to
-      --port PORT           Port to bind the server to
-      --log-level {debug,info,warning,error,critical}
-                            Logging level
-      --reload              Enable auto-reload for development
-      --env ENV_FILE        Path to the .env file for environment variables
-      --token TOKEN         ClickUp API token (overrides token from .env file if provided)
-      --transport {sse,http-streaming}
-                            Transport protocol to use for MCP (sse or http-streaming)
-    ```
+### 🔧 Release-infra fixes since v0.0.1-alpha.1
 
+This bump verifies the workflow-trigger fix from AAASM-2053:
 
-### 🔨 Breaking changes
+- `.github/workflows/release.yml`, `release-validate.yml`, `type-check.yml`
+  had `<your_base_branch>` / `slack_mcp` placeholders that prevented
+  any of the workflows from firing on master pushes / PRs / tag pushes.
+  Fixed by [PR #66](https://github.com/AI-agent-assembly/python-sdk/pull/66).
+- The release-validate pipeline's docs-build cascade was failing for
+  python-sdk (which uses MkDocs, not Docusaurus). Fixed upstream in
+  [Chisanan232/GitHub-Action_Reusable_Workflows-Python#169](https://github.com/Chisanan232/GitHub-Action_Reusable_Workflows-Python/pull/169)
+  + the `artifacts.docs: skip` knob in this repo's `intent.yaml`.
 
-1. Something breaking changes ...
+### 🔍 What this release exercises (release-infra observation)
 
+The release-validate workflow's full cascade should now complete
+cleanly. PyPI publish + sibling-repo cross-CD coordination are still
+gated on the alpha-1 follow-up findings (AAASM-1253).
 
-### 🪲 Bug Fix
+### Install
 
-#### 🙋‍♂️ For production
+```bash
+pip install --pre agent-assembly==0.0.1a2
+```
 
-1. 💣 Critical bugs:
+### Refs
 
-   1. A critical issue ([PR#111])
-
-2. 🦠 Major bugs:
-
-   1. A major issue ([PR#112])
-
-3. 🐛 Mirror bugs:
-
-   1. A minor issue ([PR#113])
-
-
-#### 👨‍💻 For development
-
-1. Some document changes.
-
-
-### ♻️ Refactor
-
-1. Some refactoring.
-
-
-### 🍀 Improvement
-
-1. Improve something. ([PR#481])
-
-
-### 📑 Docs
-
-1. Some changes of documentation..
-
-
-### 🤖 Upgrade dependencies
-
-1. Upgrade the Python dependencies.
-2. Upgrade pre-commit dependencies.
-3. Upgrade the CI reusable workflows.
-
-
-### 🚮Deprecate
-
-1. Something deprecated.
+- Story `AAASM-2104` — pyproject bump
+- Story `AAASM-1234` — F118 release-trigger
+- Epic   `AAASM-1199` — Release & Distribution Pipeline
+- Sibling tag this aligns with: `agent-assembly v0.0.1-alpha.2`, `node-sdk v0.0.1-alpha.2`, `go-sdk v0.0.1-alpha.2`
diff --git a/.github/tag_and_release/release-title.md b/.github/tag_and_release/release-title.md
index 26dfe4f..ee8425e 100644
--- a/.github/tag_and_release/release-title.md
+++ b/.github/tag_and_release/release-title.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.0.0 - Sample release note title 🍻
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.0.1-alpha.2 — pre-release dry-run continuation
diff --git a/agent_assembly/__init__.py b/agent_assembly/__init__.py
index 7b1216e..a5f8e19 100644
--- a/agent_assembly/__init__.py
+++ b/agent_assembly/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
-__version__ = "0.0.1a1"
+__version__ = "0.0.1a2"
 
 # AAASM-1696: top-level exports are resolved lazily so that lightweight
 # submodules (e.g. `agent_assembly.runtime`, which is stdlib-only) can be
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1dda187..dc3228c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "agent-assembly"
-version = "0.0.1a1"
+version = "0.0.1a2"
 description = "Python SDK for AI Agent Assembly - A governance-native runtime for AI agents"
 authors = [{ name = "Agent Assembly Team", email = "team@agent-assembly.dev" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<4.0"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4e616ca..1053434 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.12, <4.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "agent-assembly"
-version = "0.0.1a1"
+version = "0.0.1a2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "grpcio" },