diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3ded5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CYCLOPS_MCP_VERSION=0.0.0
+CYCLOPS_MCP_TRANSPORT=
+CYCLOPS_MCP_SSE_ADDRESS=
+CYCLOPS_KUBE_CONTEXT=
+CYCLOPS_MODULE_NAMESPACE=cyclops
+CYCLOPS_HELM_RELEASE_NAMESPACE=
+CYCLOPS_MODULE_TARGET_NAMESPACE=
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98adaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+name: build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        description: Version to be used as release name and image tagging
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Test build
+        run: |
+          go build ./cmd/mcp-cyclops
+
+  build-mcp-server:
+    needs:
+      - test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          push: true
+          tags: cyclopsui/cyclops-mcp:${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+  update-install-manifest:
+    needs:
+      - build-mcp-server
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Extract branch name
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: extract_branch
+      - name: update install manifest
+        run: |
+          TAG=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          INSTALL_YAML=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/install/mcp-server.yaml
+
+          sed -i 's/cyclopsui\/cyclops-mcp\:.*/cyclopsui\/cyclops-mcp\:'$TAG'/' $INSTALL_YAML
+
+          # update file
+          git fetch origin ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
+          git checkout ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git status
+          git add $INSTALL_YAML
+          git commit -m '⚙️ update cyclops to '$TAG
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
+
+
+  release:
+    needs:
+      - update-install-manifest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Extract branch name
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: extract_branch
+      - name: Create release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}" = "main" ]; then
+            gh release create ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} \
+              --repo="https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops" \
+              --title="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
+              --generate-notes
+          else
+            gh release create ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} \
+              --repo="https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops" \
+              --title="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" \
+              --generate-notes \
+              --target ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}\
+              --prerelease
+          fi
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d02000c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM golang:1.23.8-alpine as build
+
+WORKDIR /build
+
+COPY go.mod ./
+RUN go mod download
+RUN go mod tidy
+
+COPY ./ ./
+
+RUN go build -o /build/bin ./...
+
+FROM alpine:3.20.0
+
+ARG VERSION
+ENV CYCLOPS_MCP_VERSION=$VERSION
+ENV CYCLOPS_MCP_TRANSPORT=sse
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN mkdir /app/bin
+
+COPY --from=build /build/bin/mcp-cyclops bin/mcp-cyclops
+
+CMD ["bin/mcp-cyclops"]
diff --git a/cmd/mcp-cyclops/main.go b/cmd/mcp-cyclops/main.go
index 584d480..22db010 100644
--- a/cmd/mcp-cyclops/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mcp-cyclops/main.go
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/server"
 
+	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv/autoload"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 
 	"github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl/pkg/auth"
@@ -20,8 +22,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	kubeconfigPath        string
-	kubeContext           string
+	version string
+
+	transport string
+	address   string
+
+	kubeconfigPath string
+	kubeContext    string
+
 	moduleNamespace       string
 	helmReleaseNamespace  string
 	moduleTargetNamespace string
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ func main() {
 		zap.New(),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Failed to create Kubernetes client: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to create Kubernetes client: %v", err))
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -66,14 +74,27 @@ func main() {
 	templatesController := templates.NewController(templatesRepo)
 	templatesController.RegisterTemplateStoreTools(s)
 
-	if err := server.ServeStdio(s); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Server error: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+	switch config.transport {
+	case "stdio":
+		stdioServer := server.NewStdioServer(s)
+		if err := stdioServer.Listen(context.Background(), os.Stdin, os.Stdin); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	case "sse":
+		sseServer := server.NewSSEServer(s)
+		if err := sseServer.Start(config.address); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	default:
+		panic("invalid transport type - should be stdio or sse")
 	}
 }
 
 func loadConfig() *Config {
 	config := &Config{
+		version:               getEnvOrDefault("CYCLOPS_MCP_VERSION", "0.0.0"),
+		transport:             getEnvOrDefault("CYCLOPS_MCP_TRANSPORT", "stdio"),
+		address:               getEnvOrDefault("CYCLOPS_MCP_SSE_ADDRESS", "127.0.0.1:8000"),
 		moduleNamespace:       getEnvOrDefault("CYCLOPS_MODULE_NAMESPACE", "cyclops"),
 		helmReleaseNamespace:  os.Getenv("CYCLOPS_HELM_RELEASE_NAMESPACE"),
 		moduleTargetNamespace: os.Getenv("CYCLOPS_MODULE_TARGET_NAMESPACE"),
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 96047a1..e69c284 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ module github.com/cyclops-ui/mcp-cyclops
 go 1.23.8
 
 require (
-	github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250424103816-0aa958f49c5d
+	github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250425140426-3fe1a1ecab1e
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go v0.22.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 871dd01..ad17d0c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -47,13 +47,8 @@ github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.2/go.mod h1:F6PTNCKepoxEaXLQp3wDAjygEnImnZ
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops v0.18.5/go.mod h1:6H1Dk8t18WQFYHUn1aGTTvwcrZGTdAnBh6qGcDRdtNk=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250422163445-4a15b13ad3a5 h1:WD2f+0cfEC3QXKbUYUW8K8CH673Wezw6Ho+M5RQc5XY=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250422163445-4a15b13ad3a5/go.mod h1:X9riUJ/32Bs2c3ZK2w1WXxHmZbpn/kh4YaLFICzbPuo=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250424075329-c9fd7a0fa219 h1:UrXhaTTIjM83uZJvPQ9ZjhbwI3385VoR66fZnjaQjKE=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250424075329-c9fd7a0fa219/go.mod h1:X9riUJ/32Bs2c3ZK2w1WXxHmZbpn/kh4YaLFICzbPuo=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250424103816-0aa958f49c5d h1:5P4qblnDB9W0n58v2zdpVJc7GvCQ7LO2X4yry4KX30c=
-github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250424103816-0aa958f49c5d/go.mod h1:X9riUJ/32Bs2c3ZK2w1WXxHmZbpn/kh4YaLFICzbPuo=
+github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250425140426-3fe1a1ecab1e h1:H2I/WXA7FBfz6VNFdMt3IB2YZtzPbwzmMELdkRuDuRc=
+github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops/cyclops-ctrl v0.0.0-20250425140426-3fe1a1ecab1e/go.mod h1:X9riUJ/32Bs2c3ZK2w1WXxHmZbpn/kh4YaLFICzbPuo=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4 h1:Ugdm7cg7i6ZK6x3xDF1oEu1nfkyfH53EtKeQYTC3kyg=
 github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.4/go.mod h1:aPGpWjXOXUn2NCNjFvBE6aRxGGx79pTxQpKOJNYHHl4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -181,6 +176,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOlocH6Fxy8MmwDt+yVQYULKfN0RoTN8A=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
diff --git a/install/mcp-server.yaml b/install/mcp-server.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a464d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/mcp-server.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: cyclops-mcp
+  labels:
+    app: cyclops-mcp
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: cyclops-mcp
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: cyclops-mcp
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: cyclops-mcp
+          image: cyclopsui/cyclops-mcp:0.0.1
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: 8000
+              protocol: TCP
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: cyclops-mcp
+  labels:
+    app: cyclops-mcp
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  ports:
+    - port: 8000
+      targetPort: 8000
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+  selector:
+    app: cyclops-mcp