diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5e2001..21d2e7f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "version": "node version-bump.mjs && git add manifest.json versions.json",
     "typecheck": "tsc -noEmit -skipLibCheck",
     "release": "pnpm run build && changeset publish",
+    "ci:publish": "./scripts/tag-and-publish.sh",
     "ci:version": "changeset version && pnpm run version",
     "docs:dev": "vitepress dev docs",
     "docs:build": "vitepress build docs",
diff --git a/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh b/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..370f0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tag-and-publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get version - you'll need to pass this as an argument or set it another way
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+    version="$1"
+else
+    # Extract version from package.json more reliably
+    version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+    
+    # Fallback to grep/sed if node method fails
+    if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+        version=$(grep '"version":' package.json | head -n1 | sed -E 's/.*"version": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' | tr -d '\n\r')
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Clean the version string of any whitespace/newlines
+version=$(echo "$version" | tr -d '\n\r' | xargs)
+
+# Validate version format
+if [[ ! "$version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Invalid version format '$version'. Expected format: x.y.z"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Processing version: $version"
+
+
+# Check if tag already exists locally
+if git tag -l | grep -q "^$version$"; then
+    echo "Error: Git tag '$version' already exists locally"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if tag exists on remote
+if git ls-remote --tags origin | grep -q "refs/tags/$version$"; then
+    echo "Error: Git tag '$version' already exists on remote"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if GitHub release already exists
+if gh release view "$version" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: GitHub release '$version' already exists"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Version checks passed - proceeding with release creation"
+
+# Get Release Notes
+awk -v version="$version" '
+BEGIN { found=0; content="" }
+/^# [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ {
+    if (found) { exit }
+    if ($2 ~ "^"version"($| \\()") { found=1; next }
+}
+found { content = content $0 "\n" }
+END { printf "%s", content }
+' CHANGELOG.md > release_notes.txt
+
+# Set NOTES variable to the content of release_notes.txt
+NOTES=$(cat release_notes.txt)
+
+# Create and push tag
+git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
+git config user.email "actions@github.com"
+git tag -a "$version" -m "Release version $version"
+git push origin "$version"
+
+# Create release
+gh release create "$version" \
+--title="$version" \
+--notes="$NOTES" \
+main.js manifest.json styles.css
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