changing github actions in hopes to automate

.github/workflows/publish.yml

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+# Publish package on release branch if it's tagged with 'v*'
+
+name: release & publish
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  release:
+    name: Publish documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-versions: [3.11]
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-versions }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install poetry
+
+      - name: build documentation
+        run: |
+          poetry install -E dev
+          poetry run mkdocs gh-deploy
+
+      # - name: publish documentation
+      #   uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     personal_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
+      #     publish_dir: /site