diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
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+name-template: 'v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION'
+tag-template: 'v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION'
+categories:
+  - title: '🧬 Features'
+    labels:
+      - 'feature'
+      - 'cl-feature'
+  - title: '✨ Enhancements'
+    labels:
+      - 'enhancement'
+      - 'cl-enhancement'
+  - title: '🐛 Bug Fixes'
+    labels:
+      - 'fix'
+      - 'bugfix'
+      - 'bug'
+      - 'cl-bug'
+  - title: '🏎 Performance Tweaks'
+    labels:
+      - 'performance'
+      - 'cl-performance'
+  - title: '🎨 Style Tweaks'
+    labels:
+      - 'style tweak'
+      - 'cl-style-tweak'
+  - title: '⚙️ REST API Changes'
+    labels:
+      - 'api'
+  - title: '⚙️ Changes to handle external APIs'
+    labels:
+      - 'external api'
+      - 'cl-external-api'
+  - title: '🗄 Database Migration'
+    labels:
+      - 'includes db changes'
+      - 'migration'
+      - 'cl-db-migration'
+  - title: '⚠️ Deprecation'
+    labels:
+      - 'deprecation'
+      - 'cl-deprecation'
+  - title: '📘 Documentation'
+    labels:
+      - 'documentation'
+      - 'cl-documentation'
+  - title: '🖊️ Data Importer & Validator'
+    labels:
+      - 'importer'
+      - 'validator'
+  - title: '🧹 Cleanup & Refactoring 🔧'
+    labels:
+      - 'cleanup'
+      - 'refactoring'
+      - 'cl-refactoring'
+  - title: '👷‍♀️ Testing, Configuration & Deployment'
+    labels:
+      - 'devops'
+      - 'test'
+      - 'cl-test'
+      - 'cl-devops'
+  - title: '🧰 Maintenance'
+    labels:
+      - 'chore'
+      - 'dependencies'
+      - 'cl-chore'
+  - title: '✂️ Reverted due to critical bugs'
+    labels:
+      - 'revert'
+  - title: '📐 Prototype (Internal Use)'
+    labels:
+      - 'cl-prototype'
+exclude-labels:
+  - 'skip-changelog'
+  - 'cl-skip-changelog'
+change-template: '- $TITLE @$AUTHOR (#$NUMBER)'
+template: |
+  ## Changes
+  $CHANGES
+  
+  ## 🕵️‍♀️ Full commit logs
+  
+  - Cbioportal Core: https://github.com/cBioPortal/cbioportal-core/compare/$PREVIOUS_TAG...v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-management.yml b/.github/workflows/release-management.yml
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+name: Release Management
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # branches to consider in the event; optional, defaults to all
+    # branches:
+    #   - main
+
+jobs:
+  update_draft_release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
+      - uses: toolmantim/release-drafter@v5.2.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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