diff --git a/.github/workflows/explorer-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
similarity index 65%
rename from .github/workflows/explorer-deploy.yml
rename to .github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 968866b..4878fbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/explorer-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-name: 🚀 Deploy did explorer
+name: Deploy
+
 on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - Release
+    types: [completed]
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
+
   push:
     branches:
       - main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e09a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - Tests
+    types: [completed]
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  semantic-release:
+    name: 🤖 Semantic release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-release')"
+    # if: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' && github.event_name == 'push' }}
+    outputs:
+      release: ${{ steps.tag_release.outputs.release }}
+      version: ${{ steps.tag_release.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.x
+      - name: Install semantic-release
+        run: |
+          npm i npx
+          npm i semantic-release/changelog
+      - name: Tag release
+        id: tag_release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          npx semantic-release | tee semantic-release.log
+          if [[ `git tag --points-at HEAD` == "" ]]; then
+            echo "release=False" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "release=True" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            awk '/Published release/ { printf("version=v%s\n",$8) }' semantic-release.log >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+  package-release:
+   name: 📦 release archives
+   needs: [semantic-release]
+   if: ${{ needs.semantic-release.outputs.release == 'True' }}
+   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+   steps:
+     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+     - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+       with:
+         tag_name: ${{ needs.semantic-release.outputs.version }}
+         draft: true
+         prerelease: false
+         generate_release_notes: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/index.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
similarity index 81%
rename from .github/workflows/index.yml
rename to .github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7931341..de17bc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/index.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
-name: W3C-DID
+name: Tests
+
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '*.md'
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '*.md'
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release/**
 
 jobs:
   test-units:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: 🧪 test-units
+    name: 🧪 Contract unit tests
     steps:
       - name: 🛎️ Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -25,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
   restroom_job:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: 🔬 restroom tests
+    name: 🔬 API integration tests
     steps:
       - name: 🛎️ Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ab140f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "repositoryUrl": "git@github.com:dyne/W3C-DID.git",
+  "dryRun": false,
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/changelog",
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
+  ],
+  "branches": [ main ]
+}