diff --git a/.changeset/github-releases.md b/.changeset/github-releases.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c498fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/github-releases.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eggdrop": patch
+---
+
+Rename promote-to-main workflow to auto-promote-and-release and add automatic GitHub Release creation. Releases are created with version tags (v0.x.x) and changelog content extracted from CHANGELOG.md.
diff --git a/.claude/settings.local.json b/.claude/settings.local.json
index a10629d..2e4f52f 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.local.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.local.json
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
       "Bash(pnpm changeset:*)",
       "Bash(source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh)",
       "Bash(nvm use:*)",
-      "Bash(pnpm exec playwright test:*)"
+      "Bash(pnpm exec playwright test:*)",
+      "Bash(git push:*)",
+      "Bash(npm install:*)"
     ],
     "deny": [],
     "ask": []
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-promote-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-promote-and-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71dbb08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-promote-and-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Automatically merges dev into main after a "Version Packages" PR is merged
+# Creates a GitHub Release with changelog, then Vercel auto-deploys main to production
+name: Auto Promote and Release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: [dev]
+  # Keep manual trigger as backup
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  promote-and-release:
+    name: Promote to main and create release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only run if PR was merged (not just closed) AND is a Version Packages PR
+    # For workflow_dispatch, always run
+    if: >
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
+      (github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+       contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Version Packages'))
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Merge dev into main
+        run: |
+          git checkout main
+          git pull origin main
+          git merge origin/dev --no-edit
+          git push origin main
+
+      - name: Get version from package.json
+        id: get-version
+        run: echo "version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if tag exists
+        id: tag-check
+        run: |
+          if git rev-parse "v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Create and push tag
+        if: steps.tag-check.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        run: |
+          git tag "v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+          git push origin "v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+
+      - name: Extract changelog for this version
+        if: steps.tag-check.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        id: changelog
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+          # Extract content between this version header and the next version header
+          CHANGELOG=$(sed -n "/^## ${VERSION}$/,/^## [0-9]/p" CHANGELOG.md | sed '$d' | tail -n +2)
+          echo "content<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        if: steps.tag-check.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+          name: v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.content }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: |
+          echo "✅ Successfully merged dev into main"
+          echo "🚀 Vercel will now deploy to production"
+          if [ "${{ steps.tag-check.outputs.exists }}" == "false" ]; then
+            echo "📦 Created GitHub Release v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}"
+          else
+            echo "⏭️ Skipped release creation (tag v${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }} already exists)"
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/promote-to-main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b7842a..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/promote-to-main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Automatically merges dev into main after a "Version Packages" PR is merged
-# This completes the release process - Vercel will auto-deploy main to production
-name: Promote to Main
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed]
-    branches: [dev]
-  # Keep manual trigger as backup
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  promote:
-    name: Merge dev to main
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only run if PR was merged (not just closed) AND is a Version Packages PR
-    # For workflow_dispatch, always run
-    if: >
-      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' ||
-      (github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
-       contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Version Packages'))
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Merge dev into main
-        run: |
-          git checkout main
-          git pull origin main
-          git merge origin/dev --no-edit
-          git push origin main
-
-      - name: Summary
-        run: |
-          echo "✅ Successfully merged dev into main"
-          echo "🚀 Vercel will now deploy to production"