diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['*']
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: mkdir -p dist
+      - run: zip -r dist/boilerplate.zip .devcontainer .startup.sh
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        id: release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          files: dist/*.zip
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Compiler Construction Lecture - Development Environment