diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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+**Description**
+
+This PR fixes #
+
+**Notes for Reviewers**
+
+
+**[Signed commits](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits)**
+- [ ] Yes, I signed my commits.
+ 
+
+<!--
+Thank you for contributing to Meshery! 
+
+Contributing Conventions:
+
+1. Include descriptive PR titles with [<component-name>] prepended.
+2. Build and test your changes before submitting a PR. 
+3. Sign your commits
+
+By following the community's contribution conventions upfront, the review process will 
+be accelerated and your PR merged more quickly.
+-->
diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
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+name-template: 'Kirin v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION'
+tag-template: 'v$NEXT_PATCH_VERSION'
+categories:
+  - title: '🚀 Features'
+    labels:
+      - 'enhancement'
+      - 'feature'
+  - title: '🐛 Bug Fixes'
+    labels:
+      - 'bugfix'
+  - title: '🧰 Maintenance'
+    label: 'CI'
+change-template: '- $TITLE @$AUTHOR (#$NUMBER)'
+template: |
+  ## What's New
+  $CHANGES
+  
+  ## Contributors
+  
+  Thank you to our contributors for making this release possible:
+  $CONTRIBUTORS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
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+name: 'Release Drafter 🚀'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # branches to consider in the event; optional, defaults to all
+    branches:
+      - master
+  # pull_request event is required only for autolabeler
+  pull_request:
+    # Only following types are handled by the action, but one can default to all as well
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+  # pull_request_target event is required for autolabeler to support PRs from forks
+  # pull_request_target:
+  #   types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    permissions:
+      # write permission is required to create a github release
+      contents: write
+      # write permission is required for autolabeler
+      # otherwise, read permission is required at least
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        # (Optional) specify config name to use, relative to .github/. Default: release-drafter.yml
+        with:
+          config-name: release-drafter.yml
+        #   disable-autolabeler: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}