diff --git a/.env_template b/.env_template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdf2904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env_template
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+SOLACE_BROKER_URL="tcps://your_service.messaging.solace.cloud:55443"
+SOLACE_BROKER_USERNAME=
+SOLACE_BROKER_PASSWORD=
+SOLACE_BROKER_VPN=
+SOLACE_BROKER_TRUST_STORE_PATH="/usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla"
+
+AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<api_key>
+AZURE_OPENAI_API_ENDPOINT=<api_endpoint>
+AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION=<api_version>
+AZURE_OPENAI_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT=<model_deployment_id>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7789766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  checks: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    uses: SolaceDev/solace-public-workflows/.github/workflows/hatch_ci.yml@v1.0.0
+    secrets:
+      SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+      SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ vars.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace235f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        type: choice
+        required: true
+        description: "Version bump type"
+        options:
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  checks: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    uses: SolaceDev/solace-public-workflows/.github/workflows/hatch_release_pypi.yml@v1.0.0
+    with:
+      version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+      pypi-project: solace-ai-connector-slack
+    secrets:
+      COMMIT_KEY: ${{ secrets.COMMIT_KEY }}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9c3890..79c46df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "solace_ai_connector_slack"
-version = "0.0.1"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 authors = [
   { name="Edward Funnekotter", email="edward.funnekotter@solace.com" },
 ]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "PyYAML>=6.0.1",
     "slack_bolt>=1.18.1",
-    "solace_ai_connector>=0.0.1",
+    "solace_ai_connector>=0.1.1",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ documentation = "https://github.com/SolaceLabs/solace-ai-connector-slack/blob/ma
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/solace_ai_connector_slack"]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "src/solace_ai_connector_slack/components/__init__.py"
+
+[tool.ruff]
+lint.select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F"]
+lint.ignore = ["F401", "E731"]
diff --git a/src/solace_ai_connector_slack/components/__init__.py b/src/solace_ai_connector_slack/components/__init__.py
index e69de29..8e9a09e 100644
--- a/src/solace_ai_connector_slack/components/__init__.py
+++ b/src/solace_ai_connector_slack/components/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Internal components that are dynamically loaded by the AI Connector
+# Listing them here allows for them to use relative imports
+__version__ = "0.0.1"