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+# Release
+
+Releases are automated by the `release.yaml` GitHub Workflow,
+which is triggered by tag events.
+
+To cut a new release, those with push permissions to the repo, may run:
+
+```console
+git tag $VERSION
+git push origin --tags
+```
+
+Where `$VERSION` is a three-element, dot-delimited semantic version of the form
+`v{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}`, which is appropriately incremented from the prior tag.
+
+And `origin` is assumed to be the remote corresponding to
+`pangeo-forge/pangeo-forge-runner`.
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 reference/index
 ```
+
+## Development
+
+```{toctree}
+:maxdepth: 2
+
+development/release
+```