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+name: Release Tao extension
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+   branches:
+     - develop
+
+jobs:
+  auto-release:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    name: Automated Tao extension release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:    
+      - name: clone the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with: 
+          fetch-depth: 0  #avoid unrelated history error
+          token: ${{ secrets.SEMVER_GH_TOKEN }} #bypass branch protection rule
+
+      - name: Configure git user
+        #configuring git for runner
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "oat-github-bot"
+          git config --global user.email "oat-github-bot@taotesting.com"                            
+
+
+      - name: install and run release tool
+        env: 
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SEMVER_GH_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}
+          npm i -g
+          npm i update-notifier 
+          #create tag and release a new version
+          taoRelease npmRelease --no-interactive
+
+          #Release branch will be different for each repository, make necessary changes. 
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