diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 554a475..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-name: Build
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          - os: macos-latest
-            target: x86_64-apple-darwin
-          - os: windows-latest
-            target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Setup Rust
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
-          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          override: true
-          components: clippy, rustfmt
-
-      - name: Check formatting
-        run: cargo fmt -- --check
-
-      - name: Run clippy
-        run: cargo clippy -- -D warnings
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: cargo build --target ${{ matrix.target }}
-
-      - name: Check no-default-features
-        run: cargo check --no-default-features --workspace --target ${{ matrix.target }}
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: cargo test --target ${{ matrix.target }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2193629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  fmt:
+    name: Format
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          components: rustfmt
+      - run: cargo fmt --check
+
+  clippy:
+    name: Clippy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          components: clippy
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - run: cargo clippy --workspace --all-features -- -D warnings
+
+  build:
+    name: Build (${{ matrix.os }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - run: cargo build --workspace --all-features
+      - run: cargo check --no-default-features --workspace
+      - run: cargo test --workspace --all-features
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e29a525..b129cff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,148 +3,174 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*'
+      - "v*"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      version:
-        description: 'Version to use (e.g. v1.0.0)'
+      tag:
+        description: "Tag to release (e.g., v1.0.0)"
         required: true
-        default: 'test-release'
 
-# Add permissions at workflow level
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
+
 jobs:
-  create-release:
-    name: Create Release
+  changelog:
+    name: Generate Changelog
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # You can also set permissions at the job level if needed
-    # permissions:
-    #   contents: write
     outputs:
-      upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+      changelog: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      
-      - name: Setup Rust
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
-          override: true
-      
-      - name: Install git-cliff
+      - name: Validate tag format
         run: |
-          cargo install git-cliff --force
-      
-      - name: Generate Changelog
-        run: |
-          # Debug: Show current state
-          echo "Current ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          echo "Input version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-          echo "All tags:"
-          git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -10
-          
-          # Generate changelog from the current tag to the previous version tag
-          CURRENT_TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}"
-          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep "^v" | head -2 | tail -1)
-          
-          echo "Current tag: $CURRENT_TAG"
-          echo "Previous tag: $PREVIOUS_TAG"
-          
-          if [ -n "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ] && [ "$PREVIOUS_TAG" != "$CURRENT_TAG" ]; then
-            echo "Generating changelog for range: $PREVIOUS_TAG..$CURRENT_TAG"
-            git-cliff --tag "$CURRENT_TAG" "$PREVIOUS_TAG..$CURRENT_TAG" --output CHANGELOG.md
-          else
-            echo "Generating latest changelog for tag: $CURRENT_TAG"
-            git-cliff --tag "$CURRENT_TAG" --latest --output CHANGELOG.md
+          if [[ ! "${RELEASE_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Tag '${RELEASE_TAG}' does not match expected format vX.Y.Z"
+            exit 1
           fi
-          
-          echo "Generated changelog:"
-          cat CHANGELOG.md
-      
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          name: "wrkflw ${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}"
-          body_path: CHANGELOG.md
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Validate tag exists
+        run: |
+          if ! git tag -l "${RELEASE_TAG}" | grep -q .; then
+            echo "::error::Tag ${RELEASE_TAG} does not exist as a git tag"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+      - name: Generate changelog
+        id: changelog
+        run: |
+          # Get the previous tag
+          all_tags=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | grep "^v")
+          if ! echo "$all_tags" | grep -F -x -q "${RELEASE_TAG}"; then
+            echo "::warning::Tag ${RELEASE_TAG} not found in tag list; generating changelog from all commits"
+          fi
+          prev_tag=$(echo "$all_tags" | grep -F -x -A1 "${RELEASE_TAG}" | tail -1)
+          [ "$prev_tag" = "${RELEASE_TAG}" ] && prev_tag=""  # No previous tag found
+          if [ -z "$prev_tag" ]; then
+            # First release: use all commits
+            changelog=$(git log --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" --no-merges --max-count=100)
+          else
+            changelog=$(git log "${prev_tag}..${RELEASE_TAG}" --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" --no-merges)
+          fi
+          # Escape for GitHub Actions output
+          {
+            echo "changelog<<CHANGELOG_EOF"
+            echo "$changelog"
+            echo "CHANGELOG_EOF"
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-  build-release:
-    name: Build Release
-    needs: [create-release]
+  build:
+    name: Build (${{ matrix.target }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    # You can also set permissions at the job level if needed
-    # permissions:
-    #   contents: write
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            artifact_name: wrkflw
-            asset_name: wrkflw-${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}-linux-x86_64
-          - os: macos-latest
-            target: x86_64-apple-darwin
-            artifact_name: wrkflw
-            asset_name: wrkflw-${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}-macos-x86_64
-          - os: macos-latest
-            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
-            artifact_name: wrkflw
-            asset_name: wrkflw-${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}-macos-arm64
-
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      
-      - name: Setup Rust
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
-          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          override: true
-      
-      - name: Build Release Binary
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: build
-          args: --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
-      
-      - name: Compress Release Binary (Unix)
+          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      - name: Install cross-compilation tools
+        if: matrix.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Install musl tools
+        if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y musl-tools
+
+      - name: Configure linker for aarch64-linux-gnu
+        if: matrix.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .cargo
+          echo '[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]' > .cargo/config.toml
+          echo 'linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"' >> .cargo/config.toml
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: cargo build --release --locked --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Package (Unix)
         if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p compressed
-          cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/${{ matrix.artifact_name }} compressed/
-          cd compressed
-          tar czvf ${{ matrix.asset_name }}.tar.gz ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
-          echo "ASSET=${{ matrix.asset_name }}.tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "ASSET_PATH=compressed/${{ matrix.asset_name }}.tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      
-      - name: Compress Release Binary (Windows)
+        run: tar czf wrkflw-${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz -C target/${{ matrix.target }}/release wrkflw
+
+      - name: Package (Windows)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p compressed
-          copy target\${{ matrix.target }}\release\${{ matrix.artifact_name }} compressed\
-          cd compressed
-          7z a ${{ matrix.asset_name }}.zip ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
-          echo "ASSET=${{ matrix.asset_name }}.zip" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "ASSET_PATH=compressed\${{ matrix.asset_name }}.zip" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
         shell: pwsh
-      
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        run: |
+          Compress-Archive -Path "target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/wrkflw.exe" -DestinationPath "wrkflw-${{ matrix.target }}.zip"
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          files: ${{ env.ASSET_PATH }}
-          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version || github.ref_name }}
+          name: wrkflw-${{ matrix.target }}
+          path: wrkflw-${{ matrix.target }}.*
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish to crates.io
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, changelog]
+    # Only publish on tag push — manual dispatch uses a branch ref, intentionally excluded
+    # because publishing to crates.io is irreversible
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Cache cargo-workspaces
+        id: cache-cargo-ws
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-workspaces
+          key: cargo-workspaces-0.4.2
+      - name: Install cargo-workspaces
+        if: steps.cache-cargo-ws.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cargo install cargo-workspaces@0.4.2
+      - name: Publish all crates
+        run: cargo workspaces publish --from-git --yes
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
\ No newline at end of file
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+
+  release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, changelog]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Create release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          name: wrkflw ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          body: |
+            ## What's Changed
+            ${{ needs.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+          files: artifacts/*
+          generate_release_notes: false