diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d4c590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        bun-version: ["latest", "1.1.0"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+        with:
+          bun-version: ${{ matrix.bun-version }}
+
+      - name: Install SQLite (Ubuntu)
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
+
+      - name: Install SQLite (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: brew install sqlite
+
+      - run: bun install
+
+      - run: bun test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c716816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+        with:
+          bun-version: latest
+
+      - name: Install SQLite
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev
+
+      - run: bun install
+      - run: bun test
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: gh release create "${{ github.ref_name }}" --generate-notes
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f83d11..7378e7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 node_modules/
+.npmrc
 *.sqlite
 .DS_Store
 archive/
 texts/
 .cursor/
-.github/
+.github/copilot/
 *.md
 !README.md
 !CLAUDE.md
+!CHANGELOG.md
 !skills/**/*.md
 !finetune/*.md
 finetune/outputs/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86778d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to QMD will be documented in this file.
+
+## [0.9.0] - 2026-02-15
+
+Initial public release.
+
+### Features
+
+- **Hybrid search pipeline** — BM25 full-text + vector similarity + LLM reranking with Reciprocal Rank Fusion
+- **Smart chunking** — scored markdown break points keep sections, paragraphs, and code blocks intact (~900 tokens/chunk, 15% overlap)
+- **Query expansion** — fine-tuned Qwen3 1.7B model generates search variations for better recall
+- **Cross-encoder reranking** — Qwen3-Reranker scores candidates with position-aware blending
+- **Vector embeddings** — EmbeddingGemma 300M via node-llama-cpp, all on-device
+- **MCP server** — stdio and HTTP transports for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and any MCP client
+- **Collection management** — index multiple directories with glob patterns
+- **Context annotations** — add descriptions to collections and paths for richer search
+- **Document IDs** — 6-char content hash for stable references across re-indexes
+- **Multi-get** — retrieve multiple documents by glob pattern, comma list, or docids
+- **Multiple output formats** — JSON, CSV, Markdown, XML, files list
+- **Claude Code plugin** — inline status checks and MCP integration
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Handle dense content (code) that tokenizes beyond expected chunk size
+- Proper cleanup of Metal GPU resources
+- SQLite-vec readiness verification after extension load
+- Reactivate deactivated documents on re-index
+- BM25 score normalization with Math.abs
+- Bun UTF-8 path corruption workaround
+
+[0.9.0]: https://github.com/tobi/qmd/releases/tag/v0.9.0
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81652d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Tobi Lutke
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d58c66a..05c7e87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ QMD combines BM25 full-text search, vector semantic search, and LLM re-ranking
 
 ```sh
 # Install globally
-bun install -g https://github.com/tobi/qmd
+bun install -g @tobi/qmd
 
 # Create collections for your notes, docs, and meeting transcripts
 qmd collection add ~/notes --name notes
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Models are downloaded from HuggingFace and cached in `~/.cache/qmd/models/`.
 ## Installation
 
 ```sh
-bun install -g github:tobi/qmd
+bun install -g @tobi/qmd
 ```
 
 Make sure `~/.bun/bin` is in your PATH.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01d35f1..a2dd034 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 {
-  "name": "qmd",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "Quick Markdown Search - Full-text and vector search for markdown files",
+  "name": "@tobi/qmd",
+  "version": "0.9.0",
+  "description": "Query Markup Documents - On-device hybrid search for markdown files with BM25, vector search, and LLM reranking",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "qmd": "./qmd"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "!src/**/*.test.ts",
+    "!src/test-preload.ts",
+    "qmd",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "CHANGELOG.md"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "bun test --preload ./src/test-preload.ts",
     "qmd": "bun src/qmd.ts",
@@ -15,7 +23,19 @@
     "vsearch": "bun src/qmd.ts vsearch",
     "rerank": "bun src/qmd.ts rerank",
     "link": "bun link",
-    "inspector": "npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector bun src/qmd.ts mcp"
+    "inspector": "npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector bun src/qmd.ts mcp",
+    "release": "./scripts/release.sh"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/tobi/qmd.git"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/tobi/qmd#readme",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/tobi/qmd/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.25.1",
@@ -43,11 +63,18 @@
     "markdown",
     "search",
     "fts",
+    "full-text-search",
     "vector",
+    "semantic-search",
     "sqlite",
     "bm25",
     "embeddings",
-    "ollama"
+    "rag",
+    "mcp",
+    "reranking",
+    "knowledge-base",
+    "local-ai",
+    "llm"
   ],
   "license": "MIT"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f2a5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# QMD Release Script
+# Usage: ./scripts/release.sh [patch|minor|major|<version>]
+# Examples:
+#   ./scripts/release.sh patch     # 0.9.0 -> 0.9.1
+#   ./scripts/release.sh minor     # 0.9.0 -> 0.10.0
+#   ./scripts/release.sh major     # 0.9.0 -> 1.0.0
+#   ./scripts/release.sh 1.0.0     # explicit version
+
+BUMP="${1:?Usage: release.sh [patch|minor|major|<version>]}"
+
+# Ensure we're on main and clean
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
+if [[ "$BRANCH" != "main" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: must be on main branch (currently on $BRANCH)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: working directory not clean" >&2
+  git status --short
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Read current version
+CURRENT=$(jq -r .version package.json)
+echo "Current version: $CURRENT"
+
+# Calculate new version
+bump_version() {
+  local current="$1" type="$2"
+  IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$current"
+  case "$type" in
+    major) echo "$((major + 1)).0.0" ;;
+    minor) echo "$major.$((minor + 1)).0" ;;
+    patch) echo "$major.$minor.$((patch + 1))" ;;
+    *)     echo "$type" ;; # explicit version
+  esac
+}
+
+NEW=$(bump_version "$CURRENT" "$BUMP")
+echo "New version:     $NEW"
+echo ""
+
+# Confirm
+read -p "Release v$NEW? [y/N] " -n 1 -r
+echo ""
+[[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || { echo "Aborted."; exit 1; }
+
+# Gather commits since last tag (or all if no tags)
+LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+if [[ -n "$LAST_TAG" ]]; then
+  RANGE="$LAST_TAG..HEAD"
+else
+  RANGE="HEAD"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Commits since ${LAST_TAG:-beginning}:"
+git log "$RANGE" --oneline --no-decorate
+echo ""
+
+# Generate changelog entry
+DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+ENTRY="## [$NEW] - $DATE"$'\n'$'\n'
+
+# Collect conventional commits
+FEATS=$(git log "$RANGE" --oneline --no-decorate --grep="^feat" | sed 's/^[a-f0-9]* feat[:(]/- /' | sed 's/)$//' || true)
+FIXES=$(git log "$RANGE" --oneline --no-decorate --grep="^fix" | sed 's/^[a-f0-9]* fix[:(]/- /' | sed 's/)$//' || true)
+OTHER=$(git log "$RANGE" --oneline --no-decorate --grep="^feat" --grep="^fix" --grep="^docs" --grep="^chore" --grep="^refactor" --invert-grep | sed 's/^[a-f0-9]* /- /' || true)
+
+if [[ -n "$FEATS" ]]; then
+  ENTRY+="### Features"$'\n'$'\n'"$FEATS"$'\n'$'\n'
+fi
+if [[ -n "$FIXES" ]]; then
+  ENTRY+="### Fixes"$'\n'$'\n'"$FIXES"$'\n'$'\n'
+fi
+if [[ -n "$OTHER" ]]; then
+  ENTRY+="### Other"$'\n'$'\n'"$OTHER"$'\n'$'\n'
+fi
+
+# Add link reference
+LINK="[$NEW]: https://github.com/tobi/qmd/compare/v$CURRENT...v$NEW"
+
+# Show what will be added
+echo "--- Changelog entry ---"
+echo "$ENTRY"
+echo "$LINK"
+echo "--- End ---"
+echo ""
+read -p "Looks good? [y/N] " -n 1 -r
+echo ""
+[[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || { echo "Aborted."; exit 1; }
+
+# Update package.json version
+jq --arg v "$NEW" '.version = $v' package.json > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json
+
+# Prepend changelog entry (after the header line)
+if [[ -f CHANGELOG.md ]]; then
+  # Insert after "# Changelog" header and any blank lines
+  awk -v entry="$ENTRY$LINK" '
+    /^# Changelog/ { print; getline; print; print ""; print entry; print ""; next }
+    { print }
+  ' CHANGELOG.md > CHANGELOG.md.tmp && mv CHANGELOG.md.tmp CHANGELOG.md
+else
+  echo "# Changelog"$'\n'$'\n'"$ENTRY$LINK" > CHANGELOG.md
+fi
+
+# Commit and tag
+git add package.json CHANGELOG.md
+git commit -m "release: v$NEW"
+git tag -a "v$NEW" -m "v$NEW"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Created commit and tag v$NEW"
+echo ""
+echo "Next steps:"
+echo "  git push origin main --tags   # push to GitHub"
+echo "  npm publish                   # publish to npm"
+echo ""
+echo "Or both at once:"
+echo "  git push origin main --tags && npm publish"