diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fa84e45..84b66a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -66,3 +66,37 @@ jobs:
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@dc37677b2e1c63e2034f94d8a5b11f265b73ba33 # v1.14.2
         with:
           attestations: true
+
+  github-release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Download release artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          name: python-package-distributions
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Create or update the GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          if python scripts/release_notes.py --tag "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repository "${REPOSITORY}" > release-notes.md; then
+            NOTES=(--notes-file release-notes.md)
+          else
+            echo "::warning::no changelog section for ${RELEASE_TAG}; falling back to generated notes"
+            NOTES=(--generate-notes)
+          fi
+          if gh release view "${RELEASE_TAG}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release upload "${RELEASE_TAG}" dist/* --clobber
+          else
+            gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" dist/* --title "${RELEASE_TAG}" "${NOTES[@]}" --verify-tag
+          fi
diff --git a/scripts/release_notes.py b/scripts/release_notes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61c0817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release_notes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Kiloloop
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Print the changelog section for one release, as GitHub Release notes.
+
+The release workflow feeds this to ``gh release create --notes-file``. GitHub's own
+``--generate-notes`` cannot serve here: the public repository receives each version as a
+single squashed commit, so the generated summary is one line no matter how much the
+release contains. The changelog section already says what shipped, one line per change.
+
+Two transformations make a changelog section stand alone on a release page:
+
+1. Relative links (``docs/commands.md#init``) are rewritten against the tag. A release
+   body is not rendered relative to the repository root, so a relative target 404s; and
+   pinning to the tag rather than to ``main`` keeps old release notes pointing at the
+   documentation as it stood for that version.
+2. The section heading itself is dropped — the release already carries the version.
+
+Exits 1 when the section is absent, so the caller can fall back rather than publish a
+release with an empty body.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+LINK = re.compile(r"\]\(([^)]+)\)")
+
+
+def extract(changelog: str, version: str) -> str | None:
+    """Return the body of ``## <version>``, or None when no such section exists."""
+    lines = changelog.split("\n")
+    start = None
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        # "## 0.1.0 - 2026-09-06" and "## [0.1.0] - ..." both name this version.
+        if line.startswith("## ") and re.match(rf"##\s+\[?{re.escape(version)}\]?\b", line):
+            start = i + 1
+            break
+    if start is None:
+        return None
+    body: list[str] = []
+    for line in lines[start:]:
+        if line.startswith("## "):
+            break
+        body.append(line)
+    return "\n".join(body).strip() or None
+
+
+def absolutise(notes: str, repository: str, tag: str) -> str:
+    """Rewrite repo-relative link targets to absolute URLs pinned at ``tag``."""
+    base = f"https://github.com/{repository}/blob/{tag}/"
+    return LINK.sub(
+        lambda m: f"]({m.group(1)})" if m.group(1).startswith("http") else f"]({base}{m.group(1)})",
+        notes,
+    )
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--tag", required=True, help="release tag, e.g. v0.1.0")
+    parser.add_argument("--repository", required=True, help="owner/repo, for absolute links")
+    parser.add_argument("--changelog", default="CHANGELOG.md", type=Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    version = args.tag[1:] if args.tag.startswith("v") else args.tag
+    notes = extract(args.changelog.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), version)
+    if notes is None:
+        print(f"no changelog section for {version} in {args.changelog}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    print(absolutise(notes, args.repository, args.tag))
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())