diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.bazelrc b/.github/workflows/ci.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a5a8a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This file contains Bazel settings to apply on CI only.
+# It is referenced with a --bazelrc option in the call to bazel in ci.yaml
+
+# Debug where options came from
+build --announce_rc
+# This directory is configured in GitHub actions to be persisted between runs.
+# We do not enable the repository cache to cache downloaded external artifacts
+# as these are generally faster to download again than to fetch them from the
+# GitHub actions cache.
+build --disk_cache=~/.cache/bazel
+# Don't rely on test logs being easily accessible from the test runner,
+# though it makes the log noisier.
+test --test_output=errors
+# Allows tests to run bazelisk-in-bazel, since this is the cache folder used
+test --test_env=XDG_CACHE_HOME
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31edb4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Automatically perform a release whenever a new "release-like" tag is pushed to the repo.
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # Detect tags that look like a release.
+      # Note that we don't use a "v" prefix to help anchor this pattern.
+      # This is purely a matter of preference.
+      - "*.*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    # Re-use https://github.com/bazel-contrib/.github/blob/v7/.github/workflows/release_ruleset.yaml
+    uses: bazel-contrib/.github/.github/workflows/release_ruleset.yaml@v7
+    with:
+      prerelease: false
+      release_files: rules_cc-*.tar.gz
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh b/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..749e34ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+
+# Set by GH actions, see
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/environment-variables#default-environment-variables
+readonly TAG=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
+# The prefix is chosen to match what GitHub generates for source archives.
+# This guarantees that users can easily switch from a released artifact to a source archive
+# with minimal differences in their code (e.g. strip_prefix remains the same)
+readonly PREFIX="rules_cc-${TAG}"
+readonly ARCHIVE="${PREFIX}.tar.gz"
+
+# NB: configuration for 'git archive' is in /.gitattributes
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=${PREFIX}/ ${TAG} | gzip > $ARCHIVE
+SHA=$(shasum -a 256 $ARCHIVE | awk '{print $1}')
+
+# The stdout of this program will be used as the top of the release notes for this release.
+cat << EOF
+## Using bzlmod with Bazel 6 or later:
+
+1. [Bazel 6] Add \`common --enable_bzlmod\` to \`.bazelrc\`.
+
+2. Add to your \`MODULE.bazel\` file:
+
+\`\`\`starlark
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "${TAG}")
+\`\`\`
+
+## Using WORKSPACE:
+
+\`\`\`starlark
+
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+http_archive(
+    name = "rules_cc",
+    sha256 = "${SHA}",
+    strip_prefix = "${PREFIX}",
+    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/${TAG}/${ARCHIVE}",
+)
+
+\`\`\`
+EOF
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diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 0a761ab6..d1afa5aa 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module(
     name = "rules_cc",
-    version = "0.0.14",
+    version = "0.0.0",
     compatibility_level = 1,
 )