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+name: Build & Release VS Code Extension
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'  # Trigger on version tags like v1.0.0
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # 1. Checkout the repository
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # 2. Set up Node.js
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'  # Match your extension's Node.js requirement
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      # 3. Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      # 4. Install vsce (VS Code Extension CLI)
+      - name: Install vsce
+        run: npm install -g vsce
+
+      # 5. Package the extension
+      - name: Package Extension
+        run: vsce package
+
+      # 6. Create GitHub Release
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.releasekey }}
+
+      # 7. Upload VSIX to the release
+      - name: Upload VSIX
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: '*.vsix'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.releasekey }}
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