diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index 3f57ece..d6f7edb 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is auto-generated, changes will be overwritten
-_commit: v0.1.4
-_src_path: /task/f0ec3dcc-afe2-11ee-8091-0668063857e2/projecttype
+_commit: v1.0.0
+_src_path: /task/59917f39-7e78-11ef-956d-6ad65699f73e/projecttype
 starting_version: v0.0.0
 version_file: VERSION
 
diff --git a/.project_automation/publication/entrypoint.sh b/.project_automation/publication/entrypoint.sh
index 67e5c65..f18eb67 100755
--- a/.project_automation/publication/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.project_automation/publication/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 PROJECT_PATH=${BASE_PATH}/project
 PROJECT_TYPE_PATH=${BASE_PATH}/projecttype
 
+echo "[STAGE: Publication]"
+VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+echo $VERSION
 BRANCH=main
 EXISTING_GIT_VERSION="$(git tag -l)"
 HUGO_VERSION=$(hugo version)
@@ -16,6 +19,14 @@ VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
 BASE_URL="this would be the path to s3 bucket/${REPO_NAME}/"
 S3_URI="s3://aws-abi/guide/${REPO_NAME}/"
 
+if [[ $(echo $EXISTING_GIT_VERSION | grep $VERSION) ]]
+then
+  echo "version exists skipping release creation hint: Bump version in VERSION file"
+else
+  echo "creating new version"
+  gh release create ${VERSION} --target ${BRANCH} --generate-notes
+fi
+
 print_header() {
   printf "\n\n%s\n" "$*"
 }
diff --git a/.project_config.yml b/.project_config.yml
index 742776f..b049876 100644
--- a/.project_config.yml
+++ b/.project_config.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ functional_tests:
   dockerfile: .project_automation/functional_tests/Dockerfile
   entrypoint: .project_automation/functional_tests/entrypoint.sh
 publication:
+  github_permissions:
+    contents: write
   enable_docker: true
   dockerfile: .project_automation/publication/Dockerfile
   entrypoint: .project_automation/publication/entrypoint.sh