diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a233ab9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: build-and-push-dev
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write
+
+env:
+  AWS_REGION: ap-southeast-2
+  IMAGE_REPO: 498096047392.dkr.ecr.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/aai-backend
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      # Authenticate to AWS
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ECR_PUSH }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+
+      - uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
+
+      - name: Build & Push (dev only)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE_REPO }}:dev
+          provenance: false
+          sbom: false
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faa51ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: build-and-push-release
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write
+
+env:
+  AWS_REGION: ap-southeast-2
+  IMAGE_REPO: 498096047392.dkr.ecr.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/aai-backend
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      # Authenticate to AWS
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ECR_PUSH }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+
+      - uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
+
+      - name: Build & Push (release)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE_REPO }}:${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+          provenance: false
+          sbom: false
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..324ff8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: commitlint
+on:
+  pull_request:
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d30dcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: release-please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          release-type: docker
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          changelog-types: |
+            [
+              {"type":"feat","section":"Features","hidden":false},
+              {"type":"fix","section":"Bug Fixes","hidden":false},
+              {"type":"perf","section":"Performance","hidden":false},
+              {"type":"refactor","section":"Refactoring","hidden":true},
+              {"type":"docs","section":"Docs","hidden":true},
+              {"type":"chore","section":"Chores","hidden":true},
+              {"type":"test","section":"Tests","hidden":true}
+            ]
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ebbca478..1e141a95 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: check-yaml
+  - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit
+    rev: v3.2.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: conventional-pre-commit
+        stages: [commit-msg]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e8bf73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0