diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
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index 0000000..9af0b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# .github/release.yml
+# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+      - no-changelog
+
+    authors:
+      - pre-commit-ci[bot]
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-pr-update.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog-pr-update.yml
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index f1fc6bc..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-pr-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# name: Check Changelog Update on PR
-# on:
-#   pull_request:
-#     types: [assigned, opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled]
-#     branches:
-#       - main
-#       - develop
-#     paths-ignore:
-#       - .pre-commit-config.yaml
-#       - .readthedocs.yaml
-# jobs:
-#   Check-Changelog:
-#     name: Check Changelog Action
-#     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-#     steps:
-#       - uses: tarides/changelog-check-action@v2
-#         with:
-#           changelog: CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-release-update.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog-release-update.yml
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index 9ba69d1..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-release-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# .github/workflows/update-changelog.yaml
-name: "Update Changelog"
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows:
-      - Upload Python Package
-    types:
-      - completed
-
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  update:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
-
-    - name: Update Changelog
-      uses: stefanzweifel/changelog-updater-action@v1
-      with:
-        latest-version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-        heading-text: ${{ github.event.release.name }}
-        release-notes: ${{ github.event.release.body }}
-
-    - name: Create Pull Request
-      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-      with:
-        branch: docs/changelog-update-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-        base: develop
-        title: '[Changelog] Update to ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}'
-        body: |
-          This PR updates the changelog to include the changes in the latest release.
-
-          > [!CAUTION]
-          > Merge DO NOT squash to correctly update the tag version of `develop` branch.
-        add-paths: |
-          CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-main-into-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-main-into-develop.yml
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index 0000000..2237ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-main-into-develop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Merge main into develop
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+
+permissions:
+  # Needed to read branches
+  contents: read
+  # Needed to create PR's
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  sync-branches:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+      - name: Opening pull request
+        id: pull
+        uses: jdtx0/branch-sync@1.5.1
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_SYNC_ACTION_PAT }}
+          FROM_BRANCH: "main"
+          TO_BRANCH: "develop"
+          PULL_REQUEST_AUTO_MERGE_METHOD: "merge"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-commit.yml
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index 0000000..1f18a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-conventional-commit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: "Ensure Conventional Commit in PR title"
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  main:
+    name: Validate PR title
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
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index 0000000..c317b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Run Release Please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          # this assumes that you have created a personal access token
+          # (PAT) and configured it as a GitHub action secret named
+          # `MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN` (this secret name is not important).
+          token: ${{ secrets.REPO_SYNC_ACTION_PAT }}
+          # optional. customize path to .release-please-config.json
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
+          # Currently releases are done "from main" to have a stable branch
+          target-branch: main
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4a8551..05f0877 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ bar
 *.grib
 *.nc
 *.npz
-*.json
 *.zarr/
 ~$images.pptx
 test.py
diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d63d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "separate-pull-requests": true,
+  "always-update": true,
+  "changelog-type": "github",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+        "package-name": "anemoi-utils"
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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index 0000000..e69de29