feat: configure automated changelog generation

.github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-rc.json

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+{
+  ".": "1.0.0"
+}

.github/workflows/create-changelog.yml

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+name: Create Changelog
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - release/*
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  check-skip:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_skip: ${{ steps.check.outputs.should_skip }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      # Check if the commit is a release PR and skip the job
+      - name: Check if the commit is a release PR
+        id: check
+        run: |
+          COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)
+          if [[ $COMMIT_MSG == *"Merge pull request"* && $COMMIT_MSG == *"release-please--branches"* ]]; then
+            echo "should_skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+  create-changelog:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check-skip
+    if: needs.check-skip.outputs.should_skip != 'true'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # Get the version from version.json file and store it in the output file
+      - name: Get version from version.json
+        id: retrieve_version
+        run: |
+          new_version=$(jq -r '.version' version.json)
+          if [ -z "$new_version" ]; then
+            echo "Error: version field is empty or not found in version.json!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "new_version=$new_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      # Set release version for changelog
+      - name: Set release version for changelog
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git commit --allow-empty -m "chore: release ${{ steps.retrieve_version.outputs.new_version }}" -m "Release-As: ${{ steps.retrieve_version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          git push
+
+      # Create release changelog
+      - name: Create release changelog
+        id: release
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          config-file: .github/workflows/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/workflows/.release-please-manifest-rc.json

.github/workflows/release-please-config.json

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+{
+  "plugins": ["node-workspace", "sentence-case"],
+  "always-update": true,
+  "skip-github-release": true,
+  "pull-request-header": "🤖: I have generated a release changelog",
+  "pull-request-footer": "This PR was automatically generated by 🤖.",
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        {
+          "type": "feat",
+          "section": "Features",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Features"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "section": "Bug Fixes",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Bug Fixes"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "refactor",
+          "section": "Code Refactoring",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Code Refactoring"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "test",
+          "section": "Tests",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Tests"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "changed",
+          "section": "Changed",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Changes"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "docs",
+          "section": "Documentation",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Documentation"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "chore",
+          "section": "Miscellaneous",
+          "hidden": false,
+          "type-plural": "Chores"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_version: ${{ steps.retrieve_version.outputs.new_version }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Get the version from version.json file and store it in the output file
+      - name: Get version from version.json
+        id: retrieve_version
+        run: |
+          new_version=$(jq -r '.version' version.json)
+          if [ -z "$new_version" ]; then
+            echo "Error: version field is empty or not found in version.json!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "new_version=$new_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      # Create tag to the repository by using the version from the output file
+      - name: Create tag
+        id: create-tag
+        run: |
+          new_version=${{ steps.retrieve_version.outputs.new_version }}
+
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git tag -a "$new_version" -m "Release version $new_version"
+          git push origin "$new_version"
+
+          echo "new_tag=$new_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      # Create GitHub release
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          new_version=${{ steps.retrieve_version.outputs.new_version }}
+          new_tag=${{ steps.create-tag.outputs.new_tag }}          
+
+          sed -n "/## \[$new_version\]/,/## \[/p" CHANGELOG.md | sed '$d' > release_notes.md
+
+          gh release create "$new_tag" \
+            --title "Release ${{ steps.retrieve_version.outputs.new_version }}" \
+            --notes-file release_notes.md \
+            --target ${{ github.ref_name }}