diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2439ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+name-template: "notioncrawl v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+tag-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+change-template: "- $TITLE (#$NUMBER) @$AUTHOR"
+change-title-escapes: '\<*_&'
+no-changes-template: "- No merged pull requests in this release."
+
+categories:
+  - title: "Features"
+    labels:
+      - "feature"
+      - "enhancement"
+      - "feat"
+  - title: "Fixes"
+    labels:
+      - "bug"
+      - "fix"
+  - title: "Maintenance"
+    labels:
+      - "perf"
+      - "chore"
+      - "ci"
+      - "build"
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "dep"
+      - "deps"
+      - "docs"
+      - "refactor"
+      - "test"
+      - "tests"
+  - title: "Other Changes"
+    labels:
+      - "other"
+
+exclude-labels:
+  - "skip-changelog"
+  - "no-changelog"
+
+version-resolver:
+  major:
+    labels:
+      - "major"
+  minor:
+    labels:
+      - "feat"
+      - "feature"
+      - "enhancement"
+  patch:
+    labels:
+      - "bug"
+      - "fix"
+      - "perf"
+      - "chore"
+      - "ci"
+      - "build"
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "dep"
+      - "deps"
+      - "docs"
+      - "refactor"
+      - "test"
+      - "tests"
+      - "other"
+  default: patch
+
+autolabeler:
+  - label: "feat"
+    title:
+      - '/^feat(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "fix"
+    title:
+      - '/^fix(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "bug"
+    title:
+      - '/^bug(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "perf"
+    title:
+      - '/^perf(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "refactor"
+    title:
+      - '/^refactor(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "docs"
+    title:
+      - '/^docs(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "build"
+    title:
+      - '/^build(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "ci"
+    title:
+      - '/^ci(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "test"
+    title:
+      - '/^test(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "chore"
+    title:
+      - '/^chore(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "dependencies"
+    title:
+      - '/^(dep|deps|dependencies)(\(.+\))?:/i'
+  - label: "other"
+    title:
+      - '/.*/'
+
+template: |
+  ## notioncrawl v$RESOLVED_VERSION
+
+  local-first Notion crawling into SQLite, normalized Markdown, and git-backed snapshots.
+
+  ### what's new
+  $CHANGES
+
+  ### contributors
+  $CONTRIBUTORS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a37d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - edited
+      - ready_for_review
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  autolabel:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Autolabel pull request
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter/autolabeler@v7
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  update_release_draft:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Draft release notes
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8abf73..e78ddea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BINARY ?= bin/notioncrawl
 
-.PHONY: build test run fmt
+.PHONY: build test run fmt release-notes
 
 build:
 	go build -o $(BINARY) ./cmd/notioncrawl
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ run:
 
 fmt:
 	gofmt -w $$(find . -name '*.go' -not -path './.git/*')
+
+release-notes:
+	@test -n "$(TAG)" || (echo "usage: make release-notes TAG=v0.1.0" >&2; exit 2)
+	scripts/release-notes.sh "$(TAG)"
diff --git a/scripts/release-notes.sh b/scripts/release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..802a674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+tag="${1:-}"
+range="${2:-}"
+
+if [ -z "${tag}" ]; then
+  echo "usage: scripts/release-notes.sh v0.1.0 [git-range]" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${range}" ]; then
+  previous="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || true)"
+  if [ -n "${previous}" ]; then
+    range="${previous}..HEAD"
+  else
+    range="HEAD"
+  fi
+fi
+
+version="${tag#v}"
+
+section() {
+  local title="$1"
+  local pattern="$2"
+  local lines
+  lines="$(git log --format='%s' "${range}" | grep -Ei "${pattern}" || true)"
+  if [ -z "${lines}" ]; then
+    return
+  fi
+  printf '\n### %s\n\n' "${title}"
+  printf '%s\n' "${lines}" | sed -E 's/^[a-z]+(\([^)]+\))?!?:[[:space:]]*/- /I'
+}
+
+cat <<EOF
+## notioncrawl v${version}
+
+local-first Notion crawling into SQLite, normalized Markdown, and git-backed snapshots.
+EOF
+
+section "Features" '^(feat|feature|enhancement)(\([^)]+\))?!?:'
+section "Fixes" '^(fix|bug)(\([^)]+\))?!?:'
+section "Maintenance" '^(chore|ci|build|docs|refactor|test|perf|dep|deps|dependencies)(\([^)]+\))?!?:'