diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7528cfb99e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    name: Release Please
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      # A pull request opened with GITHUB_TOKEN does not trigger workflows, so
+      # the release PR is opened as the app instead.
+      - name: Mint app token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Run release-please
+        id: release
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+
+      - name: Summarise
+        env:
+          RELEASE_CREATED: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+          TAG_NAME: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+          PRS_CREATED: ${{ steps.release.outputs.prs_created }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$RELEASE_CREATED" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Released $TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          elif [ "$PRS_CREATED" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Release PR created/updated" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          else
+            echo "Nothing to release" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca2199f0be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Semantic PR
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  title:
+    name: Conventional PR title
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 4
+    steps:
+      # Squash-merge uses the PR title as the commit message, so linting the
+      # title is what keeps master's history conventional for release-please.
+      # The scope is the crate, e.g. `feat(store): ...`.
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@48f256284bd46cdaab1048c3721360e808335d50 # v6
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          types: |
+            feat
+            fix
+            docs
+            test
+            refactor
+            perf
+            build
+            ci
+            chore
+            revert
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e564a448c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.45.0"
+}
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index b8ec983428b..ce8738323bb 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -184,11 +184,14 @@ Blockchain → Chain Adapter → Block Stream → Trigger Processing → Runtime
 
 ### Commit Convention
 
-Use format: `{crate-name}: {description}`
+Use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org) with the crate as scope: `{type}({crate-name}): {description}`
 
-- Single crate: `store: Support 'Or' filters`
-- Multiple crates: `core, graphql: Add event source to store`
-- All crates: `all: {description}`
+- Single crate: `feat(store): Support 'Or' filters`
+- Multiple crates: `feat(core,graphql): Add event source to store`
+- All crates: `refactor(all): {description}`
+- Types: `feat`, `fix`, `docs`, `test`, `refactor`, `perf`, `build`, `ci`, `chore`, `revert`; mark breaking changes with `!` (`feat(store)!: ...`)
+
+release-please reads every commit on master, so each one must follow this format. The Semantic PR workflow checks PR titles, which become the commit message when a PR is squash-merged. release-please derives versions and the changelog from these commits: while the version is below 1.0, `feat` and breaking changes bump the minor version, `fix` and `perf` bump the patch version.
 
 ### Git Workflow
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7992c32c49f..cfa58c70632 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -50,12 +50,18 @@ detailed instructions about how to run the sharded integrations tests.
 
 ## Commit messages and pull requests
 
-We use the following format for commit messages:
-`{crate-name}: {Brief description of changes}`, for example: `store: Support 'Or' filters`.
-
-If multiple crates are being changed list them all like this: `core,
-graphql: Add event source to store` If all (or most) crates are affected
-by the commit, start the message with `all: `.
+We use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org) with
+the crate as scope: `{type}({crate-name}): {Brief description of changes}`,
+for example: `feat(store): Support 'Or' filters`. The types are `feat`,
+`fix`, `docs`, `test`, `refactor`, `perf`, `build`, `ci`, `chore` and
+`revert`; mark breaking changes with `!` (`feat(store)!: ...`).
+
+If multiple crates are being changed list them all like this:
+`feat(core,graphql): Add event source to store`. If all (or most) crates
+are affected by the commit, use the scope `all`.
+
+release-please derives versions and the changelog from the commits on
+master, so every commit that lands there must follow this format.
 
 The body of the message can be terse, with just enough information to
 explain what the commit does overall. In a lot of cases, more extensive
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1418f9eec85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "8e3debd675309d96eb987bf90f053f378bc917bf",
+  "last-release-sha": "8e3debd675309d96eb987bf90f053f378bc917bf",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "extra-files": [
+        {
+          "type": "toml",
+          "path": "Cargo.toml",
+          "jsonpath": "$.workspace.package.version"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "toml",
+          "path": "Cargo.lock",
+          "jsonpath": "$.package[?(!@.source)].version"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}