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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sign a new one.
 This project follows
 [Google's Open Source Community Guidelines](https://opensource.google/conduct/).
 
-## Contribution process
+## Development process
 
 ### Code reviews
 
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ completed:
   features (we want to avoid features that offer some tools but cannot be used
   successfully to debug things).
 
+### Release process
+
+Releasing `chrome-devtools-mcp` is automated by GitHub Actions. To release a new
+version, [search for a PR titled `chore(main): release chrome-devtools-mcp`](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+%22chore%28main%29%3A+release+chrome-devtools-mcp%22)
+and review, test, and land it. The release PR is automatically opened if there
+are any changes on the main branch that show up in the changelog.
+
 ## Installation
 
 Check that you are using node version specified in .nvmrc, then run following commands: