diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/draft-release.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/draft-release.yaml
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+on: [ workflow_dispatch ]
+jobs:
+  create-artifacts:
+    runs-on: act
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: extract version from manifest
+        id: version
+        run: cat system.json | echo version=`jq -r ".version"` >> "$FORGEJO_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: assert that the tag doesn't exist
+        run: node scripts/tagExists.mjs
+        env:
+          TAG_NAME: ${{steps.version.output.version}}
+
+      - name: build compendia
+        run: node scripts/buildCompendia.mjs
+
+      - name: compress files
+        run: zip -r release.zip langs module styles templates README.md assets
+
+      - name: upload artifacts
+        uses: https://data.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            system.json
+            release.zip
+          retention-days: 7
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+
+  forgejo-release:
+    runs-on: docker
+    needs:
+      - create-artifacts
+    if: var.RELEASE_TO_FORGEJO
+    steps:
+      - name: download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: update manifest
+
+      - name: create draft release
+
+
+  github-release:
+    runs-on: docker
+    needs:
+      - create-artifacts
+    if: var.RELEASE_TO_GITHUB
+    steps:
+      - name: download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: update manifest
+
+      - name: create draft release
diff --git a/scripts/tagExists.mjs b/scripts/tagExists.mjs
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+++ b/scripts/tagExists.mjs
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+const {
+	TAG_NAME,
+	FORGEJO_API_URL,
+	FORGEJO_REPOSITORY,
+	FORGEJO_REPOSITORY_OWNER,
+} = process.env;
+
+
+console.log(process.env)
+
+process.exit(1);