diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.lib.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.lib.yaml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.lib.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
+
+      - name: task generate
+        run: |
+          task generate --verbose
+          git diff --exit-code
+
+      - name: task validate
+        run: task validate --verbose
+
+      - name: task test
+        run: task test --verbose
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.lib.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.lib.yaml
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index 0000000..6c77a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.lib.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+
+env:
+  OCI_URL: ghcr.io/openmcp-project
+
+jobs:
+  release_tag:
+    name: Release version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Create GitHub App token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@df432ceedc7162793a195dd1713ff69aefc7379e # v2
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          # required
+          app-id: 1312871
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.OPENMCP_CI_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
+
+      - name: Read and validate VERSION
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(task version)
+          if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-dev(-[0-9a-f]*)?)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Invalid version format: $VERSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "New version: $VERSION"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Skip release if version is a dev version
+        if: contains(env.version, '-dev')
+        run: |
+          echo "Skipping development version release: ${{ env.version }}"
+          echo "SKIP=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          exit 0
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Context for Buildx
+        id: buildx-context
+        run: |
+          docker context create builders
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3
+        with:
+          version: latest
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - name: Build and Push Images
+        run: |
+          task build:img:all --verbose
+
+      - name: Package and Push Helm Charts
+        run: |
+          task build:helm:all --verbose
+
+      - name: Build and Push OCM Component
+        run: |
+          task build:ocm:all --verbose
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.lib.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.lib.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbf61a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.lib.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+name: Versioned Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write # we need this to be able to push tags
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  release_tag:
+    name: Release version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Create GitHub App token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@df432ceedc7162793a195dd1713ff69aefc7379e # v2
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          # required
+          app-id: 1312871
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.OPENMCP_CI_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
+
+      - name: Read and validate VERSION
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(task version)
+          if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-dev(-[0-9a-f]*)?)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Invalid version format: $VERSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "New version: $VERSION"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Skip release if version is a dev version
+        if: contains(env.version, '-dev')
+        run: |
+          echo "Skipping development version release: ${{ env.version }}"
+          echo "SKIP=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          exit 0
+
+      - name: Check if VERSION is already tagged
+        id: check_tag
+        run: |
+          if git rev-parse "refs/tags/${{ env.version }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Tag ${{ env.version }} already exists. Skipping release."
+            echo "SKIP=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo "Tag ${{ env.version }} doesn't exists. Proceeding with release."
+
+      - name: Create Git tag
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          AUTHOR_NAME=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%an')
+          AUTHOR_EMAIL=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ae')
+          echo "Tagging as $AUTHOR_NAME <$AUTHOR_EMAIL>"
+
+          echo "AUTHOR_NAME=$AUTHOR_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AUTHOR_EMAIL=$AUTHOR_EMAIL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          git config user.name "$AUTHOR_NAME"
+          git config user.email "$AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+
+          git tag -a "${{ env.version }}" -m "Release ${{ env.version }}"
+          git push origin "${{ env.version }}"
+
+      - name: Create Git tag for api submodule
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          AUTHOR_NAME=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%an')
+          AUTHOR_EMAIL=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%ae')
+          echo "Tagging as $AUTHOR_NAME <$AUTHOR_EMAIL>"
+
+          echo "AUTHOR_NAME=$AUTHOR_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AUTHOR_EMAIL=$AUTHOR_EMAIL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          git config user.name "$AUTHOR_NAME"
+          git config user.email "$AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+
+          git tag -a "api/${{ env.version }}" -m "Release ${{ env.version }}"
+          git push origin "api/${{ env.version }}"
+
+      - name: Build Changelog
+        id: github_release
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@e92187bd633e680ebfdd15961a7c30b2d097e7ad # v5
+        with:
+          mode: "PR"
+          configurationJson: |
+            {
+              "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}",
+              "pr_template": "- #{{TITLE}}: ##{{NUMBER}}",
+              "categories": [
+                {
+                    "title": "## Feature",
+                    "labels": ["feat", "feature"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "title": "## Fix",
+                    "labels": ["fix", "bug"]
+                },
+                {
+                    "title": "## Other",
+                    "labels": []
+                }
+              ],
+              "label_extractor": [
+                {
+                  "pattern": "^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test){1}(\\([\\w\\-\\.]+\\))?(!)?: ([\\w ])+([\\s\\S]*)",
+                  "on_property": "title",
+                  "target": "$1"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@da05d552573ad5aba039eaac05058a918a7bf631 # v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.version }}
+          name: Release ${{ env.version }}
+          body: ${{steps.github_release.outputs.changelog}}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Push dev VERSION
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP != 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          task release:set-version --verbose -- "${{ env.version }}-dev"
+          git config user.name "${{ env.AUTHOR_NAME }}"
+          git config user.email "${{ env.AUTHOR_EMAIL }}"
+          git add VERSION
+          git commit -m "chore(release): Update VERSION to ${{ env.version }}-dev"
+          git push origin main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse.lib.yaml b/.github/workflows/reuse.lib.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba5b99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.lib.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: REUSE Compliance Check
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@bb774aa972c2a89ff34781233d275075cbddf542 # v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reuse.yaml b/.github/workflows/reuse.yaml
index 1cb746e..a04d398 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ name: REUSE Compliance Check
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
-jobs:
+jobs: 
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
-      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
-        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@bb774aa972c2a89ff34781233d275075cbddf542 # v5
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+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reuse.lib.yaml
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr-content.lib.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr-content.lib.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd380f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr-content.lib.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Validate Pull Request Content
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+  
+jobs:
+  validate-pr-content:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate PR content
+        run: |
+          PR_BODY=$(jq -r .pull_request.body "$GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
+          echo "DEBUG: PR_BODY content is: $PR_BODY"
+          REQUIRED_SECTIONS=("\\*\\*What this PR does / why we need it\\*\\*:" "\\*\\*Release note\\*\\*:")
+
+          for SECTION in "${REQUIRED_SECTIONS[@]}"; do
+            echo "DEBUG: Checking for section: $SECTION"
+            if ! echo "$PR_BODY" | grep -qE "$SECTION"; then
+              echo "Pull request message is missing required section: $SECTION" >&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
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