diff --git a/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-publish.yaml
index dbd3dd4..28de3db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-publish.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 name: Publish dai-release-backend plugin
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      github-publish:
+        description: 'Github publish'
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      npm-publish:
+        description: 'Npm publish'
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
-  call-ci-workflow:
-    name: Run build & test for dai-release-backend plugin
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
+  github-publish:
+    if: ${{ inputs.github-publish == true }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-backend
+  npm-publish:
+    if: ${{ inputs.npm-publish == true }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-backend
-      publish: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-push.yaml
index 5ab8565..eaf859f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-push.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 name: Push to main on dai-release-backend plugin
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      # Ignore changes to READMEs and other Markdown.
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-backend/**/README*'
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-backend/**/*.md'
-      - 'plugins/dai-release/**'  
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-common/**'  
+on: workflow_call
 
 jobs:
   call-ci-workflow:
     name: Run build & test for dai-release-backend plugin
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
     with:
-      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-backend
\ No newline at end of file
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-backend
+  version-tag:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/version.yaml
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow ]
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-backend
+      plugin: dai-release-backend
+  github-publish:
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow, version-tag ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-backend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-publish.yaml
index dbc014d..e51b10e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-publish.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 name: Publish dai-release-common plugin
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      github-publish:
+        description: 'Github publish'
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      npm-publish:
+        description: 'Npm publish'
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
-  call-ci-workflow:
-    name: Run build & test for dai-release-common plugin
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
+  github-publish:
+    if: ${{ inputs.github-publish == true }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
     with:
       plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-common
-      publish: true
+  npm-publish:
+    if: ${{ inputs.npm-publish == true }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-common
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-push.yaml
index 4cd4d5c..97b227f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dai-release-common-push.yaml
@@ -2,17 +2,70 @@ name: Push to main on dai-release-common plugin
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      # Ignore changes to READMEs and other Markdown.
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-common/**/README*'
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-common/**/*.md'
-      - 'plugins/dai-release/**'  
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-backend/**' 
+    branches: [ "main" ]  # need to map it to main branch
 
 jobs:
+  changes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      common: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.common }}
+      backend: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.backend }}
+      frontend: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.frontend }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            common:
+              - 'plugins/dai-release-common/**'
+            backend:
+              - 'plugins/dai-release-backend/**'
+            frontend:
+              - 'plugins/dai-release/**'
+          base: ${{ github.ref_name }}
   call-ci-workflow:
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.common == 'true' }}
     name: Run build & test for dai-release-common plugin
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
     with:
-      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-common
\ No newline at end of file
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-common
+  version-tag:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/version.yaml
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow ]
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-common
+      plugin: dai-release-common
+  github-publish:
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow, version-tag ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release-common
+  update-dependencies:
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow, version-tag, github-publish ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/update-dependency.yaml
+
+  frontend-ci-workflow:
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' &&  needs.changes.outputs.common == 'false'}}
+    name: Run dai-release plugin without dai-release-common changes.
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/dai-release-push.yaml
+
+  frontend-common-ci-workflow:
+    needs: [changes, update-dependencies]
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' &&  needs.changes.outputs.common == 'true' }}
+    name: Run dai-release plugin with dai-release-common changes.
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/dai-release-push.yaml
+
+  backend-ci-workflow:
+    needs: changes
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' &&  needs.changes.outputs.common == 'false'}}
+    name: Run dai-release-backend plugin without dai-release-common changes.
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-push.yaml
+
+  backend-common-ci-workflow:
+    needs: [changes, update-dependencies]
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' &&  needs.changes.outputs.common == 'true' }}
+    name: Run dai-release-backend plugin with dai-release-common changes.
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/dai-release-backend-push.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dai-release-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/dai-release-publish.yaml
index 870b621..0f10d2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dai-release-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dai-release-publish.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 name: Publish dai-release plugin
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      github-publish:
+        description: 'Github publish'
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      npm-publish:
+        description: 'Npm publish'
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
-  call-ci-workflow:
-    name: Run build & test for dai-release plugin
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
+  github-publish:
+    if: ${{ inputs.github-publish == true }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release
+  npm-publish:
+    if: ${{ inputs.npm-publish == true }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release
-      publish: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dai-release-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/dai-release-push.yaml
index addda57..c5429ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dai-release-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dai-release-push.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 name: Push to main on dai-release plugin
 
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      # Ignore changes to READMEs and other Markdown.
-      - 'plugins/dai-release/**/README*'
-      - 'plugins/dai-release/**/*.md'
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-backend/**'  
-      - 'plugins/dai-release-common/**'  
+on: workflow_call
 
 jobs:
   call-ci-workflow:
     name: Run build & test for dai-release plugin
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
     with:
-      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release
\ No newline at end of file
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release
+  version-tag:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/version.yaml
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow ]
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release
+      plugin: dai-release
+  github-publish:
+    needs: [ call-ci-workflow, version-tag ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
+    with:
+      plugin-path: ./plugins/dai-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d437d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Github publish
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      plugin-path:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  github-publish:
+    name: Publish Latest to Github registry
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}  # need to map it to main branch
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          always-auth: true
+          node-version: '18.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn install
+      - name: Run tsc
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn tsc
+      - name: Build
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn build
+      - name: Run tests
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn test
+      - name: Publish to registry
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn publish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b56ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: NPM publish
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      plugin-path:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  npm-publish:
+    name: Publish Latest to NPM
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # necessary to get newly created tag above
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          always-auth: true
+          node-version: '18.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+          scope: '@digital-ai'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn install
+      - name: Run tsc
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn tsc
+      - name: Build
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn build
+      - name: Run tests
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn test
+      - name: Publish to registry
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn publish --access public
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_template.md b/.github/workflows/pr_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5a619b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+## Release Checklist
+
+- All steps below must be completed prior to merging.
+
+## Author Checklist
+
+### Required
+
+- [ ] PR title should follows correct format.
+  - MAJOR Release is used when there are breaking changes involved
+  - MINOR Release is used when enhancements are introduced
+  - PATCH Release is used for defects, security, tech chores, etc.
+  - Note:
+    - Based on the commit messages, increment the version from the latest release.
+    - Push the bumped npm version in package.json back into the repo.
+    - Push a tag for the new version back into the repo.
+    - [For more details on versioning](https://github.com/phips28/gh-action-bump-version/blob/master/README.md) 
+- [ ] Checklist of **changes made** added to PR description
+- [ ] Related issue(s) linked to PR
+
+ 
+## Reviewer Checklist
+
+- [ ] Author checklist has been reviewed?
+- [ ] All acceptance criteria has been met from linked issue
+- [ ] Run code locally and verify all changes
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+## Related Issue(s)
+
+Resolves #XXXX
+Story-######
+Defect-######
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
index 1951cba..f66d974 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ on:
       plugin-path:
         required: true
         type: string
-      publish:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
   build_job:
@@ -16,26 +13,25 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    steps:    
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Use Node.js
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-      with:
-        node-version: '18.x'
-        registry-url: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
-      run: yarn install
-    - name: Run tsc
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
-      run: yarn tsc
-    - name: Build
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
-      run: yarn build
-    - name: Run tests  
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
-      run: yarn test
-    - name: Publish to registry
-      if: ${{ inputs.publish }}
-      working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
-      run: yarn publish
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }} # need to map it to main branch
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '18.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn install
+      - name: Run tsc
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn tsc
+      - name: Build
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn build
+      - name: Run tests
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        run: yarn test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependency.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-dependency.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68da25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependency.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Update-Dependency of dai-release-common plugin
+
+on: workflow_call
+
+jobs:
+  update-dependency:
+    name: Update Latest version of dai-release-common.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      - name: Update Package of Other Module
+        run: |
+          # Extract the version of the package from the output of the previous jobs
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=$(grep '"version"' ./plugins/dai-release-common/package.json | awk -F '"' '{print $4}')
+          echo $PACKAGE_VERSION
+          echo "Updating package.json: ./plugins/dai-release/package.json"
+          sed -i 's/"@digital-ai\/plugin-dai-release-common": ".*"/"@digital-ai\/plugin-dai-release-common": "'"$PACKAGE_VERSION"'"/' ./plugins/dai-release/package.json
+          echo "Updating package.json: ./plugins/dai-release-backend/package.json"
+          sed -i 's/"@digital-ai\/plugin-dai-release-common": ".*"/"@digital-ai\/plugin-dai-release-common": "'"$PACKAGE_VERSION"'"/' ./plugins/dai-release-backend/package.json
+          echo "Done"
+      - name: Commit and Push Changes
+        run: |
+          git pull origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git config user.email "<>"
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "chore: update dependencies"
+          git push origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yaml b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff36fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Versioning and tag/release creation
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      plugin-path:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      plugin:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  bump-version:
+    name: Bump Version & Create GitHub Tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new-version: ${{ steps.version-bump.outputs.newTag }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # necessary to get newly created tag above
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}  # need to map it to main branch
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.19.0
+      - name: Automated Version Bump
+        id: version-bump
+        uses: phips28/gh-action-bump-version@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PACKAGEJSON_DIR: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        with:
+          commit-message: "CI: bumps version to {{version}} [skip ci]"
+          tag-prefix:  '${{ inputs.plugin }}/v'
+          major-wording: 'MAJOR'
+          minor-wording: 'MINOR'
+          preid: 'alpha'
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }} # need to map it to main branch
+
+  create-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ bump-version ]
+    if: needs.bump-version.outputs.new-version != ''
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # necessary to get newly created tag above
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}  # need to map it to main branch
+      - name: New Version
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        env:
+          NEW_VERSION: ${{ steps.bump-version.outputs.new-version }}
+        run: echo "new version $NEW_VERSION"
+
+      - name: Create tag and release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        env:
+          PACKAGEJSON_DIR: ${{ inputs.plugin-path }}
+        with:
+          name: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new-version }}
+          tag: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new-version }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/dai-release-backend/package.json b/plugins/dai-release-backend/package.json
index ced836e..85df830 100644
--- a/plugins/dai-release-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/dai-release-backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release-backend",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "^0.7.12",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "^0.7.24",
     "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-deploy-common": "^0.1.0",
-    "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release-common": "^0.1.0",
+    "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release-common": "0.0.1",
     "@types/express": "*",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/plugins/dai-release-common/package.json b/plugins/dai-release-common/package.json
index 6389c9c..9e59ec0 100644
--- a/plugins/dai-release-common/package.json
+++ b/plugins/dai-release-common/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release-common",
   "description": "Common functionalities for the dai-release plugin",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/dai-release/package.json b/plugins/dai-release/package.json
index e5aca7d..64ba314 100644
--- a/plugins/dai-release/package.json
+++ b/plugins/dai-release/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "@backstage/errors": "^1.2.3",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-react": "^0.4.20",
     "@backstage/theme": "^0.4.2",
-    "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release-common": "^0.1.0",
+    "@digital-ai/plugin-dai-release-common": "0.0.1",
     "@emotion/react": "^11.11.4",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.11.0",
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.2",