diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 642c61d5..80764c15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/vector-im/matrix-bot-sdk/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/vector-im/matrix-bot-sdk#readme",
+  "publishConfig": {
+      "access": "public"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn build",
     "docs": "jsdoc -c jsdoc.json -P package.json -u docs/tutorials",
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-patch-branch b/scripts/prepare-patch-branch
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..07e9e675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prepare-patch-branch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
+    echo 'Please provide a title for your patch branch' >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+PATCH_TITLE=$1
+
+for REMOTE in $(git remote); do
+    URL=$(git remote get-url $REMOTE)
+    if [[ $URL =~ "turt2live" ]]; then
+        UPSTREAM_REPO=$REMOTE
+    elif [[ $URL =~ "vector-im" ]]; then
+        FORK_REPO=$REMOTE
+    fi
+done
+
+function echoAndDo {
+    echo "$*"
+    $*
+}
+
+if [[ -z $UPSTREAM_REPO ]]; then
+    echo -n 'Adding remote for upstream repo: '
+    UPSTREAM_REPO=turt2live
+    echoAndDo git remote add $UPSTREAM_REPO git@github.com:turt2live/matrix-bot-sdk.git
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $FORK_REPO ]]; then
+    echo -n 'Adding remote for fork repo: '
+    FORK_REPO=vector-im
+    echoAndDo git remote add $FORK_REPO git@github.com:vector-im/matrix-bot-sdk.git
+fi
+
+git fetch $UPSTREAM_REPO
+git fetch $FORK_REPO
+git checkout -b $PATCH_TITLE $(git merge-base $UPSTREAM_REPO/main $FORK_REPO/element-main)
+
+echo "Branch '$PATCH_TITLE' is now ready. Push changes to this branch when preparing a PR, and aim to merge it to both upstream and the fork."
diff --git a/scripts/tag-release b/scripts/tag-release
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c9161c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tag-release
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [[ -n $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
+    echo 'Working dir is dirty, aborting' >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+git fetch --all
+git checkout element-release
+git reset --hard element-main
+
+PREID=element
+
+# The latest upstream release tag reachable from the current commit
+PREV_UPST_TAG=$(git log --decorate=short --decorate-refs=refs/tags/ --simplify-by-decoration --oneline | awk '/ \(tag: / && !/beta|element/ {sub(/)$/, "", $3); print $3; exit}')
+
+# The commit hash of the retrieved tag (not of the tag itself)
+PREV_UPST_TAG_HASH=$(git rev-parse ${PREV_UPST_TAG}~0)
+
+# The immediate child commit of the release commit,
+# to consider the 'Revert version back to "develop"' commits
+PREV_UPST_NXT_HASH=$(git rev-list ${PREV_UPST_TAG}..main | tail -n 1)
+
+# Check if the current branch is a direct merge of the previous upstream release
+for MERGE_PARENT in $(git show -s | awk '/^Merge: / {print $2; print $3; exit}'); do
+    if [[ $PREV_UPST_TAG_HASH =~ ^$MERGE_PARENT || $PREV_UPST_NXT_HASH =~ ^$MERGE_PARENT ]]; then
+        RELEASE_MERGE=1
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+if [[ $RELEASE_MERGE -eq 1 ]]; then
+    THIS_TAG="${PREV_UPST_TAG}-${PREID}"
+    THIS_VER=${THIS_TAG#v}
+else
+    THIS_VER=$(npx semver --preid ${PREID} -i prerelease ${PREV_UPST_TAG#v})
+    while [[ -n $(git tag -l "v${THIS_VER}") ]]; do
+        THIS_VER=$(npx semver --preid ${PREID} -i prerelease $THIS_VER)
+    done
+    THIS_TAG="v${THIS_VER}"
+fi
+
+sed -i 's/\("version": "\).*\("\)/\1'$THIS_VER'\2/' package.json
+git add package.json
+git commit -m $THIS_TAG
+git tag -sm $THIS_TAG{,}
+
+echo "Tag '$THIS_TAG' is now ready and may be pushed"