diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-builder.json b/.github/workflows/changelog-builder.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8aa820d..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-builder.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "categories": [],
-    "empty_template": "- No changes",
-    "pr_template": "- ${{TITLE}} #${{NUMBER}}",
-    "sort": {"on_property": "title", "order": "ASC"},
-    "template": "${{UNCATEGORIZED}}"
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/next_version.py b/.github/workflows/next_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5add857..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/next_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import semver
-import sys
-
-release = len(sys.argv) > 2 and sys.argv[2] or "patch"
-version = semver.VersionInfo.parse(sys.argv[1].lstrip("v"))
-
-print(getattr(version, f"bump_{release}")())
diff --git a/.github/workflows/process_changelog.py b/.github/workflows/process_changelog.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 366fd7b..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/process_changelog.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-
-GITHUB_REPOSITORY = os.environ.get("GITHUB_REPOSITORY", "")
-
-repo_url = f"https://github.com/{GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-
-lines = []
-
-for line in sys.stdin.readlines():
-    match = re.match(rf"^- (.*) #([0-9]+)$", line)
-
-    if match is None:
-        lines.append((line.lstrip("- "), []))
-        continue
-
-    title, pr = match.groups()
-
-    if lines and title == lines[-1][0]:
-        lines[-1][1].append(pr)
-        continue
-
-    lines.append((title, [pr]))
-
-print(
-    "\n".join(
-        f"- {title} {' '.join(f'[#{pr}]({repo_url}/pull/{pr})' for pr in prs)}"
-        for title, prs in lines
-    )
-)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-builder.yml b/.github/workflows/release-builder.yml
index d558ecc..839e492 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-builder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-builder.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       PROJECT_NAME: worf
       PROJECT_TYPE: package
       SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_SIX_BOT_TOKEN }}
+      SLACK_CHANNEL: C0306G288J0
       TARGET_NAME: pypi.org
       TARGET_URL: https://pypi.org/project/worf/
 
@@ -65,30 +66,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-
-      - run: pip install requests
-
-      - id: build_images_message
-        run: echo "message=$(python .github/workflows/release_message.py)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          MESSAGE_TEMPLATE: images
-
-      - if: steps.build_images_message.outputs.message
-        id: send_images_message
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
+      - id: message
+        uses: gundotio/release-builder/slack-message@main
         with:
-          channel-id: C0306G288J0
-          payload: ${{ steps.build_images_message.outputs.message }}
-
-      - id: build_release_message
-        run: echo "message=$(python .github/workflows/release_message.py)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - id: send_release_message
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
-        with:
-          channel-id: C0306G288J0
-          payload: ${{ steps.build_release_message.outputs.message }}
+          channel-id: ${{ env.SLACK_CHANNEL }}
 
       - run: script/build
 
@@ -107,17 +88,11 @@ jobs:
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
 
       - if: always()
-        id: rebuild_release_message
-        run: echo "message=$(python .github/workflows/release_message.py)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          DEPLOY_STATUS: ${{ steps.release.conclusion }}
-
-      - if: always()
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
+        uses: gundotio/release-builder/slack-message@main
         with:
-          channel-id: C0306G288J0
-          payload: ${{ steps.rebuild_release_message.outputs.message }}
-          update-ts: ${{ steps.send_release_message.outputs.ts }}
+          channel-id: ${{ steps.message.outputs.channel-id }}
+          message-id: ${{ steps.message.outputs.message-id }}
+          status: ${{ steps.release.conclusion }}
 
   build_changelog:
     if: always() && needs.publish_release.result != 'failure'
@@ -127,35 +102,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
 
-      - run: pip install semver
-
-      - id: builder
-        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v3
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - id: changelog
+        uses: gundotio/release-builder/build-changelog@main
         with:
-          configuration: .github/workflows/changelog-builder.json
-          outputFile: NEXT.md
-          toTag: HEAD
-
-      - id: process
-        run: |
-          echo 'changelog<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          cat NEXT.md | python .github/workflows/process_changelog.py >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - id: next
-        run: |
-          echo "version=$(python .github/workflows/next_version.py ${{ steps.builder.outputs.fromTag }} ${{ inputs.release || 'patch' }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          release: ${{ inputs.release || 'patch' }}
 
     outputs:
-      has_prs: ${{ steps.builder.outputs.categorized_prs || steps.builder.outputs.uncategorized_prs }}
-      previous_version: ${{ steps.builder.outputs.fromTag }}
-      next_version: ${{ steps.next.outputs.version }}
-      notes: ${{ steps.process.outputs.changelog }}
-      release: ${{ inputs.release || 'patch' }}
+      has_prs: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.has_prs }}
+      previous_version: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.previous_version }}
+      next_version: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.next_version }}
+      notes: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.notes }}
+      release: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.release }}
 
   create_pr:
     if: always() && inputs.force_pr || needs.build_changelog.outputs.has_prs
@@ -168,33 +126,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
-      - id: commit
-        uses: pr-mpt/actions-commit-hash@v1
-
       - run: |
-          echo -e "# Changelog\n" > NEXT.md
-          echo -e "All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](${{ github.server_url }}/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.\n" >> NEXT.md
-          echo -e "${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.release == 'patch' && '###' || '##' }} [${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/compare/${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.previous_version }}...v${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}) ($(date +'%Y-%m-%d'))\n" >> NEXT.md
-          echo -e "${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.notes }}\n" >> NEXT.md
-          cat CHANGELOG.md | sed -e '1,4d' >> NEXT.md && mv NEXT.md CHANGELOG.md
           echo '__version__ = "v${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}"' > worf/__init__.py
 
-      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
+      - uses: gundotio/release-builder/create-pull-request@main
         with:
-          title: Release ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}
-          body: |
-            ## Release [${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/compare/${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.previous_version }}...${{ steps.commit.outputs.short }})
-
-            ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.notes }}
-
-            <details>
-              <summary>View source</summary>
-              <pre><code>${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.notes }}</code></pre>
-            </details>
-          author: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
-          base: master
-          branch: release
-          committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
-          commit-message: |
-            chore(release): ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}
-          delete-branch: true
+          next_version: ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.next_version }}
+          notes: ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.notes }}
+          previous_version: ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.previous_version }}
+          release: ${{ needs.build_changelog.outputs.release }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_message.py b/.github/workflows/release_message.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b40eb1..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release_message.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-import json
-import os
-import re
-import requests
-import sys
-
-DEPLOY_STATUS = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_STATUS", "")
-GITHUB_ACTOR = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTOR", "")
-GITHUB_REPOSITORY = os.environ.get("GITHUB_REPOSITORY", "")
-GITHUB_RUN_ID = os.environ.get("GITHUB_RUN_ID", "")
-GITHUB_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN", "")
-MESSAGE_TEMPLATE = os.environ.get("MESSAGE_TEMPLATE", "")
-PROJECT_NAME = os.environ.get("PROJECT_NAME", "")
-PROJECT_TYPE = os.environ.get("PROJECT_TYPE", "")
-TARGET_NAME = os.environ.get("TARGET_NAME", "")
-TARGET_URL = os.environ.get("TARGET_URL", "")
-
-github = requests.Session()
-github.headers = {
-    "Accept": "application/json",
-    "Authorization": f"Bearer {GITHUB_TOKEN}",
-}
-
-github_url = f"https://github.com/{GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
-
-action_status = dict(
-    failure=":cross:",
-    pending=":buffering:",
-    skipped="🚀",
-    success="🚀",
-).get(DEPLOY_STATUS or "pending")
-action_url = f"{github_url}/actions/runs/{GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
-
-image_html_re = re.compile(r'<img.*?alt="(.*?)".*?src="(.*?)".*?>')
-image_md_re = re.compile(r"!\[(.*?)\]\((.*?)\)")
-
-release_re = re.compile(
-    r"""
-    ^\#+\s
-    \[(?P<version>.*?)\]\((?P<compare_url>.*?)\)\s
-    \((?P<date>.*?)\)$
-    """,
-    re.VERBOSE,
-)
-
-
-def build_message():
-    user = github.get(f"https://api.github.com/users/{GITHUB_ACTOR}").json()
-
-    actor = user["name"]
-    actor_link = f"[{actor}]({user['html_url']})"
-    project = f"{PROJECT_NAME} {release['version']}".strip()
-    project_link = f"[{project}]({release['compare_url']})"
-    run_link = f"[{action_status}]({action_url})"
-    target = TARGET_NAME
-    target_link = f"[{target}]({TARGET_URL})"
-    verb = "released" if PROJECT_TYPE == "package" else "deployed"
-
-    if MESSAGE_TEMPLATE == "images":
-        images = get_images(release)
-
-        if not images:
-            return
-
-        return {
-            "text": f"🚀 {actor} {verb} {project} to {target}",
-            "blocks": [
-                {
-                    "type": "image",
-                    "title": {
-                        "type": "plain_text",
-                        "text": text,
-                    },
-                    "image_url": url,
-                    "alt_text": text,
-                }
-                for text, url in images
-            ],
-        }
-
-    return {
-        "username": user["name"],
-        "icon_url": user["avatar_url"],
-        "text": f"🚀 {actor} {verb} {project} to {target}",
-        "blocks": [
-            {
-                "type": "section",
-                "text": {
-                    "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": truncate_message(
-                        transform_markdown(
-                            f"{run_link} {actor_link} {verb} {project_link} to {target_link}\n{release['notes']}"
-                        ),
-                    ),
-                },
-            }
-        ],
-        "unfurl_links": False,
-        "unfurl_media": False,
-    }
-
-
-def find_images(text):
-    return image_html_re.findall(text) + image_md_re.findall(text)
-
-
-def get_images(release):
-    images = []
-
-    response = github.get(
-        f"https://api.github.com/repos/{GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/pulls",
-        params=dict(
-            per_page=100,
-            state="closed",
-        ),
-    )
-
-    pulls = {pull["number"]: pull for pull in response.json()}
-
-    for pull in release["pulls"]:
-        pull = pulls.get(pull)
-
-        if not pull:
-            continue
-
-        images.extend(
-            [
-                (f"{pull['title']} #{pull['number']}: {text}".strip(": "), url)
-                for text, url in find_images(pull["body"] or "")
-                if "badge" not in url
-            ]
-        )
-
-    return images
-
-
-def get_release():
-    heading = None
-    notes = []
-
-    with open("CHANGELOG.md", "r") as f:
-        lines = f.readlines()
-        heading = lines[4]
-        for line in lines[6:]:
-            if line.strip():
-                notes.append(line.strip())
-                continue
-            break
-
-    release = release_re.match(heading).groupdict()
-
-    pulls = list(
-        map(int, re.findall(rf"{re.escape(github_url)}/pull/([0-9]+)", "".join(notes)))
-    )
-
-    notes = "\n".join(notes)
-
-    return dict(**release, notes=notes, pulls=pulls)
-
-
-def transform_markdown(text):
-    """Transform markdown into Slack mrkdwn"""
-    text = text.replace("\r\n", "\n")
-    # preserve **markdown bold**
-    text = text.replace("**", "\\*\\*")
-    # convert images and links into slack links
-    text = re.sub(r"!?\[([^\[\]]*?)\]\(([^\(\)]*?)\)", r"<\2|\1>", text)
-    # convert lists into bullets
-    text = re.sub(
-        r"(?<=^) *[·•●\-\*➤]+\s*(.*)",
-        r" *•*  \1",
-        text,
-        flags=re.MULTILINE,
-    )
-    # convert headings into bold
-    text = re.sub(
-        r"(?<=^)\n*[#=_]+ *(.*?) *[#=_]* *\n*$",
-        r"\n*\1*\n",
-        text,
-        flags=re.MULTILINE,
-    )
-    # convert indentation into code blocks
-    text = re.sub(r"((?:\n {4}.*)+)", r"\n```\1\n```", text)
-    text = re.sub(r"^ {4}", r"", text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
-    # restore **markdown bold** as *slack bold*
-    text = text.replace("\\*\\*", "*")
-    # single space after periods otherwise sentences can wrap weird
-    text = re.sub(r"\. {2,}", ". ", text)
-    return text
-
-
-def truncate_message(message, max_length=3000):
-    message_lines = message.split("\n")
-    extra_lines = []
-
-    heading_anchor = f"{release['version']}-{release['date']}".replace(".", "")
-    changelog_url = f"{github_url}/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#{heading_anchor}"
-    more_line = ""
-
-    while len("\n".join(message_lines)) > max_length - len(more_line):
-        extra_lines.append(message_lines.pop())
-        more_line = transform_markdown(f"+ [{len(extra_lines)} more]({changelog_url})")
-
-    if more_line:
-        message_lines.append(more_line)
-
-    return "\n".join(message_lines)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    release = get_release()
-    message = build_message()
-
-    if message:
-        print(json.dumps(message))