diff --git a/docs/styleguide/maintenance-notes.md b/docs/styleguide/maintenance-notes.md
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--- a/docs/styleguide/maintenance-notes.md
+++ b/docs/styleguide/maintenance-notes.md
@@ -6,30 +6,28 @@
1. make sure to tag it with one of the following in the PR:
- SEMVER/patch
+ - e.g. `SEMVER/patch`: `0.8.11` would become -> `0.8.12`
- SEMVER/minor
+ - e.g. `SEMVER/minor`: `0.8.11` would become -> `0.9.0`
- SEMVER/major
+ - e.g. `SEMVER/major`: `0.8.11` would become -> `1.0.0`
-## Before tagging a release releasing: bump the package version
-1. open a PR to bump the package version: e.g. `git checkout -b v0.8.12`
-2. bump the package version number that matches the `SEMVER/patch | SEMVER/minor | SEMVER/major`
- - e.g. `SEMVER/patch`: `0.8.11` would become -> `0.8.12`
- - e.g. `SEMVER/minor`: `0.8.11` would become -> `0.9.00`
- - e.g. `SEMVER/major`: `0.8.11` would become -> `1.0.0`
-3. run `npm i` <--- this makes sure your bumped package version makes it into the `package-lock.json`
-4. run `npm run update:readme` <----- captures the version bump in the readme
-5. run `git add .`
-6. run `git commit -m "chore: bumps package"`
-7. push this to your feature branch.
-8. make a PR and merge to `main`
+NOTE: if you are unsure quite likely it will be a `SEMVER/patch` for "...when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.". You can learn more about [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
## Once we merge the PR to `main`:
+
1. simply go to the `releases` sidebar >
2. go to the latest draft and click the edit button
-3. click: publish the release
-
-
+3. click: publish the release -- this will trigger a github workflow that will:
+ * get the latest tag version
+ * update the package.json
+ * update the readme with the latest version (pulled from the package.json)
+ * run npm install
+ * add, commit, and push those changes to `main`
+ * build the library
+ * and publish to npm
***