Add automated GitHub release workflow for the browser extension and bump its version

- [Image] should say `What's changed in VS Code extension:`
- is browser extension handled in `.github/workflows/github-release.yml`? note that the browser version is in manifest

├── .github
│   └── workflows
│       └── github-release.yml
└── apps
    ├── browser
    │   ├── create-zip-archives.ts
    │   ├── package.json
    │   ├── src
    │   │   └── manifest.json
    │   └── webpack.config.ts
    └── editor
        └── package.json

Author: robertpiosik

.github/workflows/github-release.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - master
     paths:
       - 'apps/editor/package.json'
+      - 'apps/browser/src/manifest.json'
 
 # Required to allow the workflow to create tags and releases
 permissions:
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
           
-          echo "### What's Changed in apps/editor" > release_notes.md
+          echo "### What's changed in VS Code extension:" > release_notes.md
           echo "" >> release_notes.md
           
           if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
@@ -82,4 +83,75 @@ jobs:
           name: Release ${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}
           body_path: release_notes.md
           # Grab the compiled .vsix generated by 'vsce package'
-          files: apps/editor/*.vsix
+          files: apps/editor/*.vsix
+
+  release-browser:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get version from manifest.json
+        id: browser_version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(jq -r .version apps/browser/src/manifest.json)
+          echo "version=browser-v$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if tag exists
+        id: check_tag
+        run: |
+          # Prevent failing if manifest.json was modified but version wasn't bumped
+          if git ls-remote --tags origin refs/tags/${{ steps.browser_version.outputs.version }} | grep -q 'refs/tags/'; then
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+
+      - name: Setup PNPM
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: 9.6.0
+          run_install: false
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        run: pnpm i
+
+      - name: Build Browser extension
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        run: |
+          cd apps/browser
+          pnpm build
+
+      - name: Generate Release Notes
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        run: |
+          PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --match "browser-v*" --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          
+          echo "### What's changed in Browser extension:" > release_notes_browser.md
+          echo "" >> release_notes_browser.md
+          
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            git log ${PREV_TAG}..HEAD --pretty=format:"* %s (%h)" -- apps/browser >> release_notes_browser.md
+          else
+            git log --pretty=format:"* %s (%h)" -- apps/browser >> release_notes_browser.md
+          fi
+
+      - name: Create Release and Upload ZIPs
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.browser_version.outputs.version }}
+          name: Browser Extension Release ${{ steps.browser_version.outputs.version }}
+          body_path: release_notes_browser.md
+          files: apps/browser/*.zip

apps/browser/src/manifest.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "name": "Autofill for Code Web Chat",
   "short_name": "CWC",
   "description": "Autofill CWC-constructed markdown prompts in free chatbots.",
-  "version": "2026.1031.26",
+  "version": "2026.1031.27",
   "homepage_url": "https://github.com/robertpiosik/CodeWebChat",
   "icons": {
     "16": "icons/icon-16.png",