diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1aed8a..1d3bda6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ env.sh
 .cp_org/*
 .blinka/*
 .vscode
+.idea/*
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6f03814..5e4278f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -160,6 +160,45 @@ run the following command:
     # the help argument to display usage.
     python3 -m adabot.circuitpython_library_patches -h
 
+
+Making Releases For CircuitPython Libraries
+===========================================
+Adabot includes a utility to check if a library needs a new release
+and to help a human create the release with a CLI instead of the
+web interface.
+
+To use it:
+
+1. Clone the adabot repo locally and open a terminal inside of it
+2. Run ``pip install .`` in the root of Adabot repo to install it via pip
+3. Clone the library repo locally
+4. ``cd`` into the library repo
+5. run ``python -m adabot.circuitpython_library_release``
+6. Answer the prompts for new tag name and title.
+
+This utility can be used in conjunction with ``git submodule foreach`` inside of the
+CircuitPython Library Bundle.
+
+These are the steps for that process:
+
+1. Clone the adabot repo locally and open a terminal inside of it
+2. If you want to use the same title for all libraries (i.e. due to a patch rollout)
+   then modify the ``RELEASE_TITLE`` dictionary value at the top
+   of ``adabot/circuitpython_library_release.py``
+3. Run ``pip install .`` in the root of Adabot repo to install it via pip
+4. Clone the Library Bundle repo and open a terminal inside of it
+5. Run these commands to update all submodules
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    git submodule sync --quiet --recursive
+    git submodule update --init
+
+
+6. Run ``git submodule foreach 'python -m adabot.circuitpython_library_release'``
+
+
+
 Contributing
 ============
 
diff --git a/adabot/circuitpython_library_release.py b/adabot/circuitpython_library_release.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a242d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adabot/circuitpython_library_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Tim Cocks for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+"""
+Check if a new release needs to be made, and if so, make it.
+"""
+import subprocess
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime
+import toml
+from jinja2 import Template
+
+# Empty RELEASE_TITLE will prompt to ask for a title for each release.
+# Set a value here if you want to use the same string for the title of all releases
+config = {"RELEASE_TITLE": ""}
+
+release_date_format = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
+commit_date_format = "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y"
+
+VALID_MENU_CHOICES = ("1", "2", "3", "4", "")
+
+
+def make_release(new_tag, logger, test_run=False):
+    """
+    Make the release
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+
+    while config["RELEASE_TITLE"] == "":
+        config["RELEASE_TITLE"] = input("Enter a Release Title: ")
+
+    if not test_run:
+        make_release_result = subprocess.getoutput(
+            f"gh release create {new_tag} -F release_notes.md -t '{new_tag} - {config['RELEASE_TITLE']}'"
+        )
+
+        if logger is not None:
+            logger.info(make_release_result)
+        else:
+            print(make_release_result)
+    else:
+        print("would run: ")
+        print(
+            "gh release create {new_tag} -F release_notes.md -t '{new_tag} - {config['RELEASE_TITLE']}'"
+        )
+
+
+def create_release_notes(pypi_name):
+    """
+    render the release notes into a md file.
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+    RELEASE_NOTES_TEMPLATE = """To use in CircuitPython, simply install the [Adafruit CircuitPython Bundle](https://circuitpython.org/libraries).
+
+To use in CPython, `pip3 install {{ pypi_name }}`.
+
+Read the [docs](https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/projects/{{ pypi_name }}/en/latest/) for info on how to use it."""
+
+    release_notes_template = Template(RELEASE_NOTES_TEMPLATE)
+
+    _rendered_template_text = release_notes_template.render(pypi_name=pypi_name)
+
+    with open("release_notes.md", "w") as f:
+        f.write(_rendered_template_text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    create_release_notes("testrepo")
+
+
+def get_pypi_name():
+    """
+    return the shorthand pypi project name
+    """
+    data = toml.load("pyproject.toml")
+
+    return data["project"]["name"].replace("adafruit-circuitpython-", "")
+
+
+def needs_new_release(logger):
+    """
+    return true if there are commits newer than the latest release
+    """
+    last_commit_time = subprocess.getoutput(
+        " TZ=UTC0 git log -1 --date=local --format='%cd'"
+    )
+    logger.info(f"last commit: {last_commit_time}")
+
+    last_commit_date_obj = datetime.strptime(last_commit_time, commit_date_format)
+
+    release_info = get_release_info()
+
+    logger.info(f"Latest release is: {release_info['current_tag']}")
+    logger.info(f"createdAt: {release_info['created_at']}")
+
+    release_date_obj = datetime.strptime(
+        release_info["created_at"], release_date_format
+    )
+    return release_date_obj < last_commit_date_obj
+
+
+def bump_major(tag_symver):
+    """
+    Returns a string with a new tag created by incrementing
+    the major version of the given semantic version tag.
+    """
+    tag_parts = tag_symver.split(".")
+    tag_parts[0] = str(int(tag_parts[0]) + 1)
+    tag_parts[1] = "0"
+    tag_parts[2] = "0"
+    return ".".join(tag_parts)
+
+
+def bump_minor(tag_symver):
+    """
+    Returns a string with a new tag created by incrementing
+    the minor version of the given semantic version tag.
+    """
+    tag_parts = tag_symver.split(".")
+    tag_parts[1] = str(int(tag_parts[1]) + 1)
+    tag_parts[2] = "0"
+    return ".".join(tag_parts)
+
+
+def bump_patch(tag_symver):
+    """
+    Returns a string with a new tag created by incrementing
+    the patch version of the given semantic version tag.
+    """
+    tag_parts = tag_symver.split(".")
+    tag_parts[-1] = str(int(tag_parts[-1]) + 1)
+    return ".".join(tag_parts)
+
+
+def get_release_info():
+    """
+    return a dictionary of info about the latest release
+    """
+    result = subprocess.getoutput("gh release list -L 1 | awk 2")
+    createdAt = result.split("\t")[-1]
+    tag = result.split("\t")[-2]
+    return {
+        "current_tag": tag,
+        "new_tag_patch": bump_patch(tag),
+        "new_tag_minor": bump_minor(tag),
+        "new_tag_major": bump_major(tag),
+        "created_at": createdAt,
+    }
+
+
+def get_compare_url(tag_name):
+    """
+    Get the URL to the GitHub compare page for the latest release compared
+    to current main.
+    """
+    remote_url = subprocess.getoutput("git ls-remote --get-url origin")
+    if not remote_url.startswith("https"):
+        remote_url = subprocess.getoutput("git ls-remote --get-url adafruit")
+
+    if not remote_url.startswith("https"):
+        return "Sorry, Unknown Remotes"
+
+    compare_url = remote_url.replace(".git", f"/compare/{tag_name}...main")
+    return compare_url
+
+
+def main_cli():
+    """
+    Main CLI entry point
+    """
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.INFO,
+        format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s",
+        handlers=[
+            logging.FileHandler("../../../automated_releaser.log"),
+            logging.StreamHandler(),
+        ],
+    )
+
+    def menu_prompt(release_info):
+        """
+        Prompt the user to ask which part of the symantic version should be
+        incremented, or if the library release should be skipped.
+        Returns the choice inputted by the user.
+        """
+        print("This library needs a new release. Please select a choice:")
+        print(f"Changes: {get_compare_url(release_info['current_tag'])}")
+        print(
+            f"1. *default* Bump Patch, new tag would be: {release_info['new_tag_patch']}"
+        )
+        print(f"2. Bump Minor, new tag would be: {release_info['new_tag_minor']}")
+        print(f"3. Bump Major, new tag would be: {release_info['new_tag_major']}")
+        print("4. Skip releasing this library and go to next in the list")
+        return input("Choice, enter blank for default: ")
+
+    result = subprocess.getoutput("git checkout main")
+
+    result = subprocess.getoutput("pwd")
+    logging.info("Checking: %s", "/".join(result.split("/")[-3:]))
+
+    if needs_new_release(logging):
+        release_info = get_release_info()
+        choice = menu_prompt(release_info)
+        while choice not in VALID_MENU_CHOICES:
+            logging.info("Error: Invalid Selection '%s'", choice)
+            choice = menu_prompt(release_info)
+
+        if choice in ("1", ""):
+            logging.info(
+                "Making a new release with tag: %s", release_info["new_tag_patch"]
+            )
+            create_release_notes(get_pypi_name())
+            make_release(release_info["new_tag_patch"], logging)
+        elif choice == "2":
+            logging.info(
+                "Making a new release with tag: %s", release_info["new_tag_minor"]
+            )
+            create_release_notes(get_pypi_name())
+            make_release(release_info["new_tag_minor"], logging)
+        elif choice == "3":
+            logging.info(
+                "Making a new release with tag: %s", release_info["new_tag_major"]
+            )
+            create_release_notes(get_pypi_name())
+            make_release(release_info["new_tag_major"], logging)
+        elif choice == "4":
+            logging.info("Skipping release.")
+
+    else:
+        logging.info("No new commits since last release, skipping")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main_cli()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66f522b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Alec Delaney for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools",
+    "wheel",
+    "setuptools-scm",
+]
+
+[project]
+name = "adafruit-adabot"
+description = "Adabot is our robot friend who helps Adafruit online "
+version = "0.0.0+auto.0"
+readme = "README.rst"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Adafruit Industries", email = "circuitpython@adafruit.com"}
+]
+urls = {Homepage = "https://github.com/adafruit/adabot"}
+keywords = [
+    "adafruit",
+    "micropython",
+    "circuitpython",
+    "automation",
+]
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems",
+    "Topic :: System :: Hardware",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+]
+dynamic = ["dependencies", "optional-dependencies"]
+
+[project.scripts]
+adabot-release = "adabot.circuitpython_library_release:main_cli"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["adabot"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+dependencies = {file = ["requirements.txt"]}
+optional-dependencies = {optional = {file = ["optional_requirements.txt"]}}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fd50094..504b731 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ black==22.3.0
 packaging==20.3
 pylint==2.11.1
 pytest
-pyyaml==5.4.1
+pyyaml>=5.4.1
 redis==4.5.4
 requests==2.31.0
 sh==1.12.14
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ PyGithub==1.57
 typing-extensions~=4.0
 google-auth~=2.13
 google-cloud-bigquery~=3.3
+toml
+jinja2
diff --git a/tools/README.md b/tools/README.md
index 179abc3..f3addc0 100644
--- a/tools/README.md
+++ b/tools/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 # Adabot Tools and Scripts