diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 4ef6ee3..acfd60e 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "dump:compose": "deno run -A infra/setup.ts dump_compose",
     "dump:env": "deno run -A infra/setup.ts dump_env",
     "build": "deno run -A infra/setup.ts build",
-    "release": "./infra/release.sh"
+    "release": "deno run -A infra/setup.ts release"
   },
   "lint": {
     "exclude": [
diff --git a/infra/setup.ts b/infra/setup.ts
index 363811a..fef9af2 100644
--- a/infra/setup.ts
+++ b/infra/setup.ts
@@ -793,6 +793,178 @@ if (import.meta.main) {
           "\nTip: To dump raw environment variables, run: deno run -A infra/setup.ts dump_env\n",
         ),
       );
+    })
+    .command(
+      "release",
+      "Run complete build & release pipeline with copy-paste deployment instructions",
+    )
+    .action(async () => {
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.blue(
+            "\n================================================================",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.green(
+            "   Auth-Yes Infrastructure Build & Release Pipeline",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.blue(
+            "================================================================\n",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      // 1. Quality Gates
+      console.log(colors.cyan("[1/4] Running Quality Gates & Test Suite..."));
+      const testCmd = new Deno.Command("deno", {
+        args: ["task", "test"],
+        stdout: "inherit",
+        stderr: "inherit",
+      });
+      const testRes = await testCmd.output();
+      if (testRes.code !== 0) {
+        console.error(
+          colors.red("\n✗ Quality gates failed. Aborting release."),
+        );
+        Deno.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      // 2. Compile Protobufs
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan("\n[2/4] Downloading & Compiling Protobufs..."),
+      );
+      await downloadWorkloadProto();
+      await executeProtobufCompilation();
+
+      // 3. Build & Push Images
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "\n[3/4] Building and Pushing Custom Container Images...",
+        ),
+      );
+      const loadedEnv = await readEnv();
+      const currentConfig: AuthSetupConfig = {
+        ...DEFAULT_AUTH_CONFIG,
+        ...loadedEnv,
+      };
+      const commands = generateBuildCommands(currentConfig.reg);
+      await executeBuildImage(commands);
+      console.log(
+        colors.green(
+          "\n✓ Successfully built and pushed all stack images to " +
+            currentConfig.reg + "!",
+        ),
+      );
+
+      // 4. Output Copy-Paste Guides
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "\n[4/4] Release Complete. Deployment & Configuration Guides:\n",
+        ),
+      );
+
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.yellow(
+            "┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.yellow(
+            "│ A. FOR NEW SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS                              │",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.yellow(
+            "└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.gray("# 1. Inspect environment variables and secrets:"),
+      );
+      console.log(colors.cyan("deno task dump:env"));
+      console.log(
+        colors.gray("\n# 2. Inspect generated Docker Compose files:"),
+      );
+      console.log(colors.cyan("deno task dump:compose"));
+      console.log(
+        colors.gray("\n# 3. Create persistent storage paths on host:"),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          `mkdir -p ${currentConfig.spireDataPath} ${currentConfig.dbDataPath}`,
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(colors.gray("\n# 4. Deploy fresh stacks:"));
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "podman-compose --project-name spire --env-file infra/.env -f infra/compose.spire.yml up -d",
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "podman-compose --project-name auth-yes --env-file infra/.env -f infra/compose.yml up -d",
+        ),
+      );
+
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.yellow(
+            "\n┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.yellow(
+            "│ B. FOR EXISTING SYSTEM UPDATES (ROLLING RESTART)             │",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.bold(
+          colors.yellow(
+            "└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘",
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.gray(
+          "# Pull newly pushed custom images and restart containers:",
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "podman-compose --project-name spire --env-file infra/.env -f infra/compose.spire.yml pull",
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "podman-compose --project-name spire --env-file infra/.env -f infra/compose.spire.yml up -d\n",
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "podman-compose --project-name auth-yes --env-file infra/.env -f infra/compose.yml pull",
+        ),
+      );
+      console.log(
+        colors.cyan(
+          "podman-compose --project-name auth-yes --env-file infra/.env -f infra/compose.yml up -d\n",
+        ),
+      );
     });
 
   await cmd.parse(Deno.args);