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+name: publish pypi
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+
+jobs:
+  pypi-publish:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    name: Upload release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/axolotl-ai
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+    with:
+      verbose: true
+    steps:
+      # retrieve your distributions here
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1