diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
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+name: changelog
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+      - 'VERSION'
+
+jobs:
+  changelog:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out head
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.FASTMATH_OPS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Update version number
+        run: |
+          HEAD_VERSION="$(cat ./VERSION)"
+          begin=8
+          end=$(tail -n +$((begin+1)) ./CHANGELOG.md |
+            grep -n -m 1 "\b${HEAD_VERSION}\b" | 
+            cut -d ':' -f 1)
+          patch=false
+          minor=false
+          noupdate=false
+          while IFS= read -r line ; do
+            if [[ $line = *"### Added"* ]] ||
+               [[ $line = *"### Changed"* ]] ||
+               [[ $line = *"### Removed"* ]] ; then
+              minor=true
+            fi
+            if [[ $line = *"### Fixed"* ]] ; then
+              patch=true
+            fi
+            if [[ $line = *"### Tests"* ]] ||
+               [[ $line = *"### Docs"* ]] ; then
+              noupdate=true
+            fi
+          done <<< "$(tail +$begin ./CHANGELOG.md | head -$end)"
+          IFS='.' read -ra semver <<< "$HEAD_VERSION"
+          vmajor="${semver[0]}"
+          vminor="${semver[1]}"
+          vpatch="${semver[2]}"
+          if $minor; then
+            #increment minor version
+            vminor="$(( vminor + 1 ))"
+            vpatch=0
+          elif $patch; then
+            #increment patch version
+            vpatch="$(( vpatch + 1 ))"
+          elif $noupdate; then
+            #do nothing
+            :
+          else
+            echo 'Changelog does not contain enough information to update the version.'
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          version="${vmajor}.${vminor}.${vpatch}"
+          changelog_header="## [${version}] - $(date -I)"
+          message="noop"
+          if $minor || $patch ; then
+            message="The new version will be $version"
+            nl=$'\n'
+            sed -i '/UNRELEASED/a\'$'\n''\'$'\n'"$changelog_header" CHANGELOG.md
+            echo $version > VERSION
+            echo $message
+          else
+            echo "This PR only contains updates to tests and docs. No release will be created."
+          fi
+          echo "MESSAGE=$message" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Commit
+        if: ${{ env.MESSAGE != 'noop' }}
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          author_name: FastMathOpsBot
+          author_email: fastmathopsbot@users.noreply.github.com
+          message: ${{ env.MESSAGE }}
+          push: origin develop --force
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog_reminder.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog_reminder.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ef7d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog_reminder.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+on:
+  pull_request
+
+name: Changelog Reminder
+
+jobs:
+  remind:
+    name: Changelog Reminder
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - name: Changelog Reminder
+      uses: peterjgrainger/action-changelog-reminder@v1.3.0
+      with:
+        changelog_regex: 'CHANGELOG.md'
+        customPrMessage: |
+          Hello. You may have forgotten to update the changelog!
+          Please edit [`CHANGELOG.md`](/AgnostiqHQ/covalent/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) with a one-to-two sentence description of the change in the UNRELEASED section. You may include a small working example for new features.
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be963bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Read version
+        run: |
+          VERSION="$(cat ./VERSION)"
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE=v$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Tag commit
+        id: push
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "FastMathOpsBot"
+          git config user.email "fastmathopsbot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git tag -a $RELEASE -m "Release $RELEASE"
+          git remote set-url origin https://${{ secrets.FASTMATH_OPS_BOT_TOKEN }}@github.com/wjcunningham7/fastmath.git
+          git push origin $RELEASE
+      - name: Generate release message
+        id: message
+        run: |
+          begin=$(grep -n "\b${VERSION}\b" ./CHANGELOG.md | cut -d ':' -f 1)
+          previous_version=$(git describe --abbrev=0 $RELEASE^ | cut -c2-)
+          end=$(tail -n +$((begin+1)) ./CHANGELOG.md | grep -n -m 1 "\b${previous_version}\b" | cut -d ':' -f 1)
+          echo 'MESSAGE<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          tail +$begin ./CHANGELOG.md | head -$end >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Create release
+        if: ${{ steps.push.outcome == 'success' && steps.message.outcome == 'success' }}
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          body: ${{ env.MESSAGE }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.FASTMATH_OPS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          tag: ${{ env.RELEASE }}
+          prerelease: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6662565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: version
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out head
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Check git history
+        run: |
+          if git merge-base --is-ancestor $GITHUB_SHA origin/develop; then
+            echo "DEVELOP_COMMIT_HISTORY=$GITHUB_SHA" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+      - name: Check for version change
+        id: changed-version-file
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v18.4
+        with:
+          files: |
+            VERSION
+      - name: Fail if version changed
+        if: ${{ steps.changed-version-file.outputs.any_changed == 'true' && github.sha != env.DEVELOP_COMMIT_HISTORY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Version changes are prohibited in pull requests."
+          exit 10
+      - name: Read head version
+        if: ${{ github.sha != env.DEVELOP_COMMIT_HISTORY }}
+        run: |
+          HEAD_VERSION="$(cat ./VERSION)"
+          echo "HEAD_VERSION=$HEAD_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Validate changelog entry
+        if: ${{ github.sha != env.DEVELOP_COMMIT_HISTORY }}
+        run: |
+          git diff --name-only origin/develop | grep CHANGELOG
+          unreleased_header_line=8
+          if [[ $(sed "${unreleased_header_line}q;d" CHANGELOG.md) != "## [UNRELEASED]" ]] ; then
+            echo 'Removing the [UNRELEASED] header is prohibited in pull requests.'
+            exit 4
+          fi
+          latest_release=$(sed -n "/\[[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\]/=" CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1)
+          IFS='[]' read -ra changelog_version <<< $(sed "${latest_release}q;d" CHANGELOG.md)
+          if [[ "${changelog_version[1]}" != $HEAD_VERSION ]] ; then
+            echo 'The most recent CHANGELOG release does not match the VERSION'.
+            exit 3
+          fi
+          #Check that the lines in the diff are between unreleased_header_line and latest_release
+          IFS='@-+,' read -ra LINES <<< "$(git diff develop -- CHANGELOG.md | sed '5q;d')"
+          start_head="$(( LINES[5] + 3 ))"
+          lines_head="$(( LINES[6] - 6 ))"
+          if [[ $start_head -lt $unreleased_header_line ]] ||
+             [[ $((start_head + lines_head)) -gt $latest_release ]] ; then
+            echo 'Changes outside the UNRELEASED block are prohibited in pull requests.'
+            exit 6
+          fi
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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index 0000000..0fcedf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [1.0.0]
+
+### Added
+
+- Core repository files.
+- Semantic versioning enforcement.
+- Stylization enforcement.
+- Basic workflows for changelog and versioning.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8c50098..3eefcb9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1
+1.0.0