diff --git a/.github/workflows/config/release-notes.json b/.github/workflows/config/release-notes.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6098d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/config/release-notes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+    "categories": [
+      {
+        "title": "## Added",
+        "labels": ["changelog:added"]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "## Changed",
+        "labels": ["changelog:changed"]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "## Fixed",
+        "labels": ["changelog:fixed"]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "## Removed",
+        "labels": ["changelog:removed"]
+      },
+      {
+        "title": "## Uncategorized",
+        "labels": []
+      }
+    ],
+    "ignore_labels": [
+      "changelog:omit"
+    ],
+    "sort": {
+      "order": "ASC",
+      "on_property": "mergedAt"
+    },
+    "template": "${{CHANGELOG}}\n\n**Full Changelog:** ${{RELEASE_DIFF}}\n",
+    "pr_template": "- ${{TITLE}} (by @${{AUTHOR}} in ${{URL}})${{RELEASE_NOTES}}",
+    "empty_template": "- no changes",
+    "transformers": [
+      {
+        "pattern": "<!--.*-->",
+        "flags": "gus",
+        "target": ""
+      }
+    ],
+    "custom_placeholders": [
+      {
+        "name": "RELEASE_NOTES",
+        "source": "BODY",
+        "transformer": {
+          "pattern": ".*#### Release Notes(?:[\n\\s]|(?:<!--.*?-->))*((?:\\S(?!!--)).*?)[\n\\s]*\n#.*",
+          "flags": "gus",
+          "target": "\n  $1"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "trim_values": false,
+    "max_tags_to_fetch": 200,
+    "max_pull_requests": 500,
+    "max_back_track_time_days": 365
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml b/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce047d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# adapted from https://github.com/chipsalliance/chisel/blob/main/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml
+
+name: Generate Release Notes
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      toTag:
+        description: 'Tag or ref for which to generate release notes'
+        required: true
+      fromTag:
+        # If you leave this blank, it'll select previous SemVer version
+        # WARNING: Cannot use anything older than a005498 because of the git tree merge
+        description: 'Tag or ref from which to start generating release notes'
+        required: false
+
+
+jobs:
+  generate_release_notes:
+    name: Generate Release Notes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build Release Notes
+        id: release-notes
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v3.7.0
+        with:
+          configuration: .github/workflows/config/release-notes.json
+          failOnError: true
+          # Amazingly, on release where the inputs are empty, this just does the right thing
+          # The "toTag" is the released tag, and the "fromTag" is the previous tag according to SemVer
+          fromTag: ${{ github.event.inputs.fromTag }}
+          toTag: ${{ github.event.inputs.toTag }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Report Release Notes
+        # Put output through env variable to make it robust to quotes
+        env:
+          CHANGELOG: ${{steps.release-notes.outputs.changelog}}
+        run: echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+      - name: Upload Release Notes (on release)
+        if: github.event_name == 'release'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v0.1.15
+        with:
+          body: ${{ steps.release-notes.outputs.changelog }}
+      - name: Error on uncategorized PRs
+        if: steps.release-notes.outputs.uncategorized_prs != 0
+        run: exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/require-label.yml b/.github/workflows/require-label.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0088f6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/require-label.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# adapted from https://github.com/chipsalliance/chisel/blob/main/.github/workflows/require-label.yml
+
+name: Require Release Notes Label
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+
+jobs:
+  check_labels:
+    name: Check Labels
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: docker://agilepathway/pull-request-label-checker:v1.4.25
+        with:
+          one_of: changelog:added,changelog:changed,changelog:fixed,changelog:omit,changelog:removed
+          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 5025ab18..0615acdc 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -22,21 +22,3 @@ pull_request_rules:
     actions:
       label:
         add: [Backport]
-
-  - name: check PR has changelog label
-    conditions:
-      - base=main
-    actions:
-      post_check:
-        success_conditions:
-          - "label~=^changelog:"
-        title: |
-          {% if check_succeed %}
-          Labeled for changelog
-          {% else %}
-          Needs label for changelog
-          {% endif %}
-        summary: |
-          {% if not check_succeed %}
-          Your pull request must have a changelog label (e.g. `changelog: ...`).
-          {% endif %}