diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml
index bfd724b..2edc9f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run ansible-lint
         uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main
+        with:
+          args: "--exclude .ansible"
+          requirements_file: "requirements.yml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_ansible_collection.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_ansible_collection.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c659238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_ansible_collection.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: Publish Ansible Galaxy Collection
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish-collection:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo content
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8 
+
+      - name: Install Ansible
+        run: pip install ansible
+
+      - name: Determine Ansible Galaxy version
+        run: echo "GALAXY_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -c2-)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Update Ansible Galaxy version
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git checkout main
+          echo "Updating version to ${{ env.GALAXY_VERSION }} in galaxy.yml"
+          sed -i 's/\(version:\) .*/\1 ${{ env.GALAXY_VERSION }}/g' galaxy.yml
+          git add galaxy.yml
+
+      - name: Update changelog
+        run: |
+          python scripts/changelog.py > CHANGELOG.md
+          git add CHANGELOG.md
+
+      - name: Commit changes
+        run: |
+          git commit -m "Update galaxy version and changelog for release ${{ env.GALAXY_VERSION }} [skip ci]"
+          git push origin HEAD:main
+
+      - name: Update release tag
+        run: |
+          git pull
+          git tag -f ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git push origin HEAD:main
+          git push origin -f ${{ github.ref_name }}
+
+      - name: Build Ansible collection
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection build
+
+      - name: Determine Ansible collection archive name
+        run: echo "ARTIFACT=itential-toolkit-${{ env.GALAXY_VERSION }}.tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Publish collection to Ansible Galaxy
+        env:
+          ANSIBLE_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANSIBLE_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection publish ${{ env.ARTIFACT }} --token $ANSIBLE_API_TOKEN
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updateChangelog.yml b/.github/workflows/updateChangelog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ad3425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/updateChangelog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Run changelog Script
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  updateChangelog:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout repo content
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8 #install the python needed
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+      - name: execute py script
+        run: |
+          python scripts/changelog.py > CHANGELOG.md
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Update CHANGELOG.md"
+          git push origin HEAD:main
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 9171383..091a4de 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Steven Schattenberg <steven.schattenberg@itential.com>
   - Ranjitha Parameshwaraiah <ranjitha.parameshwaraiah@itential.com>
+  - Wade Stern <wade.stern@itential.com>
 
 
 ### OPTIONAL but strongly recommended
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ tags:
 # collection label 'namespace.name'. The value is a version range
 # L(specifiers,https://python-semanticversion.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#requirement-specification). Multiple version
 # range specifiers can be set and are separated by ','
-dependencies: {}
+dependencies:
+  itential.platform: "*"
+  community.mongodb: "*"
 
 # The URL of the originating SCM repository
 repository: http://example.com/repository
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34dbea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+collections:
+  - name: itential.platform
+  - name: community.mongodb
diff --git a/scripts/changelog.py b/scripts/changelog.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1a6583c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/changelog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3 
+
+"""changelog 
+This script outputs a changelog markdown to stdout.
+"""
+
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+# Get all the tags for the project
+git_tag_result = subprocess.run(
+    ["git", "tag"], capture_output=True, text=True
+)
+
+# Make a tag list
+tags = git_tag_result.stdout.split("\n")
+
+# Remove v from tags
+for i in range(len(tags)):
+    tags[i] = tags[i].replace('v','')
+
+# Remove empty strings from tags
+tags[:] = [x for x in tags if x]
+
+# Sort tags by semver number
+tags.sort(key = lambda x: [int(y) for y in x.split('.')])
+
+# Add v back into tags
+for i in range(len(tags)):
+    tags[i] = 'v'+tags[i]
+
+# Iterate through all the tags in the tag list and get a list of commits
+count = 0
+changelogs = {}
+for tag in tags:
+    if tag:
+        if count == 0:
+            # If this is the first tag, get a list of the commits up to when the tag was created.
+            git_log_result = subprocess.getoutput(
+                f'git log --pretty=oneline {tag} | grep -v Merge | cut -d " " -f 2-'
+            )
+        else:
+            # For subsequents tags, get a list of the commits since the previous tag.
+            git_log_result = subprocess.getoutput(
+                f'git log --pretty=oneline {tag}...{prev_tag} | grep -v Merge | cut -d " " -f 2-'
+            )
+        
+        # Convert the commit list to a set and then back to a list to remove any duplicate commits.
+        git_logs = list(set(git_log_result.split('\n')))
+        
+        # Sort git_logs so they are in the same order each time 
+        git_logs.sort()
+        
+        # Add links to pull requests
+        for i in range(len(git_logs)):
+            if re.search(r'\(\#\d*\)',git_logs[i]):
+                test = re.search(r'\(\#\d*\)',git_logs[i])
+                num = test.group()
+                num = num[2:]
+                num = num[:-1]
+                sub = ' https://github.com/itential/itential.toolkit/pull/' + num
+                git_logs[i] = re.sub('\(\#\d*\)',sub,git_logs[i])
+
+        # Add the commits to the changelogs dictionary using the tag as the key and the 
+        # commit list as the value
+        changelogs[tag] = git_logs
+
+        # Save the tag as the previous tag and increment the counter
+        prev_tag = tag
+        count = count + 1
+
+# Create the changelog markdown output
+print('# Changelog\n')
+for release,changes in reversed(changelogs.items()):
+    # Get the tag date in the date format we want
+    release_date = subprocess.getoutput(
+        f'git log -1 --format=%ad --date=format:"%B %d, %Y" {release}'
+    )
+
+    # Print the tag (release) and the date it was created
+    print(f'## {release} ({release_date})\n')
+    
+    # Print an unordered list of the commits (changes)
+    for change in changes:
+        print(f'* {change}')
+    print()
+
+    for i in range(len(tags)):
+        if i > 0:
+            if release == tags[i]:
+                full = 'https://github.com/itential/itential.toolkit/compare/' + tags[i-1] + '...' + release
+                print('Full Changelog:', full, '\n\n')