diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml
index 0b47e53e..12db99bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tools.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ name: "build additional tools"
 
 on:
   push:
+    paths:
+      - dcc_plugins*/**
+      - src/lifeblood_client/**
     branches:
       - dev
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - dcc_plugins*/**
+      - src/lifeblood_client/**
     branches:
       - dev
 
@@ -41,4 +47,38 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: blender
           path:
-            dcc_plugins/lifeblood_addon.zip
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+            dcc_plugins/blender_lifeblood_addon.zip
+
+  make_tool_release:
+    needs:
+      - build_houdini_tools
+      - build_blender_tools
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: repo
+          fetch-depth: 0  # to fetch all history, not just a single commit
+      - run: |
+          git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "Tools auto tag"
+          git checkout ${{ github.sha }}
+          git tag
+          git branch --all
+          git log -n5
+          echo "TAG=$(git describe)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          git tag -a $TAG -m 'tools autobuild update'
+          git push origin $TAG
+        working-directory: ./repo
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path:
+            tools/*
+      - run: |
+          ls -alR tools
+          echo tag would be $TAG
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files:
+            tools/*/*
diff --git a/dcc_plugins_workspace/build_blender.sh b/dcc_plugins_workspace/build_blender.sh
index bbf0e4f3..94f520f7 100755
--- a/dcc_plugins_workspace/build_blender.sh
+++ b/dcc_plugins_workspace/build_blender.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rsync -arhv --exclude=__pycache__ --exclude="*.pyc" blender/blender_path $OUT
 rsync -arhv --exclude=__pycache__ --exclude="*.pyc" ../src/lifeblood_client $OUT/blender_path/addons/scripts
 rsync -arhv --exclude=__pycache__ --exclude="*.pyc" ../src/lifeblood_client $OUT/blender_path/addons/lifeblood_plugin
 pushd ../dcc_plugins/blender/blender_path/addons
-zip -r ../../../lifeblood_addon.zip lifeblood_plugin --exclude "*__pycache__/" --exclude "*.pyc"
+zip -r ../../../blender_lifeblood_addon.zip lifeblood_plugin --exclude "*__pycache__/" --exclude "*.pyc"
 popd
 
 popd
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