diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b6441c9..f9bc323 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - task: format
             do_sync: true
-            command: uv run --no-sync ruff format --check --diff
+            command: uv run --no-sync ruff format --check --diff src tests
             sync_args: --no-install-project
           - task: ruff
             do_sync: true
-            command: uv run --no-sync ruff check . --output-format=github
+            command: uv run --no-sync ruff check src tests --output-format=github
             sync_args: --no-install-project
           - task: ty
             do_sync: true
-            command: uv run --no-sync ty check .
+            command: uv run --no-sync ty check src tests
             sync_args: --no-install-project
           - task: pytest
             do_sync: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1698451..82ffb8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.14"
+          enable-cache: true
+
       - name: Download dist artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -107,3 +116,11 @@ jobs:
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: |
             dist/*
+
+      - name: Notify release
+        run: uv run scripts/release_notify.py
+        env:
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID: ${{ secrets.TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID }}
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index 31d84cd..5061beb 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 check:
-    uv run ruff format --check
-    uv run ruff check .
-    uv run ty check .
+    uv run ruff format --check src tests
+    uv run ruff check src tests
+    uv run ty check src tests
     uv run pytest
 
 bundle:
diff --git a/scripts/release_notify.py b/scripts/release_notify.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6725d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release_notify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# /// script
+# requires-python = ">=3.14"
+# dependencies = [
+#     "mistune>=3.2.0",
+#     "requests>=2.32.5",
+#     "sulguk>=0.11.1",
+# ]
+# ///
+import mistune
+import sulguk
+import requests
+import os
+import re
+
+repo = os.environ["REPO"]
+tag = os.environ["TAG_NAME"]
+bot_token = os.environ["TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"]
+chat_id = os.environ["TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID"]
+
+PULL_RE = re.compile(rf"(https://github.com/{repo}/pull/(\d+))")
+COMPARE_RE = re.compile(rf"(https://github.com/{repo}/compare/(.*))")
+
+resp = requests.get(f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}")
+body = resp.json()["body"]
+lines = body.splitlines()
+
+header = f"release **{repo} {tag}**"
+pulls = "\n".join(
+    [PULL_RE.sub(r"[#\2](\1)", line) for line in lines if PULL_RE.search(line)]
+)
+compare = COMPARE_RE.sub(r"compare [\2](\1)", COMPARE_RE.search(body).group(0))
+
+message = "\n\n".join([header, pulls, compare])
+print(message)
+
+html = mistune.html(message)
+rendered = sulguk.transform_html(html)
+
+payload = {
+    "chat_id": chat_id,
+    "text": rendered.text,
+    "entities": rendered.entities,
+    "link_preview_options": {"is_disabled": True},
+}
+resp = requests.post(
+    f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{bot_token}/sendMessage", json=payload
+)
+resp.raise_for_status()
+print(f"\nsent to {chat_id}")