diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 583e538..0000000
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "*"
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.1"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt update -y
-          sudo apt install -y python3 python3-build python3-requests make
-
-      - name: Build wheel package
-        run: make
-
-      - name: Create a release
-        uses: "https://gitea.com/actions/release-action@main"
-        with:
-          files: |-
-            dist/**
-          api_key: ${{secrets.REPO_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ead91fa..707c95f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # ups | upstream scripts
 
 ![](https://git.ngn.tf/ngn/ups/actions/workflows/format.yml/badge.svg)
-![](https://git.ngn.tf/ngn/ups/actions/workflows/release.yml/badge.svg)
 
 collection of bash and python scripts for pulling and managing patches from the
 upstream git repos of my personal forks
@@ -95,3 +94,36 @@ paths of the patches:
   ]
 ...
 ```
+
+### workflow
+
+here's an example gitea workflow action to run ups every week and check for any
+upstream updates:
+
+```yaml
+name: ups
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "@weekly"
+
+jobs:
+  ups:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update -y
+          sudo apt install -y python3 python3-build python3-requests make
+
+      - name: Install ups
+        run: |
+          git clone https://git.ngn.tf/ngn/ups && cd ups
+          make && make install
+
+      - name: Run ups
+        run: PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH ups-check
+```