diff --git a/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Apps/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.WebApi/Endpoints/ReleaseEndpoints.cs b/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Apps/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.WebApi/Endpoints/ReleaseEndpoints.cs
index 0155899f2..ee33a3fe7 100644
--- a/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Apps/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.WebApi/Endpoints/ReleaseEndpoints.cs
+++ b/src/ReleaseOrchestrator/__Apps/StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.WebApi/Endpoints/ReleaseEndpoints.cs
@@ -389,8 +389,11 @@ public static class ReleaseEndpoints
 
         ApprovalEndpoints.SeedData.Approvals.Add(approval);
 
-        // Start the release-promotion workflow (fire-and-forget — workflow runs async)
-        _ = workflowClient.StartWorkflowAsync("release-promotion", new Dictionary<string, object?>
+        // Start the release's pipeline workflow (fire-and-forget — workflow runs async)
+        // If the release has a custom workflow definition embedded in its description,
+        // use that workflow name; otherwise fall back to the generic release-promotion workflow.
+        var workflowName = ExtractWorkflowName(release.Description) ?? "release-promotion";
+        _ = workflowClient.StartWorkflowAsync(workflowName, new Dictionary<string, object?>
         {
             ["releaseId"] = release.Id,
             ["targetEnvironment"] = targetEnvironment,
@@ -800,6 +803,45 @@ public static class ReleaseEndpoints
         return Results.Ok(new { suggestedVersion = BumpVersion(baseVersion, true), source = baseVersion });
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extracts the workflow name from a release description that contains a workflowDefinition metadata line.
+    /// Format: workflowDefinition={"workflowName":"release-platform-release-1-3-1",...}
+    /// </summary>
+    private static string? ExtractWorkflowName(string description)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(description))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Look for workflowDefinition= in the pipe-delimited description
+        foreach (var segment in description.Split('|', StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries))
+        {
+            if (!segment.StartsWith("workflowDefinition=", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var json = segment["workflowDefinition=".Length..];
+            try
+            {
+                using var doc = System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(json);
+                if (doc.RootElement.TryGetProperty("workflowName", out var nameElement))
+                {
+                    return nameElement.GetString();
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Malformed JSON — fall through to default
+            }
+
+            break;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     private static string BumpVersion(string version, bool isStable)
     {
         // Handle prerelease: 1.3.0-rc1 → 1.3.0-rc2
diff --git a/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/create-release.component.ts b/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/create-release.component.ts
index 07dcf8955..06bc5a9af 100644
--- a/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/create-release.component.ts
+++ b/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/create-release.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { PlatformContextStore } from '../../../../core/context/platform-context.
 import { ScriptPickerComponent } from '../../../../shared/components/script-picker/script-picker.component';
 import { ReleasePipelineEditorComponent } from './release-pipeline-editor.component';
 import { type ReleasePipeline, type ReleaseDefaults, createDefaultPipeline } from './release-pipeline.models';
+import { PipelineToWorkflowService } from './pipeline-to-workflow.service';
 import type { Script } from '../../../../core/api/scripts.models';
 
 @Component({
@@ -1910,6 +1911,7 @@ export class CreateReleaseComponent implements OnInit {
   private readonly bundleApi = inject(BundleOrganizerApi);
   readonly store = inject(ReleaseManagementStore);
   readonly platformCtx = inject(PlatformContextStore);
+  private readonly pipelineToWorkflow = inject(PipelineToWorkflowService);
 
   readonly step = signal(1);
   sealDraft = false;
@@ -2344,6 +2346,13 @@ export class CreateReleaseComponent implements OnInit {
     this.submitError.set(null);
     this.submitting.set(true);
 
+    // Generate canonical workflow definition from the pipeline
+    const workflowDefinition = this.pipelineToWorkflow.generate(
+      this.releasePipeline(),
+      this.form.name.trim(),
+      this.form.version.trim(),
+    );
+
     const descriptionLines = [
       this.form.description.trim(),
       `type=${this.form.releaseType}`,
@@ -2357,6 +2366,7 @@ export class CreateReleaseComponent implements OnInit {
       `targetStage=${this.targetStage || 'none'}`,
       `draftIdentity=${this.draftIdentityPreview()}`,
       `strategyConfig=${this.getActiveStrategyConfigJson()}`,
+      `workflowDefinition=${JSON.stringify(workflowDefinition)}`,
       this.hasAnyLifecycleHook() ? `lifecycleHooks=${JSON.stringify({
         preDeploy: this.lifecycleHooks.preDeployScriptId,
         postDeploy: this.lifecycleHooks.postDeployScriptId,
diff --git a/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/pipeline-to-workflow.service.ts b/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/pipeline-to-workflow.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..141bd5ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Web/StellaOps.Web/src/app/features/release-orchestrator/releases/create-release/pipeline-to-workflow.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,517 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import type {
+  ReleasePipeline, PipelinePhase, DeployConfig, TestConfig, ApprovalConfig, GateConfig,
+  CanaryDeployConfig, RollingDeployConfig, BlueGreenDeployConfig, AbDeployConfig,
+} from './release-pipeline.models';
+
+/**
+ * Generates a canonical stellaops.workflow.definition/v1 JSON from a ReleasePipeline.
+ *
+ * The mapping:
+ * - preflight → call-transport to scanner verify
+ * - gate → call-transport to policy-engine
+ * - approval → activate-task
+ * - deploy → strategy-specific steps (repeat + call-transport + decision for multi-batch)
+ * - test → call-transport to test-runner + decision on result
+ * - seal → call-transport to attestor + signer
+ *
+ * Fallback branches become whenFailure on call-transport steps.
+ */
+@Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
+export class PipelineToWorkflowService {
+
+  generate(pipeline: ReleasePipeline, releaseName: string, version: string): object {
+    const steps: object[] = [];
+
+    // Initialize state
+    steps.push({
+      $type: 'set-state',
+      stateKey: 'pipelineStatus',
+      valueExpression: str('running'),
+    });
+
+    for (const phase of pipeline.phases) {
+      if (!phase.enabled) continue;
+      steps.push(...this.phaseToSteps(phase));
+    }
+
+    // Final complete
+    steps.push({
+      $type: 'set-state',
+      stateKey: 'pipelineStatus',
+      valueExpression: str('completed'),
+    });
+    steps.push({ $type: 'complete' });
+
+    const workflowName = `release-${slugify(releaseName)}-${slugify(version)}`;
+
+    return {
+      schemaVersion: 'stellaops.workflow.definition/v1',
+      workflowName,
+      workflowVersion: '1.0.0',
+      displayName: `${releaseName} ${version}`,
+      startRequest: {
+        contractName: 'StellaOps.ReleaseOrchestrator.Contracts.ReleasePipelineRequest',
+        schema: {
+          type: 'object',
+          properties: {
+            releaseId: { type: 'string' },
+            targetEnvironment: { type: 'string' },
+            requestedBy: { type: 'string' },
+          },
+          required: ['releaseId', 'targetEnvironment', 'requestedBy'],
+        },
+        allowAdditionalProperties: true,
+      },
+      workflowRoles: ['release-approver', 'release-operator'],
+      businessReference: {
+        keyExpression: path('start.releaseId'),
+        parts: [
+          { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('start.releaseId') },
+          { name: 'environment', expression: path('start.targetEnvironment') },
+        ],
+      },
+      start: {
+        initializeStateExpression: {
+          $type: 'object',
+          properties: [
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('start.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'releaseName', expression: str(releaseName) },
+            { name: 'releaseVersion', expression: str(version) },
+            { name: 'targetEnvironment', expression: path('start.targetEnvironment') },
+            { name: 'requestedBy', expression: path('start.requestedBy') },
+            { name: 'pipelineStatus', expression: str('pending') },
+          ],
+        },
+        initialSequence: { steps },
+      },
+      tasks: this.collectTasks(pipeline),
+      requiredModules: [],
+    };
+  }
+
+  private phaseToSteps(phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    switch (phase.type) {
+      case 'preflight': return this.preflightSteps(phase);
+      case 'gate': return this.gateSteps(phase);
+      case 'approval': return this.approvalSteps(phase);
+      case 'deploy': return this.deploySteps(phase);
+      case 'test': return this.testSteps(phase);
+      case 'seal': return this.sealSteps(phase);
+      default: return [];
+    }
+  }
+
+  private preflightSteps(_phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    return [
+      setState('pipelineStatus', str('preflight')),
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'preflight-verify',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'scanner', command: 'verify-digests' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'preflightResult',
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private gateSteps(phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    const config = phase.config as GateConfig;
+    const gateIds = config.gates?.filter(g => g.required).map(g => g.id) ?? [];
+
+    return [
+      setState('pipelineStatus', str('evaluating-gates')),
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'evaluate-gates',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'policy-engine', command: 'evaluate-release-gates' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+            { name: 'requiredGates', expression: { $type: 'array', items: gateIds.map(id => str(id)) } },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'gateResult',
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'decision',
+        decisionName: 'gates-check',
+        conditionExpression: binary('==', path('state.gateResult.passed'), bool(true)),
+        whenTrue: { steps: [] },
+        whenElse: {
+          steps: [
+            setState('pipelineStatus', str('gates-failed')),
+            { $type: 'complete' },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private approvalSteps(phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    const config = phase.config as ApprovalConfig;
+    return [
+      setState('pipelineStatus', str('awaiting-approval')),
+      {
+        $type: 'activate-task',
+        taskName: 'Approve Release',
+        runtimeRolesExpression: { $type: 'array', items: (config.roles ?? ['release-approver']).map(r => str(r)) },
+        timeoutSeconds: (config.timeoutHours ?? 48) * 3600,
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private deploySteps(phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    const config = phase.config as DeployConfig;
+    const steps: object[] = [
+      setState('pipelineStatus', str('deploying')),
+    ];
+
+    const failureHandler = phase.fallback?.autoRollback
+      ? { steps: [setState('pipelineStatus', str('rolling-back')), this.rollbackTransportStep(), setState('pipelineStatus', str('rolled-back')), { $type: 'complete' }] }
+      : undefined;
+
+    switch (config.strategy) {
+      case 'rolling':
+        steps.push(this.rollingDeployStep(config.config as RollingDeployConfig, failureHandler));
+        break;
+      case 'canary':
+        steps.push(...this.canaryDeploySteps(config.config as CanaryDeployConfig, failureHandler));
+        break;
+      case 'blue_green':
+        steps.push(...this.blueGreenDeploySteps(config.config as BlueGreenDeployConfig, failureHandler));
+        break;
+      case 'ab-release':
+        steps.push(...this.abDeploySteps(config.config as AbDeployConfig, failureHandler));
+        break;
+      default:
+        steps.push({
+          $type: 'call-transport',
+          stepName: 'deploy-all',
+          invocation: {
+            address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'execute-deployment' },
+            payloadExpression: obj([
+              { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+              { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+              { name: 'strategy', expression: str('all-at-once') },
+            ]),
+          },
+          resultKey: 'deployResult',
+          ...(failureHandler ? { whenFailure: failureHandler } : {}),
+        });
+    }
+
+    return steps;
+  }
+
+  private rollingDeployStep(config: RollingDeployConfig, failureHandler?: object): object {
+    return {
+      $type: 'call-transport',
+      stepName: 'rolling-deploy',
+      invocation: {
+        address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'execute-deployment' },
+        payloadExpression: obj([
+          { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+          { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+          { name: 'strategy', expression: str('rolling') },
+          { name: 'batchSize', expression: num(config.batchSize) },
+          { name: 'batchSizeType', expression: str(config.batchSizeType) },
+          { name: 'stabilizationTime', expression: num(config.stabilizationTime) },
+          { name: 'maxFailedBatches', expression: num(config.maxFailedBatches) },
+          { name: 'healthCheckType', expression: str(config.healthCheckType) },
+        ]),
+      },
+      resultKey: 'deployResult',
+      ...(failureHandler ? { whenFailure: failureHandler } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  private canaryDeploySteps(config: CanaryDeployConfig, failureHandler?: object): object[] {
+    const steps: object[] = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < config.stages.length; i++) {
+      const stage = config.stages[i];
+      steps.push({
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: `canary-stage-${i + 1}`,
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'execute-canary-stage' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+            { name: 'trafficPercent', expression: num(stage.trafficPercent) },
+            { name: 'stageIndex', expression: num(i) },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: `canaryStage${i + 1}Result`,
+        ...(failureHandler ? { whenFailure: failureHandler } : {}),
+      });
+
+      // Metrics window timer + check
+      if (i < config.stages.length - 1) {
+        steps.push({
+          $type: 'timer',
+          stepName: `canary-metrics-window-${i + 1}`,
+          delayExpression: str(`PT${stage.durationMinutes}M`),
+        });
+        steps.push({
+          $type: 'decision',
+          decisionName: `canary-metrics-check-${i + 1}`,
+          conditionExpression: binary('<=',
+            path(`state.canaryStage${i + 1}Result.errorRate`),
+            num(config.errorRateThreshold / 100)),
+          whenTrue: { steps: [] },
+          whenElse: failureHandler ?? { steps: [setState('pipelineStatus', str('canary-failed')), { $type: 'complete' }] },
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Full rollout
+    steps.push({
+      $type: 'call-transport',
+      stepName: 'canary-full-rollout',
+      invocation: {
+        address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'execute-canary-stage' },
+        payloadExpression: obj([
+          { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+          { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+          { name: 'trafficPercent', expression: num(100) },
+          { name: 'stageIndex', expression: num(config.stages.length) },
+        ]),
+      },
+      resultKey: 'canaryFullResult',
+    });
+
+    return steps;
+  }
+
+  private blueGreenDeploySteps(config: BlueGreenDeployConfig, failureHandler?: object): object[] {
+    return [
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'deploy-green',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'deploy-green-environment' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'greenDeployResult',
+        ...(failureHandler ? { whenFailure: failureHandler } : {}),
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'timer',
+        stepName: 'green-warmup',
+        delayExpression: str(`PT${config.warmupPeriodSeconds}S`),
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'switch-traffic',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'switch-traffic' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+            { name: 'mode', expression: str(config.switchoverMode) },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'switchResult',
+        ...(failureHandler ? { whenFailure: failureHandler } : {}),
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'timer',
+        stepName: 'blue-keepalive',
+        delayExpression: str(`PT${config.blueKeepaliveMinutes}M`),
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'teardown-blue',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'teardown-old-environment' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'teardownResult',
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private abDeploySteps(config: AbDeployConfig, failureHandler?: object): object[] {
+    return [
+      {
+        $type: 'fork',
+        stepName: 'deploy-ab-variants',
+        branches: [
+          {
+            steps: [{
+              $type: 'call-transport',
+              stepName: 'deploy-variant-a',
+              invocation: {
+                address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'deploy-variant' },
+                payloadExpression: obj([
+                  { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+                  { name: 'variant', expression: str('A') },
+                ]),
+              },
+              resultKey: 'variantAResult',
+            }],
+          },
+          {
+            steps: [{
+              $type: 'call-transport',
+              stepName: 'deploy-variant-b',
+              invocation: {
+                address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'deploy-variant' },
+                payloadExpression: obj([
+                  { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+                  { name: 'variant', expression: str('B') },
+                ]),
+              },
+              resultKey: 'variantBResult',
+            }],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'timer',
+        stepName: 'ab-metrics-collection',
+        delayExpression: str(`PT${config.metricsCollectionHours}H`),
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'evaluate-ab-winner',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'evaluate-ab-results' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'abEvaluationResult',
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private rollbackTransportStep(): object {
+    return {
+      $type: 'call-transport',
+      stepName: 'execute-rollback',
+      invocation: {
+        address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'release-orchestrator', command: 'execute-rollback' },
+        payloadExpression: obj([
+          { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+          { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+        ]),
+      },
+      resultKey: 'rollbackResult',
+    };
+  }
+
+  private testSteps(phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    const config = phase.config as TestConfig;
+    const failureHandler = phase.fallback?.autoRollback
+      ? { steps: [setState('pipelineStatus', str('test-failed')), this.rollbackTransportStep(), { $type: 'complete' }] }
+      : undefined;
+
+    return [
+      setState('pipelineStatus', str(`testing-${config.testType}`)),
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: `test-${config.testType}`,
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'taskrunner', command: `execute-${config.testType}-test` },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+            { name: 'testType', expression: str(config.testType) },
+            ...(config.scriptId ? [{ name: 'scriptId', expression: str(config.scriptId) }] : []),
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'testResult',
+        timeoutSeconds: config.timeoutSeconds,
+        ...(failureHandler ? { whenFailure: failureHandler } : {}),
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'decision',
+        decisionName: `test-${config.testType}-check`,
+        conditionExpression: binary('==', path('state.testResult.passed'), bool(true)),
+        whenTrue: { steps: [] },
+        whenElse: failureHandler ?? { steps: [setState('pipelineStatus', str('test-failed')), { $type: 'complete' }] },
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private sealSteps(_phase: PipelinePhase): object[] {
+    return [
+      setState('pipelineStatus', str('sealing-evidence')),
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'generate-attestation',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'attestor', command: 'generate-release-attestation' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'environment', expression: path('state.targetEnvironment') },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'attestationResult',
+      },
+      {
+        $type: 'call-transport',
+        stepName: 'sign-evidence',
+        invocation: {
+          address: { $type: 'microservice', microserviceName: 'signer', command: 'sign-release-evidence' },
+          payloadExpression: obj([
+            { name: 'releaseId', expression: path('state.releaseId') },
+            { name: 'attestationId', expression: path('state.attestationResult.attestationId') },
+          ]),
+        },
+        resultKey: 'signResult',
+      },
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private collectTasks(pipeline: ReleasePipeline): object[] {
+    const tasks: object[] = [];
+    for (const phase of pipeline.phases) {
+      if (!phase.enabled || phase.type !== 'approval') continue;
+      const config = phase.config as ApprovalConfig;
+      tasks.push({
+        taskName: 'Approve Release',
+        taskType: 'approval',
+        routeExpression: str('release-approval'),
+        payloadExpression: path('state'),
+        taskRoles: config.roles ?? ['release-approver'],
+        onComplete: {
+          steps: [
+            {
+              $type: 'decision',
+              decisionName: 'approval-decision',
+              conditionExpression: binary('==', path('task.result.decision'), str('approved')),
+              whenTrue: { steps: [setState('pipelineStatus', str('approved'))] },
+              whenElse: { steps: [setState('pipelineStatus', str('rejected')), { $type: 'complete' }] },
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+    }
+    return tasks;
+  }
+}
+
+// ── Expression helpers ──
+
+function str(value: string): object { return { $type: 'string', value }; }
+function num(value: number): object { return { $type: 'number', value: String(value) }; }
+function bool(value: boolean): object { return { $type: 'boolean', value }; }
+function path(p: string): object { return { $type: 'path', path: p }; }
+function obj(properties: Array<{ name: string; expression: object }>): object { return { $type: 'object', properties }; }
+function binary(operator: string, left: object, right: object): object { return { $type: 'binary', operator, left, right }; }
+function setState(key: string, value: object): object { return { $type: 'set-state', stateKey: key, valueExpression: value }; }
+function slugify(value: string): string { return value.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-').replace(/^-|-$/g, '') || 'release'; }