diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b922d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "3.2.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49e6201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "simple",
+            "extra-files": [
+                "lua/rest-nvim/api.lua"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37bc73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  sync-readme:
+    name: sync readme codes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: run substitution
+        run: |
+          vimcmd="/default-config:start/+1,/default-config:end/-1y a |\
+          e README.md |\
+          /default-config:start/+2,/default-config:end/-2d |\
+          /default-config:start/+1put a |\
+          wq"; vim lua/rest-nvim/config/default.lua -c "$vimcmd"
+      - name: Commit changes
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+        with:
+          commit_message: "docs: update README default config section"
+          branch: ${{ github.ref }}
+
+  release:
+    name: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [sync-readme]
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CI_TOKEN }}
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3576456..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Please Automatic Semver
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    name: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
-        id: release
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.CI_TOKEN }}
-          release-type: simple
-      # - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      #   if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.prs_created }}
-      # - name: Update Version String
-      #   if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.prs_created }}
-      #   run: |
-      #     new_tag=${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
-      #
-      #     echo "Updating \`rest.nvim\` Version to $new_tag"
-      #     # sed -ri "s/api\.VERSION\s*=\s*\"[0-9\.\-]+\"$/api.VERSION = \"${new_tag:1}\"/" lua/rest-nvim/api.lua
-      # - name: Commit changes
-      #   if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.prs_created }}
-      #   uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-      #   with:
-      #     commit_message: "chore(api.lua): update version variable"
-      #     branch: ${{ github.ref }}
-      # - name: Push to Github
-      #   if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.prs_created }}
-      #   uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-      #   with:
-      #     github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      #     branch: ${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/lua/rest-nvim/api.lua b/lua/rest-nvim/api.lua
index 32d822f..d288920 100644
--- a/lua/rest-nvim/api.lua
+++ b/lua/rest-nvim/api.lua
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ local client = function() return require("rest-nvim.client") end
 ---rest.nvim API version, equals to the current rest.nvim version. Meant to be used by modules later
 ---@type string
 ---@see vim.version
-api.VERSION = "3.1.0"
+api.VERSION = "3.1.0" -- x-release-please-version
 
 ---rest.nvim namespace used for buffer highlights
 ---@type number
diff --git a/lua/rest-nvim/config/default.lua b/lua/rest-nvim/config/default.lua
index 0860082..a6c0bc2 100644
--- a/lua/rest-nvim/config/default.lua
+++ b/lua/rest-nvim/config/default.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---@mod rest-nvim.config.default rest.nvim default configuration
 
+---@comment default-config:start
 ---rest.nvim default configuration
 ---@class rest.Config
 local default_config = {
@@ -86,5 +87,6 @@ local default_config = {
         unrecognized_configs = nil,
     },
 }
+---@comment default-config:end
 
 return default_config