diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,3 +18,32 @@ Pin every use by full commit SHA.
 Works in any job image with a POSIX shell. Installs git with apk or apt-get
 if the image has none, and clones from the runner's internal Gitea address
 (`CI_SERVER_INTERNAL`) so CI traffic never crosses Cloudflare.
+
+## discourse-release
+
+Announces a published release on the community forum, in the repo's
+Announcements category. Add to a project repo as `.gitea/workflows/announce.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+jobs:
+  announce:
+    runs-on: light
+    steps:
+      - uses: coffey-labs/actions/discourse-release@<sha>
+        with:
+          api-key: ${{ secrets.DISCOURSE_RELEASE_KEY }}
+          discord-webhook: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_RELEASE_WEBHOOK }}   # optional
+```
+
+- The repo must be listed in `discourse-release/release-map.json`, the one
+  place that maps repos to forum categories.
+- `DISCOURSE_RELEASE_KEY` is an org-level secret (coffey-labs and inbuxa)
+  holding release-bot's key, which can only create posts.
+- Re-running is safe: each repo+tag gets one topic, enforced by the forum.
+- Release notes are passed to the forum through `jq` only, so quotes,
+  backticks and multi-line Markdown arrive exactly as written.
+- To turn it off for a repo, delete its `announce.yml`; for everyone, remove
+  the org secret.
diff --git a/discourse-release/action.yml b/discourse-release/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8609ce1
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+++ b/discourse-release/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: discourse-release
+description: >-
+  Announce a published Gitea release on the Coffey Labs community forum, in the
+  repo's Announcements category (release-map.json). Safe to re-run: a release
+  is announced at most once.
+inputs:
+  api-key:
+    description: release-bot's forum API key (scope topics:write only)
+    required: true
+  discord-webhook:
+    description: optional Discord webhook URL; when set, the announcement is also posted there
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+  forum:
+    description: forum base URL
+    required: false
+    default: https://community.coffeylabs.org
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - shell: sh
+      env:
+        API_KEY: ${{ inputs.api-key }}
+        DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ inputs.discord-webhook }}
+        FORUM: ${{ inputs.forum }}
+        REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        EVENT_PATH: ${{ github.event_path }}
+        ACTION_PATH: ${{ github.action_path }}
+        MAP: ${{ github.action_path }}/release-map.json
+      run: |
+        set -eu
+        # The job image may be bare; the script needs bash, curl and jq.
+        if ! command -v curl >/dev/null || ! command -v jq >/dev/null || ! command -v bash >/dev/null; then
+          if command -v apk >/dev/null; then apk add --no-cache -q bash curl jq ca-certificates >/dev/null
+          else apt-get update -qq >/dev/null && apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends bash curl jq ca-certificates >/dev/null; fi
+        fi
+        exec bash "$ACTION_PATH/announce.sh"
diff --git a/discourse-release/announce.sh b/discourse-release/announce.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/discourse-release/announce.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Called by action.yml. Everything user-written (release name, notes) comes in
+# through the event JSON file and is only ever handled by jq -- never spliced
+# into a command line or a JSON string by the shell.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+category_path=$(jq -r --arg r "$REPO" '.[$r] // empty' "$MAP")
+if [ -z "$category_path" ]; then
+  echo "::error::$REPO is not in discourse-release/release-map.json"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tag=$(jq -r '.release.tag_name' "$EVENT_PATH")
+# The category id, looked up anonymously (the category is public); the
+# release-bot key is scoped to creating posts and nothing else.
+category_id=$(curl -fsS "$FORUM/c/$category_path/find_by_slug.json" | jq -r '.category.id')
+
+# One topic per repo+tag, ever: Discourse enforces external_id uniqueness.
+external_id="rel-$(printf '%s@%s' "$REPO" "$tag" | sha1sum | cut -c1-40)"
+
+payload=$(jq -n --arg repo "$REPO" --argjson category "$category_id" --arg ext "$external_id" \
+  --slurpfile ev "$EVENT_PATH" '
+  ($ev[0].release) as $r
+  | ($repo | split("/") | last) as $name
+  | {
+      # repo + tag, not the release name: names vary by project (some repeat
+      # the tag, some carry a product name in capitals), tags do not.
+      title: "\($name) \($r.tag_name) released",
+      category: $category,
+      external_id: $ext,
+      raw: (
+        "**\($name) \($r.tag_name)** is out.\n\n"
+        + (if ($r.body // "") == "" then "" else "\($r.body)\n\n" end)
+        + "---\n[Release on Gitea](\($r.html_url))"
+      )
+    }')
+
+status=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/discourse-release.out -w '%{http_code}' -X POST "$FORUM/posts.json" \
+  -H "Api-Key: $API_KEY" -H "Api-Username: release-bot" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary "$payload")
+body=$(cat /tmp/discourse-release.out)
+case "$status" in
+  200)
+    url="$FORUM/t/$(jq -r '.topic_slug' <<<"$body")/$(jq -r '.topic_id' <<<"$body")"
+    echo "announced: $url" ;;
+  422)
+    if jq -e '.errors | tostring | test("External ID"; "i")' <<<"$body" >/dev/null; then
+      echo "already announced (external_id $external_id); nothing to do"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+    echo "::error::forum refused the post: $body"; exit 1 ;;
+  *)
+    echo "::error::forum returned HTTP $status: $body"; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -n "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK:-}" ]; then
+  jq -n --arg u "$url" --slurpfile ev "$EVENT_PATH" --arg repo "$REPO" '
+    ($ev[0].release) as $r
+    | {content: ("**\($repo | split("/") | last) \($r.tag_name)** released\n\($u)")[0:1900]}' |
+  curl -fsS -X POST "$DISCORD_WEBHOOK" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @- >/dev/null \
+    && echo "posted to Discord" \
+    || echo "::warning::Discord webhook failed; the forum post stands"
+fi
diff --git a/discourse-release/release-map.json b/discourse-release/release-map.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/discourse-release/release-map.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "Gitea repo -> forum Announcements category (parent/child slug). The one place this mapping lives; adding a project is one line here.",
+  "inbuxa/inbuxa-server": "inbuxa/announcements",
+  "inbuxa/ihasmail-inbuxa": "inbuxa/announcements",
+  "inbuxa/inbuxa-admin": "inbuxa/announcements",
+  "inbuxa/inbuxa-installer": "inbuxa/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/ihasmail": "ihasmail/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/ihasmail-oneshot": "ihasmail/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/ihasvpn": "ihasvpn/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/cairnobs": "cairn-obs/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/stalwart-migrator": "coffey-labs/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/SysAdminAutomation": "coffey-labs/announcements",
+  "coffey-labs/ubuntu2mint": "coffey-labs/announcements"
+}