Add release steps

README.md

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 A bot to help facilitate the [Matrix Spec Proposal
 Process](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/proposals).
 
-However it is written in a generic way such that it can be used for any project wanting to
+However, it is written in a generic way such that it can be used for any project wanting to
 make use of a similar process.
 
+The official instance of this bot is running under the GitHub user @mscbot. A user guide is available
+here: [User Guide](docs/user_guide.md).
+
+The infrastructure for the official instance is
+hosted [on the Matrix.org Foundation's ArgoCD](https://argocd.vpn.infra.matrix.org/applications/argocd/mscbot)
+(non-public link).
+
 ## Installation
 
 ### Getting the code
@@ -115,10 +122,6 @@ Put your config file somewhere and then mount it via a volume.
 docker run -v /path/to/config/dir:/config matrixdotorg/mscbot-python python -m mscbot -c /config/config.yaml
 ```
 
-## User guide
-
-See [docs/user_guide.md](docs/user_guide.md).
-
 ## Development
 
 Several python dependencies are necessary to support development scripts. They can be installed by running:
@@ -137,4 +140,8 @@ Before submitting a PR, make sure to lint your code:
 
 ```
 ./scripts-dev/lint.sh
-```
+```
+
+### Creating a new release
+
+See [RELEASING.md](RELEASING.md).

RELEASING.md

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+# Releasing `mscbot-python`
+
+To make a new release of `mscbot-python`, perform the following.
+
+1. Determine the new version number. This project follows [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). Store the release version in an environment variable called `RELEASE_VERSION`.
+
+    ```
+    export RELEASE_VERSION=X.Y.Z
+    ```
+
+    **Note:** Do not include a `v` before the version number.
+
+1. Update `setup.py` with the new version number:
+
+    ```
+    sed -i "s/version=\"[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\"/version=\"${RELEASE_VERSION}\"/" setup.py
+    ```
+
+1. Stage, commit and push the changes:
+
+    ```
+    git add setup.py
+    git commit -m "$RELEASE_VERSION"
+    ```
+
+1. Create a new git tag:
+
+    ```
+    git tag $RELEASE_VERSION -m "$RELEASE_VERSION"
+    ```
+
+1. Push the tag to the repository:
+
+    ```
+    git push origin $RELEASE_VERSION
+    ```
+
+    **Note:** A docker image will be automatically created and published when
+    the tag is uploaded.
+
+1. [Create a new release](https://github.com/matrix-org/mscbot-python/releases/new)
+    on GitHub.
+    Select the tag that was just created and click "Generate release notes".
+
+1. Press "Publish release", and you're done! 🍾