diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d37f9a..0acf5ce 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ outputs/
 *.idx 
 *.map
 .history/
-scripts/
 lm_eval.egg-info/
 demo/experiment_results/**/*.json
 *.jsonl
diff --git a/scripts/build_and_test.sh b/scripts/build_and_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b1c67c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_and_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Manual build and test script for local testing
+
+PACKAGE=${1:-"all"}  # Default to all packages
+
+echo "Building package: $PACKAGE"
+
+# Ensure we're in a virtual environment
+if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Please activate a virtual environment first"
+    echo "Run: source .venv/bin/activate (or .venv/bin/activate.fish for fish shell)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Install build tools
+uv pip install build twine delocate auditwheel scikit-build-core cmake pybind11 numpy
+
+build_package() {
+    local package_dir=$1
+    local package_name=$(basename $package_dir)
+    
+    echo "Building $package_name..."
+    cd $package_dir
+    
+    # Clean previous builds
+    rm -rf dist/ build/ _skbuild/
+    
+    # Build directly with pip wheel (avoids sdist issues)
+    pip wheel . --no-deps -w dist
+    
+    # Repair wheel for binary packages
+    if [[ "$package_name" != "leann-core" ]] && [[ "$package_name" != "leann" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+            # For macOS
+            for wheel in dist/*.whl; do
+                if [[ -f "$wheel" ]]; then
+                    delocate-wheel -w dist_repaired -v "$wheel"
+                fi
+            done
+            if [[ -d dist_repaired ]]; then
+                rm -rf dist/*.whl
+                mv dist_repaired/*.whl dist/
+                rmdir dist_repaired
+            fi
+        else
+            # For Linux
+            for wheel in dist/*.whl; do
+                if [[ -f "$wheel" ]]; then
+                    auditwheel repair "$wheel" -w dist_repaired
+                fi
+            done
+            if [[ -d dist_repaired ]]; then
+                rm -rf dist/*.whl
+                mv dist_repaired/*.whl dist/
+                rmdir dist_repaired
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+    
+    echo "Built wheels in $package_dir/dist/"
+    ls -la dist/
+    cd - > /dev/null
+}
+
+# Build specific package or all
+if [ "$PACKAGE" == "diskann" ]; then
+    build_package "packages/leann-backend-diskann"
+elif [ "$PACKAGE" == "hnsw" ]; then
+    build_package "packages/leann-backend-hnsw"
+elif [ "$PACKAGE" == "core" ]; then
+    build_package "packages/leann-core"
+elif [ "$PACKAGE" == "meta" ]; then
+    build_package "packages/leann"
+elif [ "$PACKAGE" == "all" ]; then
+    build_package "packages/leann-core"
+    build_package "packages/leann-backend-hnsw"
+    build_package "packages/leann-backend-diskann"
+    build_package "packages/leann"
+else
+    echo "Unknown package: $PACKAGE"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [diskann|hnsw|core|meta|all]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo -e "\nBuild complete! Test with:"
+echo "uv pip install packages/*/dist/*.whl" 
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diff --git a/scripts/bump_version.sh b/scripts/bump_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e831e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bump_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <new_version>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+NEW_VERSION=$1
+
+# Update all pyproject.toml files
+sed -i '' "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"$NEW_VERSION\"/" packages/*/pyproject.toml
+
+echo "Version updated to $NEW_VERSION" 
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diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9fa2b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <version>"
+    echo "Example: $0 0.1.1"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION=$1
+
+# Update version
+./scripts/bump_version.sh $VERSION
+
+# Commit and push
+git add . && git commit -m "chore: bump version to $VERSION" && git push
+
+# Create release (triggers CI)
+gh release create v$VERSION --generate-notes 
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diff --git a/scripts/upload_to_pypi.sh b/scripts/upload_to_pypi.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..745cc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/upload_to_pypi.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Manual upload script for testing
+
+TARGET=${1:-"test"}  # Default to test pypi
+
+if [ "$TARGET" != "test" ] && [ "$TARGET" != "prod" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [test|prod]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for built packages
+if ! ls packages/*/dist/*.whl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "No built packages found. Run ./scripts/build_and_test.sh first"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$TARGET" == "test" ]; then
+    echo "Uploading to Test PyPI..."
+    twine upload --repository testpypi packages/*/dist/*
+else
+    echo "Uploading to PyPI..."
+    echo "Are you sure? (y/N)"
+    read -r response
+    if [ "$response" == "y" ]; then
+        twine upload packages/*/dist/*
+    else
+        echo "Cancelled"
+    fi
+fi 
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