diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build_prebuilt.yml b/.github/workflows/_build_prebuilt.yml
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+name: Build Prebuilt Libraries
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build (${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.arch }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 180
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-15
+            os_name: osx
+            arch: arm64
+            ext: tar.gz
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-24.04
+            os_name: linux
+            arch: amd64
+            ext: tar.gz
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            os_name: linux
+            arch: arm64
+            ext: tar.gz
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-2025
+            os_name: windows
+            arch: amd64
+            ext: zip
+
+    env:
+      # Prefixed with ZVEC_ to avoid clashing with Makefile conventions:
+      # lz4's Makefile.inc defines `INSTALL_DIR ?= install -d -m 755` which
+      # would be overridden by an INSTALL_DIR environment variable.
+      ZVEC_INSTALL_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/install
+      ZVEC_DIST_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'pyproject.toml'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies (Unix)
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install \
+            pybind11==3.0 \
+            cmake==3.30.0 \
+            ninja==1.11.1
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Install dependencies (Windows)
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip `
+            pybind11==3.0 `
+            cmake==3.30.0 `
+            ninja==1.11.1
+        shell: powershell
+
+      - name: Set up MSVC environment
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1.13.0
+        with:
+          arch: x64
+
+      - name: Configure CMake
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$ZVEC_INSTALL_DIR" \
+            -DBUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
+            -DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF \
+            -DBUILD_C_BINDINGS=ON \
+            -DBUILD_ZVEC_SHARED=ON \
+            -DBUILD_ZVEC_CORE_SHARED=ON \
+            -DBUILD_ZVEC_AILEGO_SHARED=ON \
+            -DENABLE_WERROR=OFF
+
+      - name: Build and install SDK
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          NPROC=$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 4)
+          cmake --build build --target install --parallel "$NPROC"
+
+      - name: Dump third-party build logs on failure
+        if: failure()
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          find build -type f \( -name '*-configure-*.log' -o -name '*-build-*.log' -o -name '*-install-*.log' \) | while read -r f; do
+            echo "===== $f ====="
+            tail -80 "$f"
+          done
+
+      - name: Stage package contents
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"
+          cp -R "$ZVEC_INSTALL_DIR"/. "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"/.
+          # Ship shared libraries only: zvec static libs are not self-contained
+          # (third-party deps like rocksdb/arrow/protobuf are not installed).
+          # On Windows, keep DLL import libs (*_shared.lib, zvec_c_api.lib).
+          rm -f "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"/lib/*.a
+          rm -f "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"/lib/zvec.lib \
+            "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"/lib/zvec_core.lib \
+            "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"/lib/zvec_ailego.lib \
+            "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR"/lib/zvec_turbo.lib
+          # On Windows, DLLs are installed into bin/ (RUNTIME); move them to
+          # lib/ so the package layout is include/ + lib/ on all platforms.
+          if [ -d "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR/bin" ]; then
+            find "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR/bin" -name '*.dll' -exec mv {} "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR/lib/" \;
+            rm -rf "${ZVEC_DIST_DIR:?}/bin"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Package SDK (Unix)
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          tar czf "zvec-sdk-${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.${{ matrix.ext }}" -C "$ZVEC_DIST_DIR" .
+          ls -lh "zvec-sdk-${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.${{ matrix.ext }}"
+
+      - name: Package SDK (Windows)
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+          $Pkg = "zvec-sdk-${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.${{ matrix.ext }}"
+          Compress-Archive -Path "$env:ZVEC_DIST_DIR\*" -DestinationPath "$Pkg" -Force
+          Get-ChildItem "$Pkg" | Select-Object Name, Length
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: zvec-sdk-${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: zvec-sdk-${{ matrix.os_name }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.${{ matrix.ext }}
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: 'Release tag (e.g., v0.3.0)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  # Step 1: Build prebuilt libraries for all platforms
+  build-prebuilt:
+    name: Build Prebuilt Libraries
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_build_prebuilt.yml
+
+  # Step 2: Create release and upload prebuilt libraries
+  release:
+    name: Create Release
+    needs: build-prebuilt
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.tag || github.ref }}
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Extract version from tag
+        id: version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            RAW_TAG="${{ inputs.tag }}"
+          else
+            RAW_TAG="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+          fi
+          VERSION="${RAW_TAG#v}"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "tag=$RAW_TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Releasing version: $VERSION (tag: $RAW_TAG)"
+
+      - name: Download all prebuilt artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          path: prebuilt-artifacts/
+          pattern: zvec-sdk-*
+          merge-multiple: false
+
+      - name: List prebuilt artifacts
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "Release assets:"
+          find prebuilt-artifacts/ -type f \( -name '*.tar.gz' -o -name '*.zip' \) | sort
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
+          name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(steps.version.outputs.tag, 'alpha') || contains(steps.version.outputs.tag, 'beta') || contains(steps.version.outputs.tag, 'rc') }}
+          files: |
+            prebuilt-artifacts/**/*.tar.gz
+            prebuilt-artifacts/**/*.zip
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}