diff --git a/.release/ci.hcl b/.release/ci.hcl
index e69de29b..7aa18a89 100644
--- a/.release/ci.hcl
+++ b/.release/ci.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+schema = "1"
+
+project "http-echo" {
+  // the team key is not used by CRT currently
+  team = "team-consul"
+  slack {
+    notification_channel = "C0253EQ5B40"
+  }
+  github {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "http-echo"
+    // An allow-list of branch names where artifacts are built. Note that wildcards are accepted! 
+    // Artifacts built from these branches will be processed through CRT and get into a
+    // "release ready" state.
+    release_branches = [
+      "main",
+      "release/**" 
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+event "merge" {
+  // "entrypoint" to use if build is not run automatically
+  // i.e. send "merge" complete signal to orchestrator to trigger build
+}
+
+event "build" {
+  depends = ["merge"]
+  action "build" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "http-echo"
+    workflow = "build"
+  }
+}
+
+// Read more about what the `prepare` workflow does here:
+// https://hashicorp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RELENG/pages/2489712686/Dec+7th+2022+-+Introducing+the+new+Prepare+workflow
+event "prepare" {
+  depends = ["build"]
+
+  action "prepare" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository   = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow     = "prepare"
+    depends      = ["build"]
+  }
+
+  notification {
+    on = "fail"
+  }
+}
+
+## These are promotion and post-publish events
+## they should be added to the end of the file after the verify event stanza.
+
+event "trigger-staging" {
+// This event is dispatched by the bob trigger-promotion command
+// and is required - do not delete.
+}
+
+event "promote-staging" {
+  depends = ["trigger-staging"]
+  action "promote-staging" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow = "promote-staging"
+    config = "release-metadata.hcl"
+  }
+
+  notification {
+    on = "always"
+  }
+}
+
+event "promote-staging-docker" {
+  depends = ["promote-staging"]
+  action "promote-staging-docker" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow = "promote-staging-docker"
+  }
+
+  notification {
+    on = "always"
+  }
+}
+
+event "trigger-production" {
+// This event is dispatched by the bob trigger-promotion command
+// and is required - do not delete.
+}
+
+event "promote-production" {
+  depends = ["trigger-production"]
+  action "promote-production" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow = "promote-production"
+  }
+
+  notification {
+    on = "always"
+  }
+}
+
+event "promote-production-docker" {
+  depends = ["promote-production"]
+  action "promote-production-docker" {
+    organization = "hashicorp"
+    repository = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow = "promote-production-docker"
+  }
+
+  notification {
+    on = "always"
+  }
+}
+
+
+event "bump-version-patch" {
+  depends = ["promote-production-docker"]
+  action "bump-version" {
+    organization = "HashiCorp-RelEng-Dev"
+    repository = "crt-workflows-common"
+    workflow = "bump-version"
+  }
+
+  notification {
+    on = "fail"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.release/release.metadata.hcl b/.release/release.metadata.hcl
index e69de29b..5f10587e 100644
--- a/.release/release.metadata.hcl
+++ b/.release/release.metadata.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+url_docker_registry_dockerhub = "https://hub.docker.com/r/hashicorp/http-echo"
+url_source_repository         = "https://github/hashicorp/http-echo"
+url_project_website           = "https://github/hashicorp/http-echo"
+url_license                   = "https://github.com/hashicorp/http-echo/blob/main/LICENSE"
+url_release_notes             = "https://github.com/hashicorp/http-echo/releases"
diff --git a/.release/security-scan.hcl b/.release/security-scan.hcl
index e69de29b..c8e08063 100644
--- a/.release/security-scan.hcl
+++ b/.release/security-scan.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+container {
+	dependencies = true
+	alpine_secdb = true
+	secrets      = true
+}
+
+binary {
+	secrets      = true
+	go_modules   = true
+	osv          = true
+	oss_index    = false
+	nvd          = false
+}