diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 99d7be1..8fdc1bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: go test ./...
 
-      # The annotated tag carries the release text: the subject line becomes the
-      # release name, everything after the first blank line becomes the body.
-      # The body is passed through verbatim - its blank lines separate the
+      # The release is named after the tag and nothing else. The whole annotated
+      # tag message becomes the body, verbatim - its blank lines separate the
       # sections and collapsing them would run the whole thing into one block.
       - name: Read the tag
         id: tag
@@ -50,14 +49,9 @@ jobs:
           # objecttype is the only reliable test. A lightweight tag is a bare
           # ref onto the commit, so %(contents) silently resolves to the COMMIT
           # message - trailers and all - instead of returning nothing.
-          SUBJECT=""
           BODY=""
           if [ "$(git tag -l --format='%(objecttype)' "$TAG")" = tag ]; then
-            SUBJECT=$(git tag -l --format='%(contents:subject)' "$TAG")
-            BODY=$(git tag -l --format='%(contents:body)' "$TAG")
-          fi
-          if [ -z "$SUBJECT" ]; then
-            SUBJECT="SemiBase $TAG"
+            BODY=$(git tag -l --format='%(contents)' "$TAG")
           fi
           if [ -z "$(printf '%s' "$BODY" | tr -d '[:space:]')" ]; then
             BODY="Release $TAG"
@@ -68,7 +62,6 @@ jobs:
           # lines to be read as further outputs, overriding the ones above.
           # printf, not echo, so a body opening with -n or -e stays intact.
           DELIMITER="RELEASE_NOTES_$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
-          echo "name=$SUBJECT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           {
             echo "body<<$DELIMITER"
             printf '%s\n' "$BODY"
@@ -93,10 +86,10 @@ jobs:
               -ldflags "-s -w -X main.revision=$TAG" \
               -o "dist/semibase_${VERSION}_${goos}_${goarch}${extension}" ./cmd/semibase
           }
+          # no extension on linux - an ELF is executable by its mode bit
           build windows amd64 .exe
           build linux amd64 ""
-          cd dist && sha256sum * > checksums.txt
-          cat checksums.txt
+          ls -l dist
 
       # Pinned to a commit, not a tag: this is the one third-party action that
       # runs with the job's contents: write token, so a moved tag in its
@@ -105,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3d0d9888cb7fd7b750713d6e236d1fcb99157228 # v3.0.2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
-          name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.name }}
+          name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
           body: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.body }}
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index ac2f77b..35474c4 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -24,17 +24,15 @@ Without ldflags, `version` falls back to the VCS revision recorded by the Go too
 `.github/workflows/release.yml` fires on a `v*` tag push. One `ubuntu-latest` job
 cross-compiles `windows/amd64` and `linux/amd64` with `CGO_ENABLED=0` — the module is pure
 `pgx`, so native runners are CI's job, not the release's — and attaches
-`semibase_<version>_<goos>_amd64[.exe]` plus a sha256 `checksums.txt` to the GitHub release.
-`-X main.revision=<tag>` is embedded, so `semibase version` prints the tag.
+`semibase_<version>_<goos>_amd64[.exe]` to the GitHub release — no extension on the Linux
+artifact, an ELF is executable by its mode bit. `-X main.revision=<tag>` is embedded, so
+`semibase version` prints the tag.
 
-The annotated tag carries the release text: its subject line becomes the release name,
-everything after the first blank line becomes the body, verbatim. Blank lines survive, so
-write the body in sections.
+The release is named after the tag and nothing else. The whole annotated tag message becomes
+the body, verbatim; blank lines survive, so write it in sections and give it no title line.
 
 ```bash
 git tag -a v0.2.0 -F - <<'EOF'
-v0.2.0 — short title
-
 **New Features**
 
 * what the user can now do, lowercase [#12](https://github.com/Semiteq/SemiBase/pull/12)
@@ -48,8 +46,7 @@ git push origin v0.2.0
 
 Bold section labels, not `###` headings: git's default tag cleanup deletes every line
 starting with `#`, which would silently strip the structure out of the annotation.
-A lightweight tag still releases — the name falls back to `SemiBase <tag>`, the body to
-`Release <tag>`.
+A lightweight tag still releases — the body falls back to `Release <tag>`.
 
 ## Test