diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index cfd9813..e1df9f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 name: Rust
 
-# Manual only. Nothing here runs on a push or a pull request: the gate is the
-# one an author runs locally before asking for review, and a green tick that
-# nobody asked for teaches people to stop reading it.
+# No pull request trigger: the gate is the one an author runs locally before
+# asking for review, and a tick that arrives unasked is a tick people stop
+# reading. Master is different. The publish job below is gated on
+# `github.event_name == 'push'` and reads `github.event.before` to diff
+# Cargo.toml, so a push to master is the release mechanism and removing it
+# silently stops releases rather than making anything manual.
 on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d8b54cb..e3b4720 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "endpoint-libs"
-version = "3.1.0"
+version = "3.1.1"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["Veon <dveonloch@protonmail.com>"]
 description = "Launch MCP services fast: describe endpoints once in RON, and endpoint-gen generates the Rust models, docs and MCP tool schemas that this crate serves over WebSocket RPC, with roles and typed errors built in."