diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
index 005f460c..ec29bad8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
@@ -18,20 +18,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Find package directories
         id: set-matrix
         run: |
+          # Find all package.json and pyproject.toml files, excluding root
           DIRS=$(git ls-tree -r HEAD --name-only | grep -E "package.json|pyproject.toml" | xargs dirname | grep -v "^.$" | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')
           echo "matrix=${DIRS}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Found directories: ${DIRS}"
 
       - name: Get last release hash
         id: last-release
         run: |
           HASH=$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1 || echo "HEAD~1")
           echo "hash=${HASH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "Using last release hash: ${HASH}"
 
   check-release:
     needs: prepare
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      release: ${{ steps.check.outputs.release }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         directory: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.matrix) }}
@@ -45,46 +46,118 @@ jobs:
       - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        if: endsWith(matrix.directory, 'package.json')
+        if: endsWith(matrix.directory, '/package.json')
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '18'
 
       - name: Setup Python
-        if: endsWith(matrix.directory, 'pyproject.toml')
+        if: endsWith(matrix.directory, '/pyproject.toml')
         run: uv python install
 
       - name: Check release
         id: check
         run: |
-          output=$(uv run --script scripts/release.py --dry-run "${{ matrix.directory }}" "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.last_release }}" \
-            | grep -o -E "[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+@[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" || true)
-          if [ ! -z "$output" ]; then
-            echo "release<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "$output" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Create unique hash for this directory
+          dir_hash=$(echo "${{ matrix.directory }}" | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
+          
+          # Determine package type by checking which file exists
+          if [ -f "${{ matrix.directory }}/package.json" ]; then
+            pkg_type="node"
+            pkg_file="package.json"
+          elif [ -f "${{ matrix.directory }}/pyproject.toml" ]; then
+            pkg_type="python"
+            pkg_file="pyproject.toml"
+          else
+            echo "Error: Neither package.json nor pyproject.toml found in ${{ matrix.directory }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Checking $pkg_type package in ${{ matrix.directory }} (using $pkg_file)"
+          
+          # Run release check script with verbose output
+          echo "Running release check against last release: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.last_release }}"
+          output=$(uv run --script scripts/release.py --dry-run "${{ matrix.directory }}" "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.last_release }}")
+          echo "Release check output:"
+          echo "$output"
+          
+          # Extract package info
+          pkg_info=$(echo "$output" | grep -o -E "[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+@[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" || true)
+          
+          if [ ! -z "$pkg_info" ]; then
+            echo "Found package that needs release: $pkg_info"
+            
+            # Create outputs directory
+            mkdir -p ./outputs
+            
+            # Save both package info and full changes
+            echo "$pkg_info" > "./outputs/${dir_hash}_info"
+            echo "$output" > "./outputs/${dir_hash}_changes"
+            echo "dir_hash=${dir_hash}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            
+            # Log what we're saving
+            echo "Saved package info to ./outputs/${dir_hash}_info:"
+            cat "./outputs/${dir_hash}_info"
+            echo "Saved full changes to ./outputs/${dir_hash}_changes:"
+            cat "./outputs/${dir_hash}_changes"
+          else
+            echo "No release needed for this package"
           fi
 
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: steps.check.outputs.dir_hash
+        with:
+          name: release-outputs-${{ matrix.directory }}
+          path: ./outputs/${{ steps.check.outputs.dir_hash }}*
+
   check-tag:
     needs: [prepare, check-release]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: release-outputs-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: outputs
+
       - name: Simulate tag creation
         run: |
-          echo "${{ needs.check-release.outputs.release }}" > packages.txt
-          if [ -s packages.txt ]; then
-            DATE=$(date +%Y.%m.%d)
-            echo "🔍 Dry run: Would create tag v${DATE} if this was a real release"
-
-            echo "# Release ${DATE}" > notes.md
-            echo "" >> notes.md
-            echo "## Updated Packages" >> notes.md
-            while IFS= read -r line; do
-              echo "- $line" >> notes.md
-            done < packages.txt
-
-            echo "🔍 Would create release with following notes:"
-            cat notes.md
+          if [ -d outputs ]; then
+            # Collect package info
+            find outputs -name "*_info" -exec cat {} \; > packages.txt
+            
+            # Collect detailed changes
+            find outputs -name "*_changes" -exec cat {} \; > changes.txt
+            
+            if [ -s packages.txt ]; then
+              DATE=$(date +%Y.%m.%d)
+              echo "🔍 Dry run: Would create tag v${DATE} if this was a real release"
+
+              # Generate comprehensive release notes
+              {
+                echo "# Release ${DATE}"
+                echo ""
+                echo "## Updated Packages"
+                while IFS= read -r line; do
+                  echo "- $line"
+                done < packages.txt
+                echo ""
+                echo "## Detailed Changes"
+                echo '```'
+                cat changes.txt
+                echo '```'
+              } > notes.md
+
+              echo "🔍 Would create release with following notes:"
+              cat notes.md
+              
+              echo "🔍 Would create tag v${DATE} with the above release notes"
+              echo "🔍 Would create GitHub release from tag v${DATE}"
+            else
+              echo "No packages need release"
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "No release artifacts found"
           fi