diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d74634a..67fd87b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: install test lint mypy fmt check manifest check-manifest check-agents clean
+.PHONY: install test lint mypy fmt check manifest check-manifest check-agents build clean
 
 PYTHON := .venv/bin/python
 PYTEST := .venv/bin/pytest
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ check-agents:
 	  fi
 	@echo "check-agents: AGENTS.md present; CLAUDE.md → AGENTS.md ✓"
 
+# Build the wheel for a GitHub Release. PEP-517 via the `build`
+# front-end; ships pure-Python with no compiled extensions. The
+# resulting `dist/m_dev_tools_mcp-<ver>-py3-none-any.whl` is what
+# `gh release create` attaches as a downloadable asset.
+build:
+	$(PYTHON) -m build --wheel
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf .venv .pytest_cache .ruff_cache .mypy_cache build dist/*.egg-info \
-	    src/*.egg-info
+	    src/*.egg-info dist/*.whl dist/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/dist/mcp-tools.json b/dist/mcp-tools.json
index 0dd950f..b31e839 100644
--- a/dist/mcp-tools.json
+++ b/dist/mcp-tools.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/m-dev-tools/.github/main/profile/repo.meta.schema.json",
   "kind": "m-dev-tools-mcp.tools",
   "package": "m_dev_tools_mcp",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "tool_count": 3,
   "tools": [
     {
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec9d92f..c2dcc3d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "m-dev-tools-mcp"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.1.0"
 description = "MCP server for the m-dev-tools org catalog — exposes route_intent, describe, and verify as first-class agent tools."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "AGPL-3.0" }
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-randomly",
     "ruff>=0.5",
     "mypy>=1.10",
+    "build>=1.2",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py b/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py
index 187fae4..a51da5a 100644
--- a/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/m_dev_tools_mcp/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """m-dev-tools-mcp — MCP server wrapping the m-dev-tools org catalog."""
 
-__version__ = "0.0.1"
+__version__ = "0.1.0"