diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,11 +83,68 @@ _For running an S3 service locally._
 ---
 
 ## Scripts
+
 Inside the `scripts` folder you will find one-off scripts to help with tasks.
 
 * `db_migrate.sh` - Helps migrate databases between versions of mysql.
 
+## CLI Tooling Setup
+
+Add the `bin` directory to your path to use **Hop** and **Git Scripts**.
+
+## Hop
+
+A script that makes it easy to hop into your project containers and run commands.
+
+## Git Scripts
+
+Custom scripts that extend Git functionality, to streamline the process of tracking tickets and managing releases
+
+### `git-tickets`
+
+This command is used to get the tickets since staging was last updated.
+By default, it does not update the branches.
+
+```shell
+git tickets [options] [arguments]
+```
+
+| Options  | Description                                                     | Default |
+|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
+| --update | Update the specified branches from the remote before comparison | N/A     |
+
+| Arguments | Description                          | Default | Any of     |
+|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------|------------|
+| branch 1  | the target branch that is up to date | master  | any branch |
+| branch 2  | the branch that is behind            | staging | any branch |
+
+### Tickets Example
+
+```shell
+  git tickets --update master staging
+```
+
+### `git-make-release`
+
+This command automates the process of preparing a new software release.
+It creates a release branch from the current branch, increments the version number, updates the `CHANGELOG.md`
+
+```shell
+    git make-release [options]
+```
+
+| Options | Description                                               | Default |
+|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------|
+| --dry   | Perform a dry run without any changes to branches or tags | N/A     |
+
+### Make Release Example
+
+```shell
+git make-release --dry
+```
+
 ## Docs
+
 * [Hop](docs/hop/README.md)
 * [Setting up Nginx-Proxy](docs/nginx-proxy/README.md)
 * [Setting up PHP Testing in PhpStorm](docs/phpstorm-docker/README.md)
diff --git a/bin/git-make-release b/bin/git-make-release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4350fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-make-release
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Prompt for the version number
+prompt_for_version() {
+  read -rp "Enter the version number (default: $1): " version
+  echo "${version:-$1}" # Return the entered version number or the default if none was entered
+}
+
+# Increment version number
+increment_version() {
+  # Split the version string into parts using read -a
+  IFS='.'
+  read -ra version_parts <<< "$1"
+
+  # Ensure that we have exactly three parts for major, minor, and patch versions
+  if [ ${#version_parts[@]} -ne 3 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Invalid version format '$1'. Expected format 'Major.Minor.Patch'." >&2
+    return 1  # Exit the function with an error status
+  fi
+
+  # Increment the minor version and reset the patch version to 0
+  local next_version="${version_parts[0]}.$((version_parts[1] + 1)).0"
+
+  # Call prompt_for_version, using the next version as the default
+  prompt_for_version "$next_version"
+}
+
+# Get the latest version tag
+get_latest_version() {
+  git describe --tags "$(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)" 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0"
+}
+
+# Prepend the tickets to the CHANGELOG.md
+prepend_to_changelog() {
+  local version=$1
+  local tickets=$2
+  local date
+
+  date=$(date +"%b %d, %Y")
+  local changelog="CHANGELOG.md"
+
+  # Create a backup of the CHANGELOG.md
+  cp "$changelog" "$changelog.bak"
+
+  # Prepend the new content to the CHANGELOG.md
+  {
+    echo "# v$version ($date)"
+    for ticket in $tickets; do
+      echo "* $ticket - "
+    done
+    echo ""
+    cat "$changelog.bak"
+  } > "$changelog"
+
+  rm "$changelog.bak"
+}
+
+# Check if the --dry flag is set
+DRY_RUN=false
+if [ "$1" == "--dry" ]; then
+  DRY_RUN=true
+fi
+
+# Get the latest tag and suggest the next version number
+LATEST_TAG=$(get_latest_version)
+NEXT_VERSION=$(increment_version "${LATEST_TAG#v}") # Assuming the tag is in the 'v1.2.3' format
+
+if $DRY_RUN; then
+  # Perform a dry run
+  echo "This is a dry run. The release branch will not be created."
+  echo "The next version number would be: ${NEXT_VERSION}"
+  git tickets | grep -Eo '(\w+)-([0-9]+)'
+else
+  # Perform the actual release process
+  # Capture the output of git-tickets
+  TICKETS_OUTPUT=$(git tickets --update)
+
+  # Use grep to filter the output
+  TICKET_IDS=$(echo "$TICKETS_OUTPUT" | grep -Eo '(\w+)-([0-9]+)')
+
+  # Prepend the tickets to the CHANGELOG.md
+  prepend_to_changelog "$NEXT_VERSION" "$TICKET_IDS"
+
+  # Checkout a new branch with the pattern release-###
+  git checkout -b "release-${NEXT_VERSION}"
+
+  # Add the CHANGELOG.md to the staging area
+  git add CHANGELOG.md
+
+  echo "Tickets to be included in this release:"
+  echo "$TICKET_IDS"
+fi
diff --git a/bin/git-tickets b/bin/git-tickets
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..efddc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-tickets
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Prompt for a branch name with a default
+prompt_for_branch() {
+  read -rp "Enter the name of the $1 branch (default: $2): " branch
+  echo "${branch:-$2}" # Return the entered branch name or the default if none was entered
+}
+
+# Check for --update flag
+UPDATE_BRANCHES=false
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  if [ "$arg" == "--update" ]; then
+    UPDATE_BRANCHES=true
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+# Prompt for the first branch name if not provided
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" == "--update" ]; then
+  BRANCH1=$(prompt_for_branch "first" "master")
+else
+  BRANCH1="$1"
+fi
+
+# Prompt for the second branch name if not provided
+if [ -z "$2" ] || [ "$2" == "--update" ]; then
+  BRANCH2=$(prompt_for_branch "second" "staging")
+else
+  BRANCH2="$2"
+fi
+# Function to update or create temporary branches
+process_branch() {
+  local branch_name=$1
+  local temp_branch="temp_${branch_name}_$$"
+  if $UPDATE_BRANCHES; then
+    git checkout "$branch_name" &> /dev/null
+    if ! git checkout "$branch_name" &> /dev/null; then
+      echo "Failed to checkout branch $branch_name" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    git pull origin "$branch_name" &> /dev/null
+    echo "$branch_name"
+  else
+    git fetch origin "$branch_name":"$temp_branch" &> /dev/null
+    if ! git rev-parse --verify "$temp_branch" &> /dev/null; then
+      echo "Failed to fetch and create temp branch for $branch_name" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "$temp_branch"
+  fi
+}
+
+
+# Process the first branch
+BRANCH1=$(process_branch "$BRANCH1")
+
+# Process the second branch
+BRANCH2=$(process_branch "$BRANCH2")
+
+# If not updating branches, use the temporary branches for log
+if ! $UPDATE_BRANCHES; then
+  # Run the git log command and process the output on temporary branches
+  git log "$BRANCH2".."$BRANCH1" --oneline --no-merges | grep -Eio "(\w+)-([0-9]+)" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | sort -u
+
+  # Delete the temporary branches
+  git branch -D "$BRANCH1" &> /dev/null
+  git branch -D "$BRANCH2" &> /dev/null
+  git status;
+else
+  # Run the git log command and process the output on updated branches
+  git log "$BRANCH2".."$BRANCH1" --oneline --no-merges | grep -Eio "(\w+)-([0-9]+)" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | sort -u
+
+  # Checkout to the first branch (assumed to be 'master')
+  git checkout "$BRANCH1" &> /dev/null
+  git status
+fi