diff --git a/tools/announceybot.zig b/tools/announceybot.zig
index 249ebc2..5be9cad 100644
--- a/tools/announceybot.zig
+++ b/tools/announceybot.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const Manifest = @import("Manifest.zig");
 const README_PATH = "README.md";
 const README_UPDATE_TEMPLATE = @embedFile("./announceybot/release-dep-update-template.md");
 const RELEASE_NOTES_TEMPLATE = @embedFile("./announceybot/release-note-template.md");
+const RELEASE_ANNOUNCEMENT_TEMPLATE = @embedFile("./announceybot/release-announcement-template.md");
 
 fn usage() void {
     const message =
@@ -160,7 +161,6 @@ fn sendToDiscordPart(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, url: []const u8, message_json
     var req = try http_client.request(.POST, uri, h, .{});
     defer req.deinit();
 
-    std.debug.print("Message length: {}\n", .{message_json.len});
     req.transfer_encoding = .chunked;
 
     // connect, send request
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ fn sendToDiscordPart(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, url: []const u8, message_json
     try req.wait();
     var buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined;
     _ = try req.readAll(&buffer);
-    std.debug.print("RESPONSE:\n{s}\n", .{buffer});
 }
 
 fn sendToDiscord(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, url: []const u8, message: []const u8) !void {
@@ -309,8 +308,9 @@ fn sendToDiscord(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, url: []const u8, message: []const
         var part_string = std.ArrayList(u8).init(fba.allocator());
         defer part_string.deinit();
         try std.json.stringify(.{ .content = part }, .{}, part_string.writer());
-        std.debug.print("\nSENDING PART {}: {s}\n", .{ it, part_string.items });
+        std.debug.print("SENDING PART {} / {}: ... ", .{ it, chunks.items.len });
         try sendToDiscordPart(allocator, url, part_string.items);
+        std.debug.print("done!\n", .{});
         it += 1;
     }
 }
@@ -321,23 +321,35 @@ fn command_announce(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, tag: []const u8) !void {
     const hash = try getPkgHash(allocator);
     defer allocator.free(hash);
 
+    const announcement = try renderTemplate(allocator, RELEASE_ANNOUNCEMENT_TEMPLATE, .{
+        .tag = tag,
+        .hash = hash,
+        .annotation = annotation,
+    });
+
+    // std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{announcement});
+    defer allocator.free(announcement);
+    const url = try std.process.getEnvVarOwned(allocator, "WEBHOOK_URL");
+    defer allocator.free(url);
+    sendToDiscord(allocator, url, announcement) catch |err| {
+        std.debug.print("HTTP ERROR: {any}\n", .{err});
+        std.os.exit(1);
+    };
+}
+
+fn command_releasenotes(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, tag: []const u8) !void {
+    const annotation = try get_tag_annotation(allocator, tag);
+    defer allocator.free(annotation);
+    const hash = try getPkgHash(allocator);
+    defer allocator.free(hash);
+
     const release_notes = try renderTemplate(allocator, RELEASE_NOTES_TEMPLATE, .{
         .tag = tag,
         .hash = hash,
         .annotation = annotation,
     });
     defer allocator.free(release_notes);
-    const url = try std.process.getEnvVarOwned(allocator, "WEBHOOK_URL");
-    defer allocator.free(url);
-    try sendToDiscord(allocator, url, release_notes);
-    // sendToDiscord(allocator, url, release_notes) catch |err| {
-    //     std.debug.print("HTTP ERROR: {any}\n", .{err});
-    // };
-}
-
-fn command_releasenotes(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, tag: []const u8) !void {
-    _ = allocator;
-    _ = tag;
+    try std.io.getStdOut().writeAll(release_notes);
 }
 fn command_update_readme(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, tag: []const u8) !void {
     _ = allocator;
diff --git a/tools/announceybot/release-announcement-template.md b/tools/announceybot/release-announcement-template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2275105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/announceybot/release-announcement-template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+__**New release {tag}!**__
+
+**Updates**
+
+{annotation}
+
+**Using it**
+
+Modify your `build.zig.zon` like this:
+
+```zig
+.{
+    .name = "My example project",
+    .version = "0.0.1",
+
+    .dependencies = .{
+        // zap {tag}
+        .zap = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/zigzap/zap/archive/refs/tags/{tag}.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "{hash}",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+```
+
+See the release page: https://github.com/zigzap/zap/releases/{tag} for more information!
diff --git a/tools/announceybot/release-note-template.md b/tools/announceybot/release-note-template.md
index 467be66..a5f42b4 100644
--- a/tools/announceybot/release-note-template.md
+++ b/tools/announceybot/release-note-template.md
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ Here is a complete `build.zig.zon` example:
 
 ```
 
-Then, in your `build.zig`'s `build` function, add the following before
-`exe.install()`:
+Then, in your `build.zig`'s `build` function, add the following before `exe.install()`:
 
 ```zig 
     const zap = b.dependency("zap", .{