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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   release-process/reusable-tooling
    release-process/configuration
    release-process/preparing
    release-process/versioning
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+.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 LibreCode coop and contributors
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+Reusable release tooling
+========================
+
+LibreSign is the reference consumer of LibreCode's reusable release tooling.
+The reusable pieces are intentionally independent of LibreSign application
+code.
+
+``LibreCodeCoop/release-tool``
+   Owns release policy, contracts, the PHP/PHAR runtime, release planning,
+   changelog/version transitions, draft creation, publication verification and
+   the public lifecycle Actions.
+
+``LibreCodeCoop/.github``
+   Owns the organization workflow catalog, managed workflow distribution,
+   synchronization helpers and organization-level automation.
+
+``LibreSign/libresign``
+   Supplies the consumer configuration, stable branches, changelog/version
+   files, repository-specific packaging rules and publisher workflow.
+
+The former ``LibreCodeCoop/github-workflows`` repository is retired and should
+not be used by new consumers.
+
+Adopting the tooling in another app
+-----------------------------------
+
+Start with the generic guides maintained next to Release Tool:
+
+* `Getting started <https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/release-tool/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md>`_
+* `Consumer configuration <https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/release-tool/blob/main/docs/consumer-configuration.md>`_
+* `Release lifecycle <https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/release-tool/blob/main/docs/release-lifecycle.md>`_
+* `GitHub Actions integration <https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/release-tool/blob/main/docs/github-actions.md>`_
+* `GitHub App setup <https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/release-tool/blob/main/docs/github-app.md>`_
+* `Troubleshooting <https://github.com/LibreCodeCoop/release-tool/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md>`_
+
+Managed workflow catalog and synchronization documentation belongs to
+``LibreCodeCoop/.github``. Consumer repositories should use the current
+organization catalog rather than copying orchestration from the retired
+``github-workflows`` repository.
+
+The remaining pages in this section describe LibreSign's concrete release
+process. Generic Release Tool configuration should stay canonical in the
+Release Tool repository instead of being duplicated here.