diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ff90dd03..cfa159a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "16.20.2"
           architecture: 'x64' # fix for macos-latest
       - run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" > ./.npmrc
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run build
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm ci
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm run build
       #create npm package
-      - run: npm pack
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm pack
 
       #create GitHub release
       - name: Create GitHub Release
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          asset_paths: '["./*.tgz"]'
+          asset_paths: '["./bsc-plugin/*.tgz"]'
 
       #If there's a dash followed by an alpha character, this is a prerelease and should be tagged "next". Otherwise tag as "latest"
       - run: if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" =~ -[a-zA-Z] ]]; then echo "DIST_TAG=next" >> $GITHUB_ENV; else echo "DIST_TAG=latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV; fi
+
       #upload to npm
-      - run: npm publish --tag ${{env.DIST_TAG}}
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm publish --tag ${{env.DIST_TAG}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-package.yml b/.github/workflows/create-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2de14e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: create-package
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [labeled, unlabeled, synchronize]
+jobs:
+  create-package:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'create-package')
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@master
+        with:
+          node-version: "16.20.2"
+      # Get a bot token so the bot's name shows up on all our actions
+      - name: Get Token From roku-ci-token Application
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.BOT_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - run: echo "TOKEN=${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Compute variables
+        run: |
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -o '\"version\": *\"[^\"]*\"' package.json | awk -F'\"' '{print $4}')
+          SANITIZED_BRANCH_NAME=$(echo "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF" | sed 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z-]/-/g')
+          BUILD_VERSION="$CURRENT_VERSION-$SANITIZED_BRANCH_NAME.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
+          NPM_PACKAGE_NAME=$(grep -o '\"name\": *\"[^\"]*\"' package.json | awk -F'\"' '{print $4}' | sed -e 's/@//g' -e 's#/#-#g')
+          ARTIFACT_NAME=$(echo "$NPM_PACKAGE_NAME-$BUILD_VERSION.tgz" | tr '/' '-')
+          ARTIFACT_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/v0.0.0-packages/${ARTIFACT_NAME}"
+
+          echo "BUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "ARTIFACT_URL=$ARTIFACT_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm ci
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm version "$BUILD_VERSION" --no-git-tag-version
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && npm pack
+
+      # create the release if not exist
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && gh release create v0.0.0-packages --title "v0.0.0-packages" --latest=false --prerelease --notes "catchall release for temp packages" -R ${{ github.repository }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      # upload this artifact to the "packages" github release
+      - run: cd bsc-plugin && gh release upload v0.0.0-packages *.tgz -R ${{ github.repository }}
+
+      - name: Fetch build artifact
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ env.TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+              return github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                body: "Hey there! I just built a new temporary npm package based on ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}. You can download it [here](${{ env.ARTIFACT_URL }}) or install it by running the following command: \n```bash\nnpm install ${{ env.ARTIFACT_URL }}\n```"
+              });
diff --git a/bsc-plugin/package.json b/bsc-plugin/package.json
index e739d09d..a6206ce9 100644
--- a/bsc-plugin/package.json
+++ b/bsc-plugin/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
     "name": "rooibos-roku",
     "version": "5.12.0",
     "description": "simple, flexible, fun brightscript test framework for roku scenegraph apps - roku brighterscript plugin",
+    "scripts": {
+        "preversion": "npm run build && npm run lint && npm run test",
+        "clean": "rm -rf ./dist && mkdir dist",
+        "compile": "npm run clean && tsc -p .",
+        "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
+        "lint": "eslint \"src/**\"",
+        "build": "npm run compile && cp -r ../framework/src/source ./dist/lib/framework",
+        "test": "nyc mocha",
+        "test:nocover": "mocha",
+        "publish-coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
+        "publish-npm": "npm run test && npm publish",
+        "publish-npm:beta": "npm run test && npm publish --tag=beta",
+        "local": "ts-node scripts/install-local.js",
+        "remote": "ts-node scripts/install-npm.js"
+    },
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
         "url": "/~https://github.com/rokucommunity/rooibos.git"
@@ -44,21 +59,6 @@
         "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
         "typescript": "^4.9.5"
     },
-    "scripts": {
-        "preversion": "npm run build && npm run lint && npm run test",
-        "clean": "rm -rf ./dist && mkdir dist",
-        "compile": "npm run clean && tsc -p .",
-        "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
-        "lint": "eslint \"src/**\"",
-        "build": "npm run compile && cp -r ../framework/src/source ./dist/lib/framework",
-        "test": "nyc mocha",
-        "test:nocover": "mocha",
-        "publish-coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
-        "publish-npm": "npm run test && npm publish",
-        "publish-npm:beta": "npm run test && npm publish --tag=beta",
-        "local": "ts-node scripts/install-local.js",
-        "remote": "ts-node scripts/install-npm.js"
-    },
     "preferGlobal": true,
     "keywords": [
         "brightscript",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6cb9ae5..0846feab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
   "name": "rooibos",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "simple, flexible, fun brightscript test framework for roku scenegraph apps",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "npx bsc",
+    "test": "npx bsc --project ./bsconfig-tests.json"
+  },
   "files": [
     "dist/**/!(manifest)*"
   ],
@@ -31,9 +35,5 @@
     "rootDir": "src",
     "packageRootDir": "dist"
   },
-  "homepage": "/~https://github.com/rokucommunity/rooibos#readme",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "npx bsc",
-    "test": "npx bsc --project ./bsconfig-tests.json"
-  }
+  "homepage": "/~https://github.com/rokucommunity/rooibos#readme"
 }