diff --git a/components/BUILD.yaml b/components/BUILD.yaml
index 13edf607ec8241..1408708f00b803 100644
--- a/components/BUILD.yaml
+++ b/components/BUILD.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ packages:
       - components/supervisor-api/typescript-grpc:publish
       - components/supervisor-api/typescript-grpcweb:publish
       - components/ide/jetbrains/gateway-plugin:publish
+      - components/public-api/typescript:publish
   - name: all-apps
     type: generic
     deps:
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/BUILD.yaml b/components/public-api/typescript/BUILD.yaml
index c222f5cac9d735..79cf1afd147027 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/BUILD.yaml
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/BUILD.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ packages:
     deps:
       - components/gitpod-protocol:lib
     srcs:
-      - "src/*.ts"
-      - "src/*.js"
+      - src/**
       - package.json
+      - tsconfig.json
     config:
       packaging: library
       dontTest: true
@@ -14,3 +14,16 @@ packages:
         build: ["yarn", "build"]
       yarnLock: ${coreYarnLockBase}/../yarn.lock
       tsconfig: tsconfig.json
+
+  - name: publish
+    type: generic
+    env:
+      - DO_PUBLISH=${publishToNPM}
+    argdeps:
+      - npmPublishTrigger
+    deps:
+      - :lib
+      - components/gitpod-protocol:scripts
+    config:
+      commands:
+        - ["node", "components-gitpod-protocol--scripts/publish.js", "${version}", "components-public-api-typescript--lib/package"]
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/package.json b/components/public-api/typescript/package.json
index ba30c29c7372cf..1f590fab3841c3 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/package.json
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "private": true,
   "name": "@gitpod/public-api",
   "version": "0.1.5",
   "license": "UNLICENSED",
   "files": [
-    "client",
     "lib"
   ],
   "scripts": {
@@ -14,11 +12,9 @@
     "test:brk": "yarn test --inspect-brk"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@gitpod/content-service": "0.1.5",
     "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol": "0.1.5",
     "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.3.7",
     "google-protobuf": "^3.19.1",
-    "inversify": "^5.0.1",
     "opentracing": "^0.14.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_grpc_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_grpc_pb.js
index 97b3a2461dbeac..73b62953a5c701 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_grpc_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_grpc_pb.js
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-// GENERATED CODE -- NO SERVICES IN PROTO
\ No newline at end of file
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
+// GENERATED CODE -- NO SERVICES IN PROTO
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.d.ts b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.d.ts
index 02189ceda7f94f..b8f59e54acb9fa 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.d.ts
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // package: gitpod.v1
 // file: gitpod/v1/pagination.proto
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js
index 93350dc151cf67..7e9712ffa4e8c0 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // source: gitpod/v1/pagination.proto
 /**
  * @fileoverview
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.d.ts b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.d.ts
index 8c7b44127e2a2f..5a63c51fd2c655 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.d.ts
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // package: gitpod.v1
 // file: gitpod/v1/prebuilds.proto
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.js
index 109f85462bcd2f..011e797b3dc044 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_grpc_pb.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // GENERATED CODE -- DO NOT EDIT!
 
 'use strict';
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.d.ts b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.d.ts
index 39144bfeaf5fca..802a4e97cc4c5a 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.d.ts
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // package: gitpod.v1
 // file: gitpod/v1/prebuilds.proto
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js
index 5df3f80ed23bca..fba52106e33dd3 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // source: gitpod/v1/prebuilds.proto
 /**
  * @fileoverview
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.d.ts b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.d.ts
index c3b61dba73ce96..1bb3a36e4f33a4 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.d.ts
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // package: gitpod.v1
 // file: gitpod/v1/workspaces.proto
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.js
index 8c5343d1fa2402..3912cb60f821e4 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_grpc_pb.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // GENERATED CODE -- DO NOT EDIT!
 
 'use strict';
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.d.ts b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.d.ts
index 0de486d69b867b..027dc255633c48 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.d.ts
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // package: gitpod.v1
 // file: gitpod/v1/workspaces.proto
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js
index f5e5f6bb386762..b78833af5df4c5 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
 // source: gitpod/v1/workspaces.proto
 /**
  * @fileoverview