diff --git a/.github/workflows/retag-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/retag-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f4d26c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/retag-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This script adds a "vX.Y.Z" tag to every new release.
+#
+# Our releases are tagged like "1.2.3" but we want people to be able to write
+# GitHub Action workflows to say "uses: readmeio/readme@v1.2.3" because that's
+# the usual GitHub convention.
+
+name: retag-release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  retag-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          script: require('./bin/retag-release.js')(github, context);
diff --git a/bin/retag-release.js b/bin/retag-release.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..113e6098d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/retag-release.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+module.exports = async (github, context) => {
+  const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
+  const oldTag = context.payload.release.tag_name;
+  if (!oldTag.match(/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/)) {
+    console.log('Not retagging this release: This script will only retag releases that use');
+    console.log(`semantic versioning, like "1.2.3", but this release's tag is "${oldTag}".`);
+    return {};
+  }
+  const newTag = `v${oldTag}`;
+  console.log(`Retagging release "${oldTag}" as "${newTag}".`);
+
+  const oldRef = await github.rest.git.getRef({
+    owner,
+    repo,
+    ref: `tags/${oldTag}`,
+  });
+  if (oldRef.status < 200 || oldRef.status >= 400) {
+    console.log(oldRef);
+    throw new Error(`GitHub API call returned HTTP status code ${oldRef.status}`);
+  }
+  const sha = oldRef.data.object.sha;
+  console.log(`Found tag "${oldTag}"; commit hash is ${sha}`);
+
+  console.log(`Creating tag "${newTag}" pointing to commit hash ${sha}...`);
+  const newRef = await github.rest.git.createRef({
+    owner,
+    repo,
+    ref: `refs/tags/${newTag}`,
+    sha,
+  });
+  if (newRef.status < 200 || newRef.status >= 400) {
+    console.log(newRef);
+    throw new Error(`GitHub API call returned HTTP status code ${newRef.status}`);
+  }
+  console.log('Successfully retagged this release.');
+  return {
+    original_tag: oldTag,
+    new_tag: newTag,
+    sha,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/cmds/changelogs/index.js b/src/cmds/changelogs/index.js
index 5912ebb55..df61fe01d 100644
--- a/src/cmds/changelogs/index.js
+++ b/src/cmds/changelogs/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const config = require('config');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 
 const { debug } = require('../../lib/logger');
 const pushDoc = require('../../lib/pushDoc');
+const { readdirRecursive } = require('../../lib/pushDoc');
 
 module.exports = class ChangelogsCommand {
   constructor() {
@@ -48,19 +47,6 @@ module.exports = class ChangelogsCommand {
       return Promise.reject(new Error(`No folder provided. Usage \`${config.get('cli')} ${this.usage}\`.`));
     }
 
-    // Find the files to sync
-    const readdirRecursive = folderToSearch => {
-      const filesInFolder = fs.readdirSync(folderToSearch, { withFileTypes: true });
-      const files = filesInFolder
-        .filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isFile())
-        .map(fileHandle => path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name));
-      const folders = filesInFolder.filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isDirectory());
-      const subFiles = [].concat(
-        ...folders.map(fileHandle => readdirRecursive(path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name)))
-      );
-      return [...files, ...subFiles];
-    };
-
     // Strip out non-markdown files
     const files = readdirRecursive(folder).filter(
       file => file.toLowerCase().endsWith('.md') || file.toLowerCase().endsWith('.markdown')
diff --git a/src/cmds/custompages/index.js b/src/cmds/custompages/index.js
index 5e9c9e802..36fe4f27f 100644
--- a/src/cmds/custompages/index.js
+++ b/src/cmds/custompages/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const config = require('config');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 
 const { debug } = require('../../lib/logger');
 const pushDoc = require('../../lib/pushDoc');
+const { readdirRecursive } = require('../../lib/pushDoc');
 
 module.exports = class CustomPagesCommand {
   constructor() {
@@ -48,19 +47,6 @@ module.exports = class CustomPagesCommand {
       return Promise.reject(new Error(`No folder provided. Usage \`${config.get('cli')} ${this.usage}\`.`));
     }
 
-    // Find the files to sync
-    const readdirRecursive = folderToSearch => {
-      const filesInFolder = fs.readdirSync(folderToSearch, { withFileTypes: true });
-      const files = filesInFolder
-        .filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isFile())
-        .map(fileHandle => path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name));
-      const folders = filesInFolder.filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isDirectory());
-      const subFiles = [].concat(
-        ...folders.map(fileHandle => readdirRecursive(path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name)))
-      );
-      return [...files, ...subFiles];
-    };
-
     // Strip out non-markdown files
     const files = readdirRecursive(folder).filter(
       file =>
diff --git a/src/cmds/docs/index.js b/src/cmds/docs/index.js
index a06cc1cfe..3ddd47d56 100644
--- a/src/cmds/docs/index.js
+++ b/src/cmds/docs/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const config = require('config');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 
 const { getProjectVersion } = require('../../lib/versionSelect');
 const { debug } = require('../../lib/logger');
 const pushDoc = require('../../lib/pushDoc');
+const { readdirRecursive } = require('../../lib/pushDoc');
 
 module.exports = class DocsCommand {
   constructor() {
@@ -61,19 +60,6 @@ module.exports = class DocsCommand {
 
     debug(`selectedVersion: ${selectedVersion}`);
 
-    // Find the files to sync
-    const readdirRecursive = folderToSearch => {
-      const filesInFolder = fs.readdirSync(folderToSearch, { withFileTypes: true });
-      const files = filesInFolder
-        .filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isFile())
-        .map(fileHandle => path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name));
-      const folders = filesInFolder.filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isDirectory());
-      const subFiles = [].concat(
-        ...folders.map(fileHandle => readdirRecursive(path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name)))
-      );
-      return [...files, ...subFiles];
-    };
-
     // Strip out non-markdown files
     const files = readdirRecursive(folder).filter(
       file => file.toLowerCase().endsWith('.md') || file.toLowerCase().endsWith('.markdown')
diff --git a/src/lib/pushDoc.js b/src/lib/pushDoc.js
index 0d507580e..5c973a444 100644
--- a/src/lib/pushDoc.js
+++ b/src/lib/pushDoc.js
@@ -117,3 +117,21 @@ module.exports = async function pushDoc(key, selectedVersion, dryRun, filepath,
       throw err;
     });
 };
+
+/**
+ * Recursively grabs all files within a given directory
+ * (including subdirectories)
+ * @param {String} folderToSearch path to directory
+ * @returns {String[]} array of files
+ */
+module.exports.readdirRecursive = function readdirRecursive(folderToSearch) {
+  const filesInFolder = fs.readdirSync(folderToSearch, { withFileTypes: true });
+  const files = filesInFolder
+    .filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isFile())
+    .map(fileHandle => path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name));
+  const folders = filesInFolder.filter(fileHandle => fileHandle.isDirectory());
+  const subFiles = [].concat(
+    ...folders.map(fileHandle => readdirRecursive(path.join(folderToSearch, fileHandle.name)))
+  );
+  return [...files, ...subFiles];
+};