diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 7d860564..42f5b345 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -175,10 +175,26 @@ echo -e "${BLUE}7️⃣  Creating git tag v${NEW_VERSION}...${NC}"
 git tag -a "v${NEW_VERSION}" -m "Release v${NEW_VERSION}"
 echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Tag created${NC}\n"
 
-# Step 9: Push to GitHub
-echo -e "${BLUE}8️⃣  Pushing to GitHub...${NC}"
+# Step 9: Push to origin (source of truth) and the public GitHub mirror
+echo -e "${BLUE}8️⃣  Pushing to origin...${NC}"
 git push --follow-tags origin "$CURRENT_BRANCH"
-echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Pushed to GitHub${NC}\n"
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Pushed to origin${NC}\n"
+
+# The public GitHub repo is a mirror of origin with an unknown sync cadence.
+# `gh release create` below targets GitHub directly: if the new tag hasn't
+# reached GitHub yet, gh would CREATE it — pointed at GitHub's default-branch
+# head, i.e. the wrong commit. Push branch+tag to GitHub explicitly, then
+# verify the tag resolves there to the same commit before any release is cut.
+GITHUB_URL="https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy.git"
+echo -e "${BLUE}8️⃣½  Pushing to the public GitHub mirror...${NC}"
+git push --follow-tags "$GITHUB_URL" "$CURRENT_BRANCH"
+LOCAL_TAG_SHA="$(git rev-parse "v${NEW_VERSION}^{}")"
+GITHUB_TAG_SHA="$(git ls-remote --tags "$GITHUB_URL" "v${NEW_VERSION}^{}" | cut -f1)"
+if [ "$LOCAL_TAG_SHA" != "$GITHUB_TAG_SHA" ]; then
+  echo -e "${RED}❌ Tag v${NEW_VERSION} on GitHub (${GITHUB_TAG_SHA:-absent}) does not match local (${LOCAL_TAG_SHA}) — aborting before npm publish. Fix the mirror, then re-run.${NC}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ GitHub mirror has the tag at the right commit${NC}\n"
 
 # Step 10: Publish to npm
 echo -e "${BLUE}9️⃣  Publishing to npm (dist-tag: ${NPM_TAG})...${NC}"