diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [0.36.0](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/compare/v0.35.0...v0.36.0) (2025-08-03)
+
+
+### Changed
+
+* add CLAUDE.md to .gitignore ([4c0b920](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/4c0b9200c5304cb5bb4c888bf057927095012c55))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* add guidelines for Conventional Commit format and structured commit messages ([f9a8595](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/f9a859587802dfd294b2eaeefcf251f75a460db4))
+
+
+### Added
+
+* add verb and noun metadata handling in storage adapters ([9778f1b](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/9778f1bbf46de06bb71d87333f3861210558024e))
+* refactor verb storage to use HNSWVerb for improved performance ([75ccf0f](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/commit/75ccf0f7472f94cc7a76a9b64b377fb7bdc02624))
+
 ## [0.35.0](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/compare/v0.34.0...v0.35.0) (2025-08-02)
 
 ## [0.34.0](https://github.com/soulcraft-research/brainy/compare/v0.1.0...v0.34.0) (2025-08-02)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 455c4cfc..46a2d379 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "0.35.0",
+  "version": "0.36.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-      "version": "0.35.0",
+      "version": "0.36.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.540.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@soulcraft/brainy",
-  "version": "0.35.0",
+  "version": "0.36.0",
   "description": "A vector graph database using HNSW indexing with Origin Private File System storage",
   "main": "dist/unified.js",
   "module": "dist/unified.js",