diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c826b95..1116ca0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 keywords = ["fixed", "column", "serialization", "parse", "file"]
 categories = ["encoding", "parsing"]
 readme = "README.md"
+documentation = "https://crates.io/crates/fixcol"
 publish = true
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/build.nu b/build.nu
index cae9159..97133ae 100755
--- a/build.nu
+++ b/build.nu
@@ -12,10 +12,69 @@ def "main docs" [] {
     }
 }
 
-def "main test" [] {
+def tests [] {
     cargo +nightly docs-rs
     cargo test --workspace -- --include-ignored
     cargo test --workspace --features experimental-write -- --include-ignored
 }
 
+def "main test" [] {
+    tests
+}
+
+def "main deploy" [] {
+    # Confirm version consistency between all sub-crates
+    let $ws_versions = cargo metadata --format-version 1 | from json | get workspace_members | each {|m| split row '#' | last }
+    let $version = $ws_versions.0
+    # assert every element of $ws_versions is equal to $version
+    if ($ws_versions | any {|v| $v != $version}) {
+        print 'Conflicting versions of crates to deploy.'
+        exit 1
+    }
+
+    # assert current version is not published
+    let $published_versions = http get https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/fixcol | get versions.num
+    if ($published_versions | any { |v| $v == $version }) {
+        print $'Version ($version) has already been released on crates.io.'
+        exit 1
+    }
+    
+    # assert current version is mentioned in the change log
+    if (open CHANGELOG.md | lines | where $it =~ $version | is-empty) {
+        print $'Version ($version) is not present in CHANGELOG. Please update.'
+        exit 1
+    }
+
+    # assert that fixcol is referencing the current version of fixcol-derive
+    let $derive_version = cargo metadata --format-version 1 | from json | 
+        get packages | where $it.name == 'fixcol' | get dependencies.0 |
+        where $it.name == 'fixcol-derive' | get req.0
+    if (($derive_version | str substring 1..-1) != $version) {
+        print $'Fixcol depends on version $(derive_version) of fixcol-derive but ($version) is current.'
+        exit 1
+    }
+
+    # Run the full suite of tests - equivalent to `./build.nu test`
+    tests
+
+    # Add the version tag to the current commit
+    if (git -P tag --points-at HEAD | lines | any { |t| $t == $'v($version)' }) == false {
+        # confirm tag does not exist and create it
+        let $tagged_versions = git -P tag -l 'v*' | lines | each { |t| str substring 1..-1 }
+        if ($tagged_versions | any { |t| $t == $version}) {
+            print $'A git tag for version ($version) already exists.'
+            exit 1
+        }
+
+        git tag $'v($version)'
+        git push origin --tags
+    }
+
+    # Publish fixcol-derive then fixcol
+    cd fixcol-derive
+    cargo publish
+    cd -
+    cargo publish
+}
+
 def main [] {}