diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 896cb97..cd84f2e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,62 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # build package
 
-python -m build
+# lint and validate
+function validate {
+
+    if [[ $1 ]]; then
+        check_path="$1"
+    else
+        check_path="."
+    fi
+
+    echo "run validate on $check_path"
+    
+    echo "running bandit"
+    bandit --recursive --skip B105,B108,B404,B603,B607 "$check_path"
+    echo "running black"
+    black --diff --color --check -l 79 "$check_path"
+    echo "running codespell"
+    codespell --skip="./.git" "$check_path"
+    echo "running flake8"
+    flake8 "$check_path" --count --max-complexity=12 --max-line-length=79 \
+        --show-source --statistics
+    echo "running isort"
+    isort --check-only --diff --profile black -l 79 "$check_path"
+    printf "    \n> all validations passed\n"
+
+}
+
+function localbuild {
+    echo "install local build"
+    pip uninstall -y ryd-client
+    python -m build
+    pip install . --user
+}
+
+function publish {
+    echo "publish new release"
+    printf "\ncreate new version:\n"
+    read -r VERSION
+    echo "$VERSION"
+
+    git push all
+    find dist/ -type f ! -name "*$VERSION*" -exec trash {} \;
+    python -m build
+    twine upload dist/*
+    git tag -a "$VERSION" -m "new release version $VERSION"
+    git push all "$VERSION"
+}
+
+if [[ $1 == "publish" ]]; then
+    publish "$2"
+elif [[ $1 == "localbuild" ]]; then
+    localbuild
+elif [[ $1 == "validate" ]]; then
+    validate "$2"
+else
+    echo "valid options are: publish | localbuild | validate"
+fi
 
 ##
 exit 0