diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2bdfeac..337a51d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ print(result.content)  # JSON rows
 tools["hotdata_create_managed_database"].call(
     name="sales",
     schema_name="public",
-    tables="orders\ncustomers",
+    tables="orders,customers",
 )
 
 tools["hotdata_load_managed_table"].call(
diff --git a/hotdata_llamaindex/tools.py b/hotdata_llamaindex/tools.py
index 58b6d49..ad46de4 100644
--- a/hotdata_llamaindex/tools.py
+++ b/hotdata_llamaindex/tools.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ def hotdata_create_managed_database(
         schema_name: str = DEFAULT_SCHEMA,
         tables: str = "",
     ) -> str:
-        """Create a Hotdata-managed database and optionally declare tables (one per line)."""
-        table_names = [line.strip() for line in tables.splitlines() if line.strip()]
+        """Create a Hotdata-managed database and optionally declare tables (comma or newline separated)."""
+        table_names = [t.strip() for t in tables.replace(",", "\n").splitlines() if t.strip()]
         db = create_managed_database(
             client,
             name=name,
diff --git a/scripts/publish-workflow.sh b/scripts/publish-workflow.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 88c9db9..0000000
--- a/scripts/publish-workflow.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Generate publish.yml for a package. Usage: publish-workflow.sh hotdata-runtime
-set -euo pipefail
-pkg="${1:?package name}"
-cat <<EOF
-name: Publish to PyPI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v[0-9]*'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: pypi-publish-\${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build distribution
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-
-      - name: Install build tooling
-        run: python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
-
-      - name: Verify tag matches pyproject version
-        run: |
-          if [[ ! "\$GITHUB_REF_NAME" =~ ^v[0-9] ]]; then
-            echo "Release tag '\$GITHUB_REF_NAME' must start with 'v' followed by a digit (e.g. v1.0.0)" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          tag="\${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          pkg_version=\$(python -c "import tomllib,pathlib; print(tomllib.loads(pathlib.Path('pyproject.toml').read_text())['project']['version'])")
-          if [ "\$tag" != "\$pkg_version" ]; then
-            echo "Release tag (\$tag) does not match pyproject.toml version (\$pkg_version)" >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build sdist and wheel
-        run: python -m build
-
-      - name: Check distribution metadata
-        run: python -m twine check --strict dist/*
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist/
-
-  publish:
-    name: Publish to PyPI
-    needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/${pkg}
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          path: dist/
-
-      - name: Publish via Trusted Publishing
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ed0c53931b1dc9bd32cbe73a98c7f6766f8a527e # v1.13.0
-EOF