merge this (#4759)

* wait I forgot to comit locally

* cp the entire core directory and then rm the .git subdir

.github/workflows/poetry-publish.yml

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+name: uv-publish
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    name: Build and Publish to PyPI
+    if: github.repository == 'letta-ai/letta'  # TODO: if the repo org ever changes, this must be updated
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up python 3.12
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+          activate-environment: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: "uv.lock"
+
+      - name: Build the Python package
+        run: uv build
+
+      - name: Publish the package to PyPI
+        env:
+          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+        run: uv publish