diff --git a/.github/workflows/bun-pver-release.yml b/.github/workflows/bun-pver-release.yml
index 369ec1dfb..8e31e6c17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bun-pver-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bun-pver-release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  UPSTREAM_REPOS: "cli,tscircuit.com" # for example: "eval"
+  DOWNSTREAM_REPOS: "cli,tscircuit.com" # for example: "eval"
   PACKAGE_NAMES: "@tscircuit/runframe" # comma-separated list, e.g. "@tscircuit/core,@tscircuit/props"
 
 jobs:
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TSCIRCUIT_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
           
-      - name: Trigger upstream repo updates
-        if: env.UPSTREAM_REPOS && env.PACKAGE_NAMES
+      - name: Trigger downstream repo updates
+        if: env.DOWNSTREAM_REPOS && env.PACKAGE_NAMES
         run: |
-          IFS=',' read -ra REPOS <<< "${{ env.UPSTREAM_REPOS }}"
+          IFS=',' read -ra REPOS <<< "${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_REPOS }}"
           for repo in "${REPOS[@]}"; do
             if [[ -n "$repo" ]]; then
               echo "Triggering update for repo: $repo"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-package.yml b/.github/workflows/update-package.yml
index 933ada3c8..efb8320eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-package.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 # =============================================================================
-# Do not change anything in this file.
-# This workflow automatically updates @tscircuit packages when triggered by
-# the source repository's trigger-dependent-repo-update.yml workflow.
+# Note to LLM: Do not change anything in this file.
+#
+# This workflow creates PRs to pull a new version of upstream package
+# triggered by the same upstream package that released that new version
+# (see bun-pver-release.yml of any runframe dependency's repo)
+#
+# TODO: this was meant to be triggered once per release cadence
+#       (e.g. nightly update of all dependencies that changed)
+#       but then deteriorated into upstream packages
+#       triggering "Update upstream package" workflows
+#       for all of their dependents, creating multiple PRs,
+#       one per runframe dependency
 # =============================================================================
 
-name: Update @tscircuit Package
+name: Update Upstream Package (triggered by upstream)
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -17,17 +26,32 @@ on:
 
 env:
   PACKAGE_NAMES: ${{ inputs.package_names }}
+  REPO_MAP: |
+    @tscircuit/core=tscircuit/core
+    @tscircuit/eval=tscircuit/eval
+    @tscircuit/runframe=tscircuit/runframe
+    @tscircuit/schematic-viewer=tscircuit/schematic-viewer
+    @tscircuit/cli=tscircuit/cli
+    @tscircuit/tscircuit.com=tscircuit/tscircuit.com
+    @tscircuit/props=tscircuit/props
+    @tscircuit/footprinter=tscircuit/footprinter
+
+
 
 jobs:
   update-package:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout @tscircuit/runframe github repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.TSCIRCUIT_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
-      - name: Update packages
+
+      - name: Setup/install bun
+        uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+
+      - name: Use bun update to pull new versions of upstream packages from npm
         run: |
           IFS=',' read -ra PACKAGES <<< "${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}"
           for package in "${PACKAGES[@]}"; do
@@ -35,23 +59,115 @@ jobs:
               bun update --latest "$package"
             fi
           done
-      - name: Close existing PRs
+
+      - name: Ensure package labels exist
         run: |
-          gh pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --state open --author "tscircuitbot" --json number,title --jq '.[] | select(.title | startswith("chore:")) | .number' | xargs -I{} gh pr close {} --comment "Closing in favor of a new update PR"
+          IFS=',' read -ra PACKAGES <<< "${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}"
+          for package in "${PACKAGES[@]}"; do
+            if [[ -n "$package" ]]; then
+              LABEL_NAME=$(echo "$package" | sed 's/@//g' | sed 's/\//-/g')
+              gh label create "$LABEL_NAME" --color "E99695" --description "Package update for $package" 2>/dev/null || true
+            fi
+          done
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TSCIRCUIT_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create Pull Request
+
+      - name: Close existing PRs for these packages only
+        run: |
+          IFS=',' read -ra PACKAGES <<< "${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}"
+
+          for package in "${PACKAGES[@]}"; do
+            if [[ -n "$package" ]]; then
+              # Clean package name for label (remove @ and /)
+              LABEL_NAME=$(echo "$package" | sed 's/@//g' | sed 's/\//-/g')
+
+              echo "🔍 Closing PRs for package: $package (label: $LABEL_NAME)"
+
+              # ONLY close PRs with this specific package label
+              PRS=$(gh pr list --repo ${{ github.repository }} --state open \
+                --author "tscircuitbot" \
+                --label "$LABEL_NAME" \
+                --json number,title \
+                --jq '.[] | select(.title | startswith("chore: update packages")) | .number')
+
+              if [ -n "$PRS" ]; then
+                echo "📦 Found PRs: $PRS"
+                echo "$PRS" | xargs -I{} gh pr close {} \
+                  --comment "🔄 Closing in favor of new update PR for $package"
+              else
+                echo "✅ No existing PRs found for $package"
+              fi
+            fi
+          done
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TSCIRCUIT_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Get repository links from mapping
+        id: get-repo-info
+        run: |
+          IFS=',' read -ra PACKAGES <<< "${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}"
+          REPO_LINKS=""
+
+          # Read the mapping into an array
+          IFS=$'\n' read -d '' -ra MAPPINGS <<< "${{ env.REPO_MAP }}" || true
+
+          for package in "${PACKAGES[@]}"; do
+            if [[ -n "$package" ]]; then
+              # Trim whitespace
+              package=$(echo "$package" | xargs)
+
+              # Find the repo in the mapping
+              REPO=""
+              for mapping in "${MAPPINGS[@]}"; do
+                # Trim whitespace from mapping
+                mapping=$(echo "$mapping" | xargs)
+                if [[ -n "$mapping" && "$mapping" == "$package="* ]]; then
+                  REPO="${mapping#*=}"
+                  break
+                fi
+              done
+
+              if [[ -n "$REPO" ]]; then
+                REPO_LINKS="$REPO_LINKS\n- [$package](https://github.com/$REPO)"
+              else
+                # Fallback: use npm page
+                REPO_LINKS="$REPO_LINKS\n- [$package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/$package)"
+              fi
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # Store in output
+          echo "repo_links<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo -e "$REPO_LINKS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request with labels for ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}
         id: create-pr
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
         with:
           commit-message: "chore: update packages ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}"
           title: "chore: update packages ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}"
-          body: "Automated package update"
+          body: |
+            ## 🤖 Automated Package Update
+
+            **Packages updated:** ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}
+
+            **Upstream triggers:**
+            ${{ steps.get-repo-info.outputs.repo_links }}
+
+            **Workflow run:** ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
+
+            <!-- PACKAGES: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }} -->
+            <!-- AUTO-UPDATE-PR -->
           branch: update-packages-${{ github.run_number }}
           base: main
           token: ${{ secrets.TSCIRCUIT_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           committer: tscircuitbot <githubbot@tscircuit.com>
           author: tscircuitbot <githubbot@tscircuit.com>
+          labels: |
+            automated-update
+            ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAMES }}
+
       - name: Enable auto-merge with CI checks
         if: steps.create-pr.outputs.pull-request-number != ''
         run: |