diff --git a/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed67729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/coding-agent/customize-the-agent-environment
+# The copilot-setup-steps.yml workflow won't trigger unless it's present on your main branch.
+name: "Copilot Setup Steps"
+
+# Automatically run the setup steps when they are changed to allow for easy validation, and
+# allow manual testing through the repository's "Actions" tab
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+
+jobs:
+  # The job MUST be called `copilot-setup-steps` or it will not be picked up by Copilot.
+  copilot-setup-steps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    # You can define any steps you want, and they will run before the agent starts.
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node and NPM Cache
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: .nvmrc
+          cache: 'npm'
+
+      - name: GitHub registry Auth & Install Dependencies
+        run: npm ci
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e5924ce..267a072 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14836,7 +14836,7 @@
     },
     "packages/branch-utilities": {
       "name": "@shiftcode/branch-utilities",
-      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "version": "4.1.0-pr56.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": "^20.0.0 || ^22.0.0"
@@ -14921,7 +14921,7 @@
     },
     "packages/publish-helper": {
       "name": "@shiftcode/publish-helper",
-      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "version": "4.0.1-pr56.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "conventional-changelog-angular": "^8.0.0",
@@ -14932,7 +14932,7 @@
         "publish-lib": "dist/publish-lib.js"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.0.0",
+        "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.1.0-pr56.0",
         "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32"
       },
       "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/package.json b/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
index 9074363..6e15ba1 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@shiftcode/branch-utilities",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0-pr56.0",
   "description": "Utilities for local and ci to get branch name and stage",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shiftcode/sc-commons-public",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts
index fdaf49b..24be4d9 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.spec.ts
@@ -81,12 +81,21 @@ describe('base utils', () => {
   })
 
   describe('parseBranchName', () => {
+
     test('works when valid pattern', () => {
-      expect(parseBranchName('#7-abc').branchId).toBe(7)
+      expect(parseBranchName('#7-abc')).toEqual({ branchId: 7, branchName: 'abc' } satisfies ReturnType<typeof parseBranchName>)
+
       expect(parseBranchName('#72-abc').branchId).toBe(72)
+      expect(parseBranchName('#000-int').branchId).toBe(0)
+      expect(parseBranchName('#001-test').branchId).toBe(1)
+
       expect(parseBranchName('#72- whatever').branchId).toBe(72)
       expect(parseBranchName('feature/#72-ok').branchId).toBe(72)
     })
+
+    test('works for github copilot created branches', () => {
+      expect(parseBranchName('copilot/fix-123')).toEqual({ branchId: 123, branchName: 'fix' } satisfies ReturnType<typeof parseBranchName>)
+    })
     test('throws when invalid pattern', () => {
       expect(() => parseBranchName('whrjwe')).toThrow()
     })
diff --git a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts
index df60bf8..3bb9853 100644
--- a/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/branch-utilities/src/lib/base.utils.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,17 @@ export const REGEX_MASTER = /^master$/
 /** regex to match the main branch */
 export const REGEX_MAIN = /^main$/
 
-/** regex to match our branch conventions with the following capture groups: fullMatch / branch id / branch name */
-export const REGEX_BRANCH_NAME = /^[a-z]*\/?#(\d+)-(.*)/
+/**
+ * regex to match our branch conventions with the following named capture groups: id, name
+ * @example #123-my-feature ->  { id:  '123',  name: 'my-feature' }
+ * @example feature/#456-yanr -> { id:  '456',  name: 'yanr' }
+ */
+const REGEX_BRANCH_NAME_DEFAULT = /^[a-z]*\/?#(?<id>\d+)-(?<name>.*)$/
+/**
+ * regex to match the branch convention github copilot uses with the following named capture groups: id, name
+ * @example copilot/fix-789 -> { id:  '789',  name: 'fix' }
+ */
+const REGEX_BRANCH_NAME_COPILOT = /copilot\/(?<name>fix)-(?<id>\d+)/
 
 export interface StageInfo {
   isProd: boolean
@@ -134,13 +143,11 @@ export function isMainBranch(branchName: string): boolean {
  * @throws Throws an error if given branchName does not match our convention
  */
 export function parseBranchName(branchName: string): { branchId: number; branchName: string } {
-  const matches = branchName.match(REGEX_BRANCH_NAME)
-  if (matches) {
-    // [0] full match / [1] branch id / [2] branch name
-    const [, branchId, branchN] = matches
+  const matches = REGEX_BRANCH_NAME_DEFAULT.exec(branchName) || REGEX_BRANCH_NAME_COPILOT.exec(branchName)
+  if (matches && matches.groups) {
     return {
-      branchId: parseInt(branchId, 10),
-      branchName: branchN,
+      branchId: parseInt(matches.groups['id'], 10),
+      branchName: matches.groups['name'],
     }
   } else {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/publish-helper/package.json b/packages/publish-helper/package.json
index b846663..4e44ea7 100644
--- a/packages/publish-helper/package.json
+++ b/packages/publish-helper/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@shiftcode/publish-helper",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.0.1-pr56.0",
   "description": "scripts for conventional (pre)releases",
   "repository": "https://github.com/shiftcode/sc-commons-public",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.0.0",
+    "@shiftcode/branch-utilities": "^4.1.0-pr56.0",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.32"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {