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diff --git a/‎src/github/operations/branch.ts‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 4 deletions b/‎src/github/operations/branch.ts‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 4 deletions
diff --git a/‎test/validate-branch-name.test.ts‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 0 deletions b/‎test/validate-branch-name.test.ts‎
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function extractFirstLabel(githubData: FetchDataResult): string | undefined {
  *
  * Valid branch names:
  * - Start with alphanumeric character, underscore, or @ (not dash, to prevent option injection)
- * - Contain only alphanumeric, forward slash, hyphen, underscore, period, hash (#), plus (+), comma (,), or at sign (@)
+ * - Contain only alphanumeric, forward slash, hyphen, underscore, period, hash (#), plus (+), comma (,), at sign (@), or parentheses
  * - Do not start or end with a period
  * - Do not end with a slash
  * - Do not contain '..' (path traversal)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function validateBranchName(branchName: string): void {
     );
   }
 
-  // Strict whitelist pattern: alphanumeric or @ start, then alphanumeric/slash/hyphen/underscore/period/hash/plus/comma/at-sign.
+  // Strict whitelist pattern: alphanumeric or @ start, then alphanumeric/slash/hyphen/underscore/period/hash/plus/comma/at-sign/parentheses.
   // # is valid per git-check-ref-format and commonly used in branch names like "fix/#123-description".
   // + is valid per git-check-ref-format and generated by Claude Code's EnterWorktree tool when
   //   converting worktree names containing "/" (e.g. "feat/foo" becomes "worktree-feat+foo").
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ export function validateBranchName(branchName: string): void {
   // _ is valid per git-check-ref-format anywhere in a ref name, including the first character;
   //   leading underscores are a common convention for release/internal branches (e.g.
   //   "_release/v1.2.3"), which previously failed validation as a PR's base branch.
+  // Parentheses are valid per git-check-ref-format and commonly appear in branch names that
+  //   use Conventional Commit-style scopes (e.g. "feat(parser)-handle-empty-input").
   // All git calls use execFileSync (not shell interpolation), so none of these characters carry injection risk.
-  const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9@_][a-zA-Z0-9/_.#+,@-]*$/;
+  const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9@_][a-zA-Z0-9/_.#+,@()-]*$/;
 
   if (!validPattern.test(branchName)) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names must start with an alphanumeric character, underscore, or '@' and contain only alphanumeric characters, forward slashes, hyphens, underscores, periods, hashes (#), plus signs (+), commas (,), or at signs (@).`,
+      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names must start with an alphanumeric character, underscore, or '@' and contain only alphanumeric characters, forward slashes, hyphens, underscores, periods, hashes (#), plus signs (+), commas (,), at signs (@), or parentheses.`,
     );
   }
 
 
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ describe("validateBranchName", () => {
       expect(() => validateBranchName("release.1.2.3")).not.toThrow();
     });
 
+    it("should accept branch names containing parentheses", () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        validateBranchName("feat(example)-valid-branch"),
+      ).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() =>
+        validateBranchName("fix(parser)-handle-empty-input"),
+      ).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
     it("should accept typical branch name formats", () => {
       expect(() =>
         validateBranchName("claude/issue-123-20250101-1234"),