diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/ai/service.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/ai/service.ts
index 6fe256f94..4a84a1c07 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/ai/service.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/ai/service.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ interface SummarizeCommitOpts extends BaseAIServiceOpts {
 	useEmojiStyle?: boolean;
 	useBriefStyle?: boolean;
 	commitTemplate?: Prompt;
+	branchName?: string;
 }
 
 interface SummarizeBranchOpts extends BaseAIServiceOpts {
@@ -267,7 +268,8 @@ export class AIService {
 		useEmojiStyle = false,
 		useBriefStyle = false,
 		commitTemplate,
-		onToken
+		onToken,
+		branchName
 	}: SummarizeCommitOpts): Promise<Result<string, Error>> {
 		const aiClientResult = await this.buildClient();
 		if (isFailure(aiClientResult)) return aiClientResult;
@@ -293,6 +295,10 @@ export class AIService {
 				: "Don't use any emoji.";
 			content = content.replaceAll('%{emoji_style}', emojiPart);
 
+			if (branchName) {
+				content = content.replaceAll('%{branch_name}', branchName);
+			}
+
 			return {
 				role: MessageRole.User,
 				content
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/commit/CommitMessageInput.svelte b/apps/desktop/src/lib/commit/CommitMessageInput.svelte
index 04aeadb9f..91ea0db54 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/commit/CommitMessageInput.svelte
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/commit/CommitMessageInput.svelte
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
 			hunks,
 			useEmojiStyle: $commitGenerationUseEmojis,
 			useBriefStyle: $commitGenerationExtraConcise,
-			commitTemplate: prompt
+			commitTemplate: prompt,
+			branchName: $branch.name
 		});
 
 		if (isFailure(generatedMessageResult)) {