diff --git a/src/github/operations/branch.ts b/src/github/operations/branch.ts
index 870cd649c..ab5872286 100644
--- a/src/github/operations/branch.ts
+++ b/src/github/operations/branch.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function extractFirstLabel(githubData: FetchDataResult): string | undefined {
  *
  * Valid branch names:
  * - Start with alphanumeric character (not dash, to prevent option injection)
- * - Contain only alphanumeric, forward slash, hyphen, underscore, period, or hash (#)
+ * - Contain only alphanumeric, forward slash, hyphen, underscore, period, hash (#), plus (+), or at-sign (@)
  * - Do not start or end with a period
  * - Do not end with a slash
  * - Do not contain '..' (path traversal)
@@ -58,16 +58,19 @@ export function validateBranchName(branchName: string): void {
     );
   }
 
-  // Strict whitelist pattern: alphanumeric start, then alphanumeric/slash/hyphen/underscore/period/hash/plus.
+  // Strict whitelist pattern: alphanumeric start, then alphanumeric/slash/hyphen/underscore/period/hash/plus/at-sign.
   // # 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").
-  // All git calls use execFileSync (not shell interpolation), so neither # nor + carries injection risk.
-  const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9/_.#+-]*$/;
+  // @ is valid per git-check-ref-format and generated by multi-agent orchestration tools like
+  //   Gastown (https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown) which produce names like "polecat/name@sessionid".
+  //   Note: "@{" is still rejected below (git reflog syntax); bare "@" carries no injection risk since
+  //   all git calls use execFileSync (not shell interpolation).
+  const validPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9/_.#+@-]*$/;
 
   if (!validPattern.test(branchName)) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names must start with an alphanumeric character and contain only alphanumeric characters, forward slashes, hyphens, underscores, periods, hashes (#), or plus signs (+).`,
+      `Invalid branch name: "${branchName}". Branch names must start with an alphanumeric character and contain only alphanumeric characters, forward slashes, hyphens, underscores, periods, hashes (#), plus signs (+), or at-signs (@).`,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/test/validate-branch-name.test.ts b/test/validate-branch-name.test.ts
index 9594b48d9..894d33021 100644
--- a/test/validate-branch-name.test.ts
+++ b/test/validate-branch-name.test.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ describe("validateBranchName", () => {
       expect(() => validateBranchName("fix+issue-123")).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => validateBranchName("feature+new-thing")).not.toThrow();
     });
+
+    it("should accept branch names containing @ (generated by multi-agent tools like Gastown)", () => {
+      // Gastown (https://github.com/gastownhall/gastown) generates branch names like
+      // "polecat/name/project@sessionid" where "@" separates the task name from a session ID.
+      expect(() =>
+        validateBranchName("polecat/nux/bo-gpl@moxcd5jj"),
+      ).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() => validateBranchName("agent/task@abc123")).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() => validateBranchName("feature@session-id")).not.toThrow();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("command injection attempts", () => {