diff --git a/examples/ci-failure-auto-fix.yml b/examples/ci-failure-auto-fix.yml
index 9d4421d..3cb1e08 100644
--- a/examples/ci-failure-auto-fix.yml
+++ b/examples/ci-failure-auto-fix.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create fix branch
         id: branch
+        env:
+          SOURCE_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
         run: |
-          BRANCH_NAME="claude-auto-fix-ci-${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}-${{ github.run_id }}"
+          BRANCH_NAME="claude-auto-fix-ci-${SOURCE_BRANCH}-${RUN_ID}"
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
           echo "branch_name=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/examples/test-failure-analysis.yml b/examples/test-failure-analysis.yml
index 85d63c6..48463a9 100644
--- a/examples/test-failure-analysis.yml
+++ b/examples/test-failure-analysis.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ jobs:
           fromJSON(steps.detect.outputs.structured_output).confidence >= 0.7
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          WORKFLOW_NAME: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}
+          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
         run: |
           OUTPUT='${{ steps.detect.outputs.structured_output }}'
           CONFIDENCE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.confidence')
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ jobs:
           echo ""
           echo "Triggering automatic retry..."
 
-          gh workflow run "${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}" \
-            --ref "${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}"
+          gh workflow run "$WORKFLOW_NAME" \
+            --ref "$HEAD_BRANCH"
 
       # Low confidence flaky detection - skip retry
       - name: Low confidence detection
@@ -83,13 +85,14 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
         run: |
           OUTPUT='${{ steps.detect.outputs.structured_output }}'
           IS_FLAKY=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.is_flaky')
           CONFIDENCE=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.confidence')
           SUMMARY=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.summary')
 
-          pr_number=$(gh pr list --head "${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}" --json number --jq '.[0].number')
+          pr_number=$(gh pr list --head "$HEAD_BRANCH" --json number --jq '.[0].number')
 
           if [ -n "$pr_number" ]; then
             if [ "$IS_FLAKY" = "true" ]; then