diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual.yml b/.github/workflows/manual.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f40b3f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+LC_ALL=C
+
+local_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+valid_branch_regex="([a-z]{2}\d{1,6}-[a-z]{5}-\d{4})+$"
+
+message="There is something wrong with your branch name. Branch names in this project must adhere to this contract: $valid_branch_regex. Your commit will be rejected. You should rename your branch to a valid name and try again."
+
+if [[ ! $local_branch =~ $valid_branch_regex ]]
+then
+    echo "$message"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/hooks b/hooks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc4c75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+LC_ALL=C
+
+local_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+valid_branch_regex="([a-z]{2}\d{1,6}-[a-z]{5}-\d{4})+$"
+
+message="There is something wrong with your branch name. Branch names in this project must adhere to this contract: $valid_branch_regex. Your commit will be rejected. You should rename your branch to a valid name and try again."
+
+if [[ ! $local_branch =~ $valid_branch_regex ]]
+then
+    echo "$message"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/m3/backend.tf b/m3/backend.tf
index 43255d8..e8c0240 100644
--- a/m3/backend.tf
+++ b/m3/backend.tf
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ terraform {
     prefix = "m3/gcs_state"
   }
 }
+
+