diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-ref-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/test-ref-branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecb5b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-ref-branch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Test reference branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  test-ref-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout default repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Reference branch
+        id: ref-branch
+        uses: aidc-toolkit/.github/actions/ref-branch@main
+
+      - name: Show branch
+        run: |
+          echo "branch=${{ steps.ref-branch.outputs.branch }}"
+          echo "branch_name=${{ steps.ref-branch.outputs.branch_name }}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b9ae70..9a2f2e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 /**/.DS_Store
-/.npmrc
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac6ff0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# GitHub Configuration
+
+This repository is used to configure GitHub for the AIDC Toolkit organization and to host stable actions for workflows.
diff --git a/actions/ref-branch/action.yml b/actions/ref-branch/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9efdbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/ref-branch/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Reference branch
+description: Parse the GitHub context reference properties to determine the branch on which the workflow is running
+
+outputs:
+  branch:
+    description: Fully formed reference of the branch
+    value: ${{ steps.ref-branch.outputs.branch }}
+  branch_name:
+    description: Short reference name of the branch
+    value: ${{ steps.ref-branch.outputs.branch_name }}
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+
+  steps:
+    - name: Reference branch
+      id: ref-branch
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" = "branch" ]]
+        then
+          # Reference is branch.
+          branch="${{ github.ref }}"
+          branch_name="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+        elif [[ "${{ github.ref_type }}" = "tag" ]]
+        then
+          # Tags are required to resolve the branch.
+          git fetch --tags
+        
+          branch_name=`git branch --remote --contains tags/${{ github.ref_name }} | cut -d '/' -f 2`
+        
+          branch_name_lines=`echo $branch_name | wc -l | xargs`
+        
+          # Tag must have a unique branch.
+          if [[ $branch_name_lines != 1 ]]
+          then
+            echo "Tag ${{ github.ref_name }} is not associated with a unique branch"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        
+          branch="refs/heads/$branch_name"
+        else
+          echo "Unsupported reference type ${{ github.ref_type }}"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        
+        echo "Branch is $branch"
+        echo "Branch name is $branch_name"
+        
+        echo "branch=$branch" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "branch_name=$branch_name" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/profile/README.md b/profile/README.md
index 7a6c842..94819d1 100644
--- a/profile/README.md
+++ b/profile/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 # AIDC Toolkit
 
-Welcome to the AIDC Toolkit, a comprehensive set of libraries for integrating Automatic Identification and Data Capture
-(AIDC) functionality into web-based applications. To find out what it's all about, go to the
-[documentation](https://aidc-toolkit.com) or explore the repositories.
+Welcome to the AIDC Toolkit, a comprehensive set of libraries for integrating Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) functionality into web-based applications. To find out what it's all about, go to the [documentation](https://aidc-toolkit.com) or explore the repositories.