diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify.sh b/.github/workflows/notify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2cf9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/notify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+API_URL="https://api.github.com"
+
+extract_issue_number() {
+    local commit_message="$1"
+    local issue_number
+    local pr_number
+
+    # Try to extract from "Merge pull request ... from branch/123"
+    issue_number=$(echo "$commit_message" | grep -oP 'from [a-zA-Z-_0-9]+/\K([0-9]+)')
+
+    if [ -z "$issue_number" ]; then
+        # Try to extract from "... (#123)"
+        pr_number=$(echo "$commit_message" | grep -oP '\(#\K([0-9]+)(?=\))')
+
+        if [ -n "$pr_number" ]; then
+            # Fetch PR description
+            pr_description=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $GH_TOKEN" "$API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls/$pr_number" | jq -r .body)
+
+            if [ -n "$pr_description" ]; then
+                # Extract issue numbers from PR description
+                issue_numbers=($(echo "$pr_description" | grep -oP '#\K([0-9]+)(?=\s)'))
+
+                if [ ${#issue_numbers[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+                    issue_number=${issue_numbers[0]}
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "$issue_number $pr_number"
+}
+
+print_debug_info() {
+    echo "Debug Information:"
+    echo "COMMIT_MESSAGE: $COMMIT_MESSAGE"
+    echo "ISSUE_NUMBER: $ISSUE_NUMBER"
+    echo "PR_NUMBER: $PR_NUMBER"
+    echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY: $GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
+    echo "URL_QA: $URL_QA"
+    echo "API_URL: $API_URL"
+    echo "Environment Variables:"
+    env
+}
+
+COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%s")
+
+# Extract the issue number and PR number
+read ISSUE_NUMBER PR_NUMBER <<< $(extract_issue_number "$COMMIT_MESSAGE")
+
+if [ -z "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]; then
+    echo "Could not determine the issue number from the commit message."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]; then
+    COMMENT_BODY="The latest changes (#$PR_NUMBER) have been deployed successfully to [$URL_QA]($URL_QA)"
+else
+    COMMENT_BODY="The latest changes have been deployed successfully to [$URL_QA]($URL_QA)"
+fi
+
+# Make the API call and capture both the HTTP status code and the response body
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST \
+     -H "Authorization: token $GH_TOKEN" \
+     -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+     "$API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/issues/$ISSUE_NUMBER/comments" \
+     -d "{\"body\":\"$COMMENT_BODY\"}")
+
+# Extract the response body and status code
+RESPONSE_BODY=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | sed '$d')
+STATUS_CODE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | tail -n1)
+
+if [ "$STATUS_CODE" -ne 201 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to post comment to issue #$ISSUE_NUMBER. HTTP status code: $STATUS_CODE"
+    echo "Response body:"
+    echo "$RESPONSE_BODY"
+    print_debug_info
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Comment posted to issue #$ISSUE_NUMBER"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ae30343..d2a9f2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -91,5 +91,8 @@ jobs:
         direnvVersion: 2.32.3
 
     - name: Deploy
+      env:
+        GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
       run: |
           deploy-to-nixos ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME}}-${{ env.ENV }}
+          .github/workflows/notify.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9930bcc..941bbd4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ To use the GitHub Actions workflow in this project:
    - `SSH_HOST`: The hostname or IP address of your deployment server
    - `SSH_USER`: The username for SSH access to the deployment server
    - `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`: The private SSH key for authentication
+   - Optionally `GH_TOKEN`, a GitHub API token that is able to post comments to issues under the given project.
 
 2. Modify the `env` section in `.github/workflows/test.yml` if needed:
    - Update `PROJECT_NAME` to match your project
@@ -68,4 +69,4 @@ Feel free to customize the workflow file to fit your specific project needs. You
 
 For issues related to IHP or this project's setup, please refer to the [IHP documentation](https://ihp.digitallyinduced.com/Guide/) or seek help on the [IHP Forum](https://ihp.digitallyinduced.com/community/).
 
-For project-specific issues, please open an issue in this repository.
\ No newline at end of file
+For project-specific issues, please open an issue in this repository.