diff --git a/src/workflows/ready-for-docs-review.ts b/src/workflows/ready-for-docs-review.ts
index 5d3d51a426..e1b7f12165 100644
--- a/src/workflows/ready-for-docs-review.ts
+++ b/src/workflows/ready-for-docs-review.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,58 @@ import {
   getSize,
 } from './projects.js'
 
+/**
+ * Determines if a PR is authored by Copilot and extracts the human assignee
+ * @param data GraphQL response data containing PR information
+ * @returns Object with isCopilotAuthor boolean and copilotAssignee string
+ */
+function getCopilotAuthorInfo(data: Record<string, any>): {
+  isCopilotAuthor: boolean
+  copilotAssignee: string
+} {
+  // Check if this is a Copilot-authored PR
+  const isCopilotAuthor =
+    data.item.__typename === 'PullRequest' &&
+    data.item.author &&
+    data.item.author.login === 'copilot-swe-agent'
+
+  // For Copilot PRs, find the appropriate assignee (excluding Copilot itself)
+  let copilotAssignee = ''
+  if (isCopilotAuthor && data.item.assignees && data.item.assignees.nodes) {
+    const assignees = data.item.assignees.nodes
+      .map((assignee: Record<string, any>) => assignee.login)
+      .filter((login: string) => login !== 'copilot-swe-agent')
+
+    // Use the first non-Copilot assignee
+    copilotAssignee = assignees.length > 0 ? assignees[0] : ''
+  }
+
+  return { isCopilotAuthor, copilotAssignee }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determines the appropriate author field value based on contributor type
+ * @param isCopilotAuthor Whether the PR is authored by Copilot
+ * @param copilotAssignee The human assignee for Copilot PRs (empty string if none)
+ * @param firstTimeContributor Whether this is a first-time contributor
+ * @returns The formatted author field value
+ */
+function getAuthorFieldValue(
+  isCopilotAuthor: boolean,
+  copilotAssignee: string,
+  firstTimeContributor: boolean | undefined,
+): string {
+  if (isCopilotAuthor) {
+    return copilotAssignee ? `Copilot + ${copilotAssignee}` : 'Copilot'
+  }
+
+  if (firstTimeContributor) {
+    return ':star: first time contributor'
+  }
+
+  return process.env.AUTHOR_LOGIN || ''
+}
+
 async function run() {
   // Get info about the docs-content review board project
   const data: Record<string, any> = await graphql(
@@ -48,6 +100,14 @@ async function run() {
                 path
               }
             }
+            author {
+              login
+            }
+            assignees(first: 10) {
+              nodes {
+                login
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -141,17 +201,31 @@ async function run() {
     }
   }
   const turnaround = process.env.REPO === 'github/docs' ? 3 : 2
+
+  // Check if this is a Copilot-authored PR and get the human assignee
+  const { isCopilotAuthor, copilotAssignee } = getCopilotAuthorInfo(data)
+
+  // Determine the author field value
+  const authorFieldValue = getAuthorFieldValue(
+    isCopilotAuthor,
+    copilotAssignee,
+    firstTimeContributor,
+  )
+
   // Generate a mutation to populate fields for the new project item
   const updateProjectV2ItemMutation = generateUpdateProjectV2ItemFieldMutation({
     item: newItemID,
-    author: firstTimeContributor ? ':star: first time contributor' : process.env.AUTHOR_LOGIN || '',
+    author: authorFieldValue,
     turnaround,
     feature,
   })
 
   // Determine which variable to use for the contributor type
   let contributorType
-  if (await isDocsTeamMember(process.env.AUTHOR_LOGIN || '')) {
+  if (isCopilotAuthor) {
+    // Treat Copilot PRs as Docs team
+    contributorType = docsMemberTypeID
+  } else if (await isDocsTeamMember(process.env.AUTHOR_LOGIN || '')) {
     contributorType = docsMemberTypeID
   } else if (await isGitHubOrgMember(process.env.AUTHOR_LOGIN || '')) {
     contributorType = hubberTypeID
@@ -185,6 +259,8 @@ async function run() {
   return newItemID
 }
 
+export { run }
+
 run().catch((error) => {
   console.log(`#ERROR# ${error}`)
   process.exit(1)