diff --git a/.changeset/big-days-press.md b/.changeset/big-days-press.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dec7d6288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/big-days-press.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+---
+
+Expose both types of scaffolder permissions and rules through the metadata endpoint.
+
+The metadata endpoint now correctly exposes both types of scaffolder permissions and rules (for both the template and action resource types) through the metadata endpoint.
diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-spies-warn.md b/.changeset/spicy-spies-warn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ed26a2cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-spies-warn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common': minor
+---
+
+Expose scaffolder permissions in new sub-aggregations.
+
+In addition to exporting a list of all scaffolder permissions in `scaffolderPermissions`, scaffolder-common now exports `scaffolderTemplatePermissions` and `scaffolderActionPermissions`, which contain subsets of the scaffolder permissions separated by resource type.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
index a6fd41a29e..c87521151b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { PermissionRule } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { PermissionRuleParams } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { PluginDatabaseManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { PluginTaskScheduler } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
+import { RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common/alpha';
 import { RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common/alpha';
 import { Schema } from 'jsonschema';
 import { ScmIntegrationRegistry } from '@backstage/integration';
@@ -49,6 +50,16 @@ import { ZodTypeDef } from 'zod';
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type ActionContext<TInput extends JsonObject> = ActionContext_2<TInput>;
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type ActionPermissionRuleInput<
+  TParams extends PermissionRuleParams = PermissionRuleParams,
+> = PermissionRule<
+  TemplateEntityStepV1beta3 | TemplateParametersV1beta3,
+  {},
+  typeof RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION,
+  TParams
+>;
+
 // @public
 export const createBuiltinActions: (
   options: CreateBuiltInActionsOptions,
@@ -763,7 +774,9 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
   // (undocumented)
   logger: Logger;
   // (undocumented)
-  permissionRules?: TemplatePermissionRuleInput[];
+  permissionRules?: Array<
+    TemplatePermissionRuleInput | ActionPermissionRuleInput
+  >;
   // (undocumented)
   permissions?: PermissionEvaluator;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index deff4392d6..1771067367 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ import {
   TemplateEntityStepV1beta3,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import {
+  RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION,
   RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE,
-  scaffolderPermissions,
+  scaffolderActionPermissions,
+  scaffolderTemplatePermissions,
   templateParameterReadPermission,
   templateStepReadPermission,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common/alpha';
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ import {
   createPermissionIntegrationRouter,
   PermissionRule,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
-import { scaffolderTemplateRules } from './rules';
+import { scaffolderActionRules, scaffolderTemplateRules } from './rules';
 
 /**
  *
@@ -85,6 +87,29 @@ export type TemplatePermissionRuleInput<
   typeof RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE,
   TParams
 >;
+function isTemplatePermissionRuleInput(
+  permissionRule: TemplatePermissionRuleInput | ActionPermissionRuleInput,
+): permissionRule is TemplatePermissionRuleInput {
+  return permissionRule.resourceType === RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE;
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type ActionPermissionRuleInput<
+  TParams extends PermissionRuleParams = PermissionRuleParams,
+> = PermissionRule<
+  TemplateEntityStepV1beta3 | TemplateParametersV1beta3,
+  {},
+  typeof RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION,
+  TParams
+>;
+function isActionPermissionRuleInput(
+  permissionRule: TemplatePermissionRuleInput | ActionPermissionRuleInput,
+): permissionRule is ActionPermissionRuleInput {
+  return permissionRule.resourceType === RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION;
+}
 
 /**
  * RouterOptions
@@ -113,7 +138,9 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
   additionalTemplateFilters?: Record<string, TemplateFilter>;
   additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
   permissions?: PermissionEvaluator;
-  permissionRules?: TemplatePermissionRuleInput[];
+  permissionRules?: Array<
+    TemplatePermissionRuleInput | ActionPermissionRuleInput
+  >;
   identity?: IdentityApi;
 }
 
@@ -290,17 +317,32 @@ export async function createRouter(
   const templateRules: TemplatePermissionRuleInput[] = Object.values(
     scaffolderTemplateRules,
   );
+  const actionRules: ActionPermissionRuleInput[] = Object.values(
+    scaffolderActionRules,
+  );
 
   if (permissionRules) {
-    templateRules.push(...permissionRules);
+    templateRules.push(
+      ...permissionRules.filter(isTemplatePermissionRuleInput),
+    );
+    actionRules.push(...permissionRules.filter(isActionPermissionRuleInput));
   }
 
   const isAuthorized = createConditionAuthorizer(Object.values(templateRules));
 
   const permissionIntegrationRouter = createPermissionIntegrationRouter({
-    resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE,
-    permissions: scaffolderPermissions,
-    rules: templateRules,
+    resources: [
+      {
+        resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE,
+        permissions: scaffolderTemplatePermissions,
+        rules: templateRules,
+      },
+      {
+        resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION,
+        permissions: scaffolderActionPermissions,
+        rules: actionRules,
+      },
+    ],
   });
 
   router.use(permissionIntegrationRouter);
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-common/alpha-api-report.md
index d6e746026a..de9dffd1b9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/alpha-api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/alpha-api-report.md
@@ -14,12 +14,18 @@ export const RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_ACTION = 'scaffolder-action';
 // @alpha
 export const RESOURCE_TYPE_SCAFFOLDER_TEMPLATE = 'scaffolder-template';
 
+// @alpha
+export const scaffolderActionPermissions: ResourcePermission<'scaffolder-action'>[];
+
 // @alpha
 export const scaffolderPermissions: (
   | ResourcePermission<'scaffolder-action'>
   | ResourcePermission<'scaffolder-template'>
 )[];
 
+// @alpha
+export const scaffolderTemplatePermissions: ResourcePermission<'scaffolder-template'>[];
+
 // @alpha
 export const templateParameterReadPermission: ResourcePermission<'scaffolder-template'>;
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/permissions.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/permissions.ts
index f06d7984f2..5c4c367889 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/permissions.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/permissions.ts
@@ -87,3 +87,18 @@ export const scaffolderPermissions = [
   templateParameterReadPermission,
   templateStepReadPermission,
 ];
+
+/**
+ * List of the scaffolder permissions that are associated with template steps and parameters.
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export const scaffolderTemplatePermissions = [
+  templateParameterReadPermission,
+  templateStepReadPermission,
+];
+
+/**
+ * List of the scaffolder permissions that are associated with scaffolder actions.
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export const scaffolderActionPermissions = [actionExecutePermission];