diff --git a/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs b/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs
index 500d9cc..d344ce1 100644
--- a/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs
+++ b/crates/manager-core/src/authz.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ pub enum Capability {
     /// Write a group-owned shared DOCS collection (§11.6). editor+ on the owning
     /// group; fails closed for an anonymous principal, like `GroupKvWrite`.
     GroupDocsWrite(GroupId),
+    /// Read a group-owned shared FILES collection (§11.6). Viewer+ on the owning
+    /// group; same reads-open trust model as `GroupKvRead`.
+    GroupFilesRead(GroupId),
+    /// Write a group-owned shared FILES collection (§11.6). editor+ on the owning
+    /// group; fails closed for an anonymous principal, like `GroupKvWrite`.
+    GroupFilesWrite(GroupId),
     /// Send an outbound email from a script in this app (v1.1.7). Maps
     /// to `script:write` on API keys (sending mail is an outbound
     /// side-effect like an HTTP request). Granted to `editor`+.
@@ -230,7 +236,9 @@ impl Capability {
             | Self::GroupKvRead(_)
             | Self::GroupKvWrite(_)
             | Self::GroupDocsRead(_)
-            | Self::GroupDocsWrite(_) => None,
+            | Self::GroupDocsWrite(_)
+            | Self::GroupFilesRead(_)
+            | Self::GroupFilesWrite(_) => None,
             Self::AppRead(id)
             | Self::AppWriteScript(id)
             | Self::AppWriteRoute(id)
@@ -284,7 +292,8 @@ impl Capability {
             | Self::GroupVarsRead(_)
             | Self::GroupScriptsRead(_)
             | Self::GroupKvRead(_)
-            | Self::GroupDocsRead(_) => Scope::ScriptRead,
+            | Self::GroupDocsRead(_)
+            | Self::GroupFilesRead(_) => Scope::ScriptRead,
             Self::AppWriteScript(_)
             | Self::AppKvWrite(_)
             | Self::AppDocsWrite(_)
@@ -305,6 +314,7 @@ impl Capability {
             | Self::GroupScriptsWrite(_)
             | Self::GroupKvWrite(_)
             | Self::GroupDocsWrite(_)
+            | Self::GroupFilesWrite(_)
             | Self::AppInvoke(_) => Scope::ScriptWrite,
             Self::AppWriteRoute(_) => Scope::RouteWrite,
             Self::AppManageDomains(_) => Scope::DomainManage,
@@ -524,7 +534,9 @@ async fn role_grants(
             | Capability::GroupKvRead(g)
             | Capability::GroupKvWrite(g)
             | Capability::GroupDocsRead(g)
-            | Capability::GroupDocsWrite(g) => {
+            | Capability::GroupDocsWrite(g)
+            | Capability::GroupFilesRead(g)
+            | Capability::GroupFilesWrite(g) => {
                 group_member_grants(repo, principal.user_id, cap, g).await
             }
             // Creating a root-level group is an instance act — members
@@ -589,14 +601,16 @@ const fn group_role_satisfies(role: AppRole, cap: Capability) -> bool {
         | Capability::GroupVarsRead(_)
         | Capability::GroupScriptsRead(_)
         | Capability::GroupKvRead(_)
-        | Capability::GroupDocsRead(_) => true,
+        | Capability::GroupDocsRead(_)
+        | Capability::GroupFilesRead(_) => true,
         // editor+ writes config vars/secrets/scripts and shared KV.
         Capability::GroupWrite(_)
         | Capability::GroupVarsWrite(_)
         | Capability::GroupSecretsWrite(_)
         | Capability::GroupScriptsWrite(_)
         | Capability::GroupKvWrite(_)
-        | Capability::GroupDocsWrite(_) => {
+        | Capability::GroupDocsWrite(_)
+        | Capability::GroupFilesWrite(_) => {
             matches!(role, AppRole::Editor | AppRole::AppAdmin)
         }
         // group_admin manages the group + reads secret VALUES (the
@@ -1377,6 +1391,47 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn group_files_caps_resolve_by_role_up_the_chain() {
+        // §11.6 files: same trust shape as shared KV/docs — read is viewer+,
+        // write is editor+, resolved via the group ancestor walk.
+        let repo = InMemoryAuthzRepo::default();
+        let root = GroupId::new();
+        let team = GroupId::new();
+        repo.add_group(root, None).await;
+        repo.add_group(team, Some(root)).await;
+
+        let viewer = principal(InstanceRole::Member);
+        repo.grant_group(viewer.user_id, root, AppRole::Viewer)
+            .await;
+        assert!(can(&repo, &viewer, Capability::GroupFilesRead(team))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_allow());
+        assert_eq!(
+            can(&repo, &viewer, Capability::GroupFilesWrite(team))
+                .await
+                .unwrap(),
+            Decision::Deny
+        );
+
+        let editor = principal(InstanceRole::Member);
+        repo.grant_group(editor.user_id, root, AppRole::Editor)
+            .await;
+        assert!(can(&repo, &editor, Capability::GroupFilesWrite(team))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_allow());
+
+        let outsider = principal(InstanceRole::Member);
+        assert_eq!(
+            can(&repo, &outsider, Capability::GroupFilesRead(team))
+                .await
+                .unwrap(),
+            Decision::Deny
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn admin_implicitly_manages_the_whole_group_tree() {
         let repo = InMemoryAuthzRepo::default();