diff --git a/src/index.d.ts b/src/index.d.ts
index a56bcc5f..77490c90 100644
--- a/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/index.d.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface Env {
   // shared secret used as authorization when invoking the collab service (eg for syncadmin)
   COLLAB_SHARED_SECRET: string;
   DA_OPS_IMS_ORG: string;
+  DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL: string;
 
   DA_AUTH: KVNamespace,
   DA_CONFIG: KVNamespace,
diff --git a/src/utils/auth.js b/src/utils/auth.js
index fffc3d14..9d20a15d 100644
--- a/src/utils/auth.js
+++ b/src/utils/auth.js
@@ -272,6 +272,19 @@ export async function getAclCtx(env, org, users, key, api) {
     });
   }
 
+  if (env.DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL) {
+    props.permissions.data.push({
+      path: 'CONFIG',
+      groups: env.DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL,
+      actions: 'write',
+    });
+    props.permissions.data.push({
+      path: '/ + **',
+      groups: env.DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL,
+      actions: 'write',
+    });
+  }
+
   const aclTrace = [];
   props.permissions.data.forEach(({ path, groups, actions }) => {
     if (!path || !groups) return;
diff --git a/test/utils/auth.test.js b/test/utils/auth.test.js
index c95da531..fb1c0c05 100644
--- a/test/utils/auth.test.js
+++ b/test/utils/auth.test.js
@@ -558,6 +558,45 @@ describe('DA auth', () => {
       }, '/some/deep/path', 'write'));
     });
 
+    it('test DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL permissions', async () => {
+      const botEmail = 'da-ops-bot@adobe.com';
+      const envBot = {
+        ...env2,
+        DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL: botEmail,
+      };
+
+      // Bot user identified solely by email — no orgs membership at all.
+      // This is the substantive difference from the DA_OPS_IMS_ORG test:
+      // the bearer is matched on email, independent of IMS org membership.
+      const users = [{ email: botEmail, orgs: [] }];
+      const aclCtx = await getAclCtx(envBot, 'test', users, '/', 'config');
+
+      // Should have write permission on CONFIG because of DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL injection
+      assert(hasPermission({
+        users, org: 'test', aclCtx, key: '',
+      }, 'CONFIG', 'write', true));
+
+      // Should have write permission on / because of DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL injection
+      // (path: '/ + **')
+      assert(hasPermission({
+        users, org: 'test', aclCtx, key: '',
+      }, '/', 'write'));
+
+      // Should have write permission on path because of DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL injection
+      // (path: '/ + **')
+      assert(hasPermission({
+        users, org: 'test', aclCtx, key: '',
+      }, '/some/deep/path', 'write'));
+
+      // A different email must NOT inherit bot permissions — the rule matches
+      // on the specific email, not on "any user when DA_OPS_IMS_BOT_EMAIL is set".
+      const otherUsers = [{ email: 'not-the-bot@adobe.com', orgs: [] }];
+      const otherCtx = await getAclCtx(envBot, 'test', otherUsers, '/', 'config');
+      assert(!hasPermission({
+        users: otherUsers, org: 'test', aclCtx: otherCtx, key: '',
+      }, '/', 'write'));
+    });
+
     it('returns empty action set when DA_CONFIG KV GET throws 414 key-too-long error', async () => {
       // IMS auth redirect fragments (access_token=..., ld_hash=...) leak into the URL path,
       // producing an org segment >512 bytes. KV rejects the lookup with a 414 error;