diff --git a/.changeset/polite-foxes-buy.md b/.changeset/polite-foxes-buy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a67af204e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-foxes-buy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add fs:readdir to scaffolder startup
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md
index cb5da51ea4..73064a2a3b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/report.api.md
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export const createPublishGitlabMergeRequestAction: (options: {
     sourcePath?: string | undefined;
     targetPath?: string | undefined;
     token?: string | undefined;
-    commitAction?: 'auto' | 'update' | 'delete' | 'create' | 'skip' | undefined;
+    commitAction?: 'auto' | 'update' | 'skip' | 'create' | 'delete' | undefined;
     projectid?: string | undefined;
     removeSourceBranch?: boolean | undefined;
     assignee?: string | undefined;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts
index 17f7480a7d..d986dbf6d0 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
   createFetchTemplateFileAction,
   createFilesystemDeleteAction,
   createFilesystemRenameAction,
+  createFilesystemReadDirAction,
   createWaitAction,
 } from './scaffolder';
 import { createRouter } from './service/router';
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ export const scaffolderPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
           createCatalogWriteAction(),
           createFilesystemDeleteAction(),
           createFilesystemRenameAction(),
+          createFilesystemReadDirAction(),
         ];
 
         const actionIds = actions.map(action => action.id).join(', ');