diff --git a/.github/scripts/generateScanPolicies.js b/.github/scripts/generateScanPolicies.js
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+// This is a ZAP standalone script - it will only run in ZAP.
+// It generates the scan policies for https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-extensions/tree/main/addOns/scanpolicies etc
+// The policies are created after starting a ZAP nightly release with the '-addoninstall ascanrulesAlpha' option.
+
+const FileWriter = Java.type("java.io.FileWriter");
+const PrintWriter = Java.type("java.io.PrintWriter");
+const PolicyTag = Java.type("org.zaproxy.addon.commonlib.PolicyTag");
+const UTF_8 = Java.type("java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets").UTF_8;
+const StringEscapeUtils = Java.type(
+  "org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils"
+);
+
+const extAscan = control
+  .getExtensionLoader()
+  .getExtension(org.zaproxy.zap.extension.ascan.ExtensionActiveScan.NAME);
+
+const plugins = extAscan
+  .getPolicyManager()
+  .getDefaultScanPolicy()
+  .getPluginFactory()
+  .getAllPlugin()
+  .toArray()
+  .sort(function (a, b) {
+    return a.getId() - b.getId();
+  });
+
+const INDENT = "    ";
+
+PolicyTag.values().forEach((currentTag) => {
+  const policyFilePath =
+    "/zap/wrk/zap-extensions/addOns/XXXXX/src/main/zapHomeFiles/policies/".replace(
+      "XXXXX",
+      currentTag.getAddonId()
+    ) + currentTag.getFileName();
+  print(policyFilePath);
+  // Create the policy
+  const fw = new FileWriter(policyFilePath, UTF_8);
+  const pw = new PrintWriter(fw);
+  pw.println('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>');
+  pw.println("<configuration>");
+  pw.println(
+    INDENT +
+      "<policy>" +
+      StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml11(currentTag.getPolicyName()) +
+      "</policy>"
+  );
+  pw.println(INDENT + "<scanner>");
+  pw.println(INDENT.repeat(2) + "<level>OFF</level>");
+  pw.println(INDENT.repeat(2) + "<strength>MEDIUM</strength>");
+  pw.println(INDENT + "</scanner>");
+  pw.println(INDENT + "<plugins>");
+
+  plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
+    try {
+      if (
+        plugin.getAlertTags() != null &&
+        plugin.getAlertTags().keySet().contains(currentTag.getTag())
+      ) {
+        pw.println(INDENT.repeat(2) + "<p" + plugin.getId() + ">");
+        pw.println(
+          INDENT.repeat(3) +
+            "<name>" +
+            StringEscapeUtils.escapeXml11(plugin.getName()) +
+            "</name>"
+        );
+        pw.println(INDENT.repeat(3) + "<enabled>true</enabled>");
+        pw.println(INDENT.repeat(3) + "<level>MEDIUM</level>");
+        pw.println(INDENT.repeat(2) + "</p" + plugin.getId() + ">");
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      print(e);
+      control.setExitStatus(
+        1,
+        "An exception was encountered while generating the scan policy(ies)."
+      );
+    }
+  });
+  pw.println(INDENT + "</plugins>");
+  pw.println("</configuration>");
+  pw.close();
+});
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_policies.yml b/.github/workflows/generate_policies.yml
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+name: Generate Scan Policies from Policy Tags
+on: 
+  schedule: # The start of every Friday
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 5'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  update-policies:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+        path: zap-extensions
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Create Policies
+      run: |
+        # Run the ZAP script
+        docker run -v $(pwd):/zap/wrk/:rw --user root -t ghcr.io/zaproxy/zaproxy:nightly ./zap.sh -addoninstall ascanrulesAlpha -silent -script /zap/wrk/zap-extensions/.github/scripts/generateScanPolicies.js -cmd
+    - name: Attach Policies
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: Policies
+        path: 'zap-extensions/addOns/scanpolicies/src/main/zapHomeFiles/policies/*.policy'
+    - name: Update Scan Policies
+      run: |
+        export BASE=$(pwd)
+        # Setup git details
+        export GITHUB_USER=zapbot
+        git config --global user.email "12745184+zapbot@users.noreply.github.com"
+        git config --global user.name $GITHUB_USER
+        BRANCH=scan-policies-updt
+        cd zap-extensions
+        git remote add upstream https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-extensions.git
+        SRC_BASE="zaproxy/zap-extensions@"$(git log -1 --format=format:%h)
+        export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.ZAPBOT_TOKEN }}
+        git checkout -b $BRANCH
+        # Update the index to be sure git is aware of changes
+        git update-index -q --refresh
+        git add .
+        ## If there are changes: comment, commit, PR
+        if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
+          ./gradlew :addOns:scanpolicies:updateChangelog --change="- Updated based on Rules' Policy Tag assignments."
+          git remote set-url origin https://$GITHUB_USER:$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$GITHUB_USER/zap-extensions.git
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Update scan policies based on Tags" -m "Updates based on $SRC_BASE" --signoff
+          git push --set-upstream origin $BRANCH --force
+          gh pr create -R zaproxy/zap-extensions --fill
+        fi