diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/document-folders/[id]/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/document-folders/[id]/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { withAuth, withPermission } from '@/lib/api/helpers';
+import { parseBody } from '@/lib/api/route-helpers';
+import { errorResponse, NotFoundError } from '@/lib/errors';
+import {
+  renameFolderSchema,
+  moveFolderSchema,
+} from '@/lib/validators/document-folders';
+import {
+  renameFolder,
+  moveFolder,
+  deleteFolderSoftRescue,
+} from '@/lib/services/document-folders.service';
+
+/**
+ * PATCH supports either { name } (rename) or { parentId } (move).
+ * Refuses both in the same body — keeps the audit log clean
+ * (one operation per call) and prevents the rep from accidentally
+ * doing two unrelated changes in one click.
+ */
+const patchBodySchema = z.union([renameFolderSchema, moveFolderSchema]);
+
+export const PATCH = withAuth(
+  withPermission('documents', 'manage_folders', async (req, ctx, params) => {
+    try {
+      const folderId = params.id;
+      if (!folderId) throw new NotFoundError('Folder');
+      const body = await parseBody(req, patchBodySchema);
+      let updated;
+      if ('name' in body) {
+        updated = await renameFolder(ctx.portId, folderId, body.name, ctx.userId);
+      } else {
+        updated = await moveFolder(ctx.portId, folderId, body.parentId, ctx.userId);
+      }
+      return NextResponse.json({ data: updated });
+    } catch (error) {
+      return errorResponse(error);
+    }
+  }),
+);
+
+export const DELETE = withAuth(
+  withPermission('documents', 'manage_folders', async (_req, ctx, params) => {
+    try {
+      const folderId = params.id;
+      if (!folderId) throw new NotFoundError('Folder');
+      await deleteFolderSoftRescue(ctx.portId, folderId, ctx.userId);
+      return new NextResponse(null, { status: 204 });
+    } catch (error) {
+      return errorResponse(error);
+    }
+  }),
+);
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/document-folders/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/document-folders/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+import { withAuth, withPermission } from '@/lib/api/helpers';
+import { parseBody } from '@/lib/api/route-helpers';
+import { errorResponse } from '@/lib/errors';
+import { createFolderSchema } from '@/lib/validators/document-folders';
+import { listTree, createFolder } from '@/lib/services/document-folders.service';
+
+/**
+ * GET /api/v1/document-folders
+ *
+ * Returns the entire folder tree for the caller's port. Roots come
+ * back at the top level with `children` nested. Cached on the client
+ * via TanStack — folders change rarely; the manager mutations
+ * invalidate the query.
+ *
+ * Permission: documents.view (read-only; everyone in the port can
+ * browse the tree even if they can't manage it).
+ */
+export const GET = withAuth(
+  withPermission('documents', 'view', async (_req, ctx) => {
+    try {
+      const tree = await listTree(ctx.portId);
+      return NextResponse.json({ data: tree });
+    } catch (error) {
+      return errorResponse(error);
+    }
+  }),
+);
+
+/**
+ * POST /api/v1/document-folders
+ * Body: { name, parentId }
+ *
+ * Permission: documents.manage_folders.
+ */
+export const POST = withAuth(
+  withPermission('documents', 'manage_folders', async (req, ctx) => {
+    try {
+      const body = await parseBody(req, createFolderSchema);
+      const folder = await createFolder(ctx.portId, ctx.userId, body);
+      return NextResponse.json({ data: folder }, { status: 201 });
+    } catch (error) {
+      return errorResponse(error);
+    }
+  }),
+);