diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d43b15..a59157b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ export REPO_NAME_FILTER="my-service-"
 
 # Optional: skip specific repos for a given permission level (space-separated repo names)
 export REPO_PULL_EXCLUDE="secret-repo internal-tools"   # These repos won't get pull access
+
+# Optional: skip maintain/push/triage/pull on archived repos (admin is still applied)
+export SKIP_ARCHIVED="true"
 ```
 
 **Usage:**
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ cd org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions
 - Grants permissions to specified teams based on permission level
 - Supports multiple teams per permission level (space-separated)
 - Skips repos listed in the matching `REPO_<LEVEL>_EXCLUDE` variable for that permission level only
+- Optionally skips maintain/push/triage/pull permissions on archived repos when `SKIP_ARCHIVED=true` (admin permissions are still applied on archived repos)
 - Processes all five GitHub permission levels: admin, maintain, push, triage, pull
 - Includes 5-second delays between repos to avoid rate limits
 
diff --git a/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/action.yml b/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/action.yml
index 3cf9d8d..7146eae 100644
--- a/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/action.yml
+++ b/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/action.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Space-separated repo names to skip for pull access'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  skip-archived:
+    description: 'Set to "true" to skip maintain/push/triage/pull permissions on archived repos (admin is still applied)'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
   api-url-prefix:
     description: 'GitHub API base URL'
     required: false
@@ -74,5 +78,6 @@ runs:
         REPO_PUSH_EXCLUDE: ${{ inputs.repo-push-exclude }}
         REPO_TRIAGE_EXCLUDE: ${{ inputs.repo-triage-exclude }}
         REPO_PULL_EXCLUDE: ${{ inputs.repo-pull-exclude }}
+        SKIP_ARCHIVED: ${{ inputs.skip-archived }}
         API_URL_PREFIX: ${{ inputs.api-url-prefix }}
       run: ${{ github.action_path }}/github-add-repo-permissions.sh
diff --git a/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/github-add-repo-permissions.sh b/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/github-add-repo-permissions.sh
index 6be4bea..bafa139 100755
--- a/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/github-add-repo-permissions.sh
+++ b/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/github-add-repo-permissions.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #   GITHUB_TOKEN          Required. PAT with admin:org scope
 #   ORG                   Required. GitHub organization name
 #   REPO_NAME_FILTER      Optional. Prefix filter for repository names (default: all repos)
+#   SKIP_ARCHIVED         Optional. Set to "true" to skip maintain/push/triage/pull permissions on
+#                         archived repositories; admin permissions are still applied (default: false)
 #   REPO_ADMIN            Optional. Space-separated team slugs to grant admin access
 #   REPO_MAINTAIN         Optional. Space-separated team slugs to grant maintain access
 #   REPO_PUSH             Optional. Space-separated team slugs to grant push access
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN:-''}
 ORG=${ORG:-''}
 API_URL_PREFIX=${API_URL_PREFIX:-'https://api.github.com'}
 REPO_NAME_FILTER=${REPO_NAME_FILTER:-''}
+SKIP_ARCHIVED=${SKIP_ARCHIVED:-'false'}
 
 # Permission-specific team variables (space-separated team slugs)
 REPO_ADMIN=${REPO_ADMIN:-''}
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ print_status "Organization: ${ORG}"
 if [ -n "${REPO_NAME_FILTER}" ]; then
   print_status "Repository filter: ${REPO_NAME_FILTER}*"
 fi
+if [ "${SKIP_ARCHIVED}" = "true" ]; then
+  print_status "Skipping non-admin permissions on archived repositories"
+fi
 
 is_excluded () {
   local REPO_NAME=$1
@@ -146,19 +152,26 @@ process_repos () {
       err "$(echo "${repos_json}" | jq -r '.message // "unknown error"')"
     fi
 
-    while IFS= read -r REPO; do
+    while IFS=$'\t' read -r REPO ARCHIVED; do
       [ -z "${REPO}" ] && continue
       print_status "Processing repo ${REPO}"
 
+      # Admin access is always granted, even on archived repos (e.g. so
+      # platform teams retain settings access after archival).
       apply_level "${REPO}" "admin" "${REPO_ADMIN}" "${REPO_ADMIN_EXCLUDE}"
-      apply_level "${REPO}" "maintain" "${REPO_MAINTAIN}" "${REPO_MAINTAIN_EXCLUDE}"
-      apply_level "${REPO}" "push" "${REPO_PUSH}" "${REPO_PUSH_EXCLUDE}"
-      apply_level "${REPO}" "triage" "${REPO_TRIAGE}" "${REPO_TRIAGE_EXCLUDE}"
-      apply_level "${REPO}" "pull" "${REPO_PULL}" "${REPO_PULL_EXCLUDE}"
+
+      if [ "${SKIP_ARCHIVED}" = "true" ] && [ "${ARCHIVED}" = "true" ]; then
+        print_status "  Skipping non-admin permissions on ${REPO} (archived)"
+      else
+        apply_level "${REPO}" "maintain" "${REPO_MAINTAIN}" "${REPO_MAINTAIN_EXCLUDE}"
+        apply_level "${REPO}" "push" "${REPO_PUSH}" "${REPO_PUSH_EXCLUDE}"
+        apply_level "${REPO}" "triage" "${REPO_TRIAGE}" "${REPO_TRIAGE_EXCLUDE}"
+        apply_level "${REPO}" "pull" "${REPO_PULL}" "${REPO_PULL_EXCLUDE}"
+      fi
 
       # Add delay to prevent hitting GitHub rate limit
       sleep 5
-    done < <(echo "${repos_json}" | jq -r --arg filter "${REPO_NAME_FILTER}" 'sort_by(.name) | .[] | select(.name | startswith($filter)) | .name')
+    done < <(echo "${repos_json}" | jq -r --arg filter "${REPO_NAME_FILTER}" 'sort_by(.name) | .[] | select(.name | startswith($filter)) | [.name, (.archived // false | tostring)] | @tsv')
   done
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_script_validation.bats b/tests/test_script_validation.bats
index 1d8d196..5e4bab1 100644
--- a/tests/test_script_validation.bats
+++ b/tests/test_script_validation.bats
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ _run_script() {
   [[ "$output" == *"Applied pull to read-team on repo-skip"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "github-add-repo-permissions: skips non-admin permissions but still applies admin on archived repos when SKIP_ARCHIVED is true" {
+  cp "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/mock_curl_permissions.sh" "$MOCK_BIN/curl"
+  chmod +x "$MOCK_BIN/curl"
+  _run_script "${REPO_ROOT}/org-admin/github-add-repo-permissions/github-add-repo-permissions.sh" \
+    "export GITHUB_TOKEN=fake; export ORG=test; export REPO_ADMIN=owner-team; export REPO_PULL=read-team; export SKIP_ARCHIVED=true; export MOCK_REPOS_JSON='[{\"name\":\"repo-keep\",\"archived\":false},{\"name\":\"repo-old\",\"archived\":true}]';"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "$output" == *"Applied pull to read-team on repo-keep"* ]]
+  [[ "$output" == *"Applied admin to owner-team on repo-old"* ]]
+  [[ "$output" != *"pull to read-team on repo-old"* ]]
+}
+
 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 # org-admin/github-archive-old-repos
 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════