diff --git a/app/models/concerns/enums/ci/job_artifact.rb b/app/models/concerns/enums/ci/job_artifact.rb
index 3b440922ed95053f54b56d890098b74600b52c4b..fc1163c6266f09ec788e727c21a631b98bf58ffd 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/enums/ci/job_artifact.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/enums/ci/job_artifact.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module JobArtifact
         load_performance: 'load-performance.json',
         metrics: 'metrics.txt',
         lsif: 'lsif.json',
+        scip: 'index.scip',
         dotenv: '.env',
         cobertura: 'cobertura-coverage.xml',
         jacoco: 'jacoco-coverage.xml',
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ module JobArtifact
         jacoco: :gzip,
         cluster_applications: :gzip, # DEPRECATED: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/361094
         lsif: :zip,
+        scip: :zip,
         cyclonedx: :gzip,
         annotations: :gzip,
         repository_xray: :gzip,
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ module JobArtifact
         junit
         license_scanning
         lsif
+        scip
         metrics
         performance
         browser_performance
@@ -184,7 +187,8 @@ def self.file_type
           requirements_v2: 29, ## EE-specific
           annotations: 30,
           repository_xray: 31, ## EE-specific
-          jacoco: 32
+          jacoco: 32,
+          scip: 33 # SCIP data for code navigation
         }
       end
 
diff --git a/app/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service.rb b/app/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service.rb
index ae131462e0906dd3e37d4813b130c055aed4e096..ae867bf9aae67bac950ce4b5a7eb98c2c311d6b8 100644
--- a/app/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class CreateService < ::BaseService
       include Gitlab::Utils::UsageData
 
       LSIF_ARTIFACT_TYPE = 'lsif'
+      SCIP_ARTIFACT_TYPE = 'scip'
 
       OBJECT_STORAGE_ERRORS = [
         Errno::EIO,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def authorize(artifact_type:, filesize: nil)
           final_store_path_config: { root_hash: project.id }
         )
 
-        if lsif?(artifact_type)
+        if lsif?(artifact_type) || scip?(artifact_type)
           headers[:ProcessLsif] = true
           track_usage_event('i_source_code_code_intelligence', project.id)
         end
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ def execute(artifacts_file, params, metadata_file: nil)
 
       def validate_requirements(artifact_type:, filesize:)
         return too_large_error if too_large?(artifact_type, filesize)
+        return scip_not_enabled_error if scip_not_enabled?(artifact_type)
 
         success
       end
@@ -76,14 +78,26 @@ def lsif?(type)
         type == LSIF_ARTIFACT_TYPE
       end
 
+      def scip?(type)
+        type == SCIP_ARTIFACT_TYPE
+      end
+
       def max_size(type)
         Ci::JobArtifact.max_artifact_size(type: type, project: project)
       end
 
+      def scip_not_enabled?(type)
+        type == SCIP_ARTIFACT_TYPE && !Feature.enabled?(:scip_code_intelligence, project)
+      end
+
       def too_large_error
         error('file size has reached maximum size limit', :payload_too_large)
       end
 
+      def scip_not_enabled_error
+        error('SCIP artifact type is not enabled', :bad_request)
+      end
+
       def build_artifact(artifacts_file, params, metadata_file)
         artifact_attributes = {
           job: job,
diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/scip_code_intelligence.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/scip_code_intelligence.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..575eaad410efb4a82f6f16f2c768adcb5c55b4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/feature_flags/development/scip_code_intelligence.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+name: scip_code_intelligence
+feature_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/412981
+milestone: '18.6'
+type: development
+group: group::code review
+default_enabled: false
diff --git a/db/migrate/20251021091157_add_ci_max_artifact_size_scip_to_plan_limits.rb b/db/migrate/20251021091157_add_ci_max_artifact_size_scip_to_plan_limits.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c01a861d1a23f850bedf7326377087a49e55e2b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20251021091157_add_ci_max_artifact_size_scip_to_plan_limits.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddCiMaxArtifactSizeScipToPlanLimits < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.3]
+  milestone '18.6'
+
+  def change
+    add_column :plan_limits, :ci_max_artifact_size_scip, :integer, default: 200, null: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20251021091157 b/db/schema_migrations/20251021091157
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..46ba3bf57e01015307adc3a2a792fa4a8bd63e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20251021091157
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c18ccaec16b172077297e9ad6746bfd839aaf6190972b7b98143ae92583e4d35
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 387820a3fa389bc97723e9f94a35546d24e5fac9..c09d352ffe44b5c58b44e24758eab73061d15042 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -22802,7 +22802,8 @@ CREATE TABLE plan_limits (
     import_placeholder_user_limit_tier_3 integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
     import_placeholder_user_limit_tier_4 integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
     ci_max_artifact_size_slsa_provenance_statement bigint DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
-    cargo_max_file_size bigint DEFAULT '5368709120'::bigint NOT NULL
+    cargo_max_file_size bigint DEFAULT '5368709120'::bigint NOT NULL,
+    ci_max_artifact_size_scip integer DEFAULT 200 NOT NULL
 );
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE plan_limits_id_seq
diff --git a/doc/api/graphql/reference/_index.md b/doc/api/graphql/reference/_index.md
index 5577fa57ae3c2b211f27bc0074522c1846904b2b..9f00aa26df9a0d4aea6095e35efa51fc8e9ad54d 100644
--- a/doc/api/graphql/reference/_index.md
+++ b/doc/api/graphql/reference/_index.md
@@ -49848,6 +49848,7 @@ Iteration ID wildcard values.
 | <a id="jobartifactfiletyperequirements"></a>`REQUIREMENTS` | REQUIREMENTS job artifact file type. |
 | <a id="jobartifactfiletyperequirements_v2"></a>`REQUIREMENTS_V2` | REQUIREMENTS V2 job artifact file type. |
 | <a id="jobartifactfiletypesast"></a>`SAST` | SAST job artifact file type. |
+| <a id="jobartifactfiletypescip"></a>`SCIP` | SCIP job artifact file type. |
 | <a id="jobartifactfiletypesecret_detection"></a>`SECRET_DETECTION` | SECRET DETECTION job artifact file type. |
 | <a id="jobartifactfiletypeterraform"></a>`TERRAFORM` | TERRAFORM job artifact file type. |
 | <a id="jobartifactfiletypetrace"></a>`TRACE` | TRACE job artifact file type. |
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/code_navigation_path.rb b/lib/gitlab/code_navigation_path.rb
index a39a25cd392257be47f4d5bcf3964a5df93d1770..acb57d841d55fb589ed889ff852d3a09e48cd1a4 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/code_navigation_path.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/code_navigation_path.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def build
         next unless pipeline
 
         artifact = Timeout.timeout(ARTIFACT_TIMEOUT) do
-          pipeline.job_artifacts.with_file_types(['lsif']).last
+          pipeline.job_artifacts.with_file_types(%w[lsif scip]).last
         end
 
         artifact&.job
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
index 7aa7b2a7ea4e8921484feb65c089565a9721670e..b72535cdb982356843560d86b5dac2695a4307e4 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/import_export/all_models.yml
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ builds:
 - job_artifacts_metrics_referee
 - job_artifacts_network_referee
 - job_artifacts_lsif
+- job_artifacts_scip
 - job_artifacts_dotenv
 - job_artifacts_cobertura
 - job_artifacts_jacoco
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/clone_job_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/clone_job_service_spec.rb
index 68816d5554ee1a5c8bea7b3a52fb2d0b7621aa79..4e0f8f40b101effe536e67d5f41f8ba02e07bb6d 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/clone_job_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/clone_job_service_spec.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         job_artifacts_container_scanning job_artifacts_cluster_image_scanning job_artifacts_dast
         job_artifacts_license_scanning
         job_artifacts_performance job_artifacts_browser_performance job_artifacts_load_performance
-        job_artifacts_lsif job_artifacts_terraform job_artifacts_cluster_applications
+        job_artifacts_lsif job_artifacts_scip job_artifacts_terraform job_artifacts_cluster_applications
         job_artifacts_codequality job_artifacts_metrics scheduled_at
         job_variables waiting_for_resource_at job_artifacts_metrics_referee
         job_artifacts_network_referee job_artifacts_dotenv
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service_spec.rb
index 3912835ffd3912cd8cfab4d1d22bd909c7c79fcf..25c9242261c13dc556e239718befb78e452d308d 100644
--- a/spec/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/ci/job_artifacts/create_service_spec.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,46 @@
       end
     end
 
+    shared_examples_for 'handling scip artifact' do
+      context 'when artifact is scip' do
+        let(:artifact_type) { 'scip' }
+        let(:max_artifact_size) { 200.megabytes.to_i }
+
+        before do
+          allow(Ci::JobArtifact)
+            .to receive(:max_artifact_size)
+            .with(type: artifact_type, project: project)
+            .and_return(max_artifact_size)
+        end
+
+        context 'when scip_code_intelligence feature flag is enabled' do
+          before do
+            stub_feature_flags(scip_code_intelligence: true)
+          end
+
+          it 'includes ProcessLsif in the headers' do
+            expect(authorize[:headers][:ProcessLsif]).to eq(true)
+          end
+
+          it 'returns 200MB in bytes as maximum size' do
+            expect(authorize[:headers][:MaximumSize]).to eq(200.megabytes.to_i)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when scip_code_intelligence feature flag is disabled' do
+          before do
+            stub_feature_flags(scip_code_intelligence: false)
+          end
+
+          it 'returns an error' do
+            expect(authorize[:status]).to eq(:error)
+            expect(authorize[:http_status]).to eq(:bad_request)
+            expect(authorize[:message]).to eq('SCIP artifact type is not enabled')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     shared_examples_for 'validating requirements' do
       context 'when filesize is specified' do
         let(:max_artifact_size) { 10 }
@@ -85,6 +125,7 @@
       end
 
       it_behaves_like 'handling lsif artifact'
+      it_behaves_like 'handling scip artifact'
       it_behaves_like 'validating requirements'
     end
 
@@ -118,6 +159,7 @@
         end
 
         it_behaves_like 'handling lsif artifact'
+        it_behaves_like 'handling scip artifact'
         it_behaves_like 'validating requirements'
       end