diff --git a/doc/release-notes/8759-add-computational-worflow-file-types.md b/doc/release-notes/8759-add-computational-worflow-file-types.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa2fd3d001c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/8759-add-computational-worflow-file-types.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+The following file extensions are now detected:
+
+wdl=text/x-workflow-description-language
+cwl=text/x-computational-workflow-language
+nf=text/x-nextflow
+Rmd=text/x-r-notebook
+rb=text/x-ruby-script
+dag=text/x-dagman
diff --git a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDetectionByFileExtension.properties b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDetectionByFileExtension.properties
index 177d6e194cd..c93bb56151f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDetectionByFileExtension.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDetectionByFileExtension.properties
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ smcl=application/x-stata-smcl
 swc=application/x-swc
 xz=application/x-xz
 xlsx=application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
+wdl=text/x-workflow-description-language
+cwl=text/x-computational-workflow-language
+nf=text/x-nextflow
+Rmd=text/x-r-notebook
+rb=text/x-ruby-script
+dag=text/x-dagman
diff --git a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDisplay.properties b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDisplay.properties
index 231435bf299..ebc07bda0f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDisplay.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeDisplay.properties
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ application/x-sas-syntax=SAS Syntax
 type/x-r-syntax=R Syntax
 application/vnd.wolfram.mathematica.package=Wolfram Mathematica Code
 application/vnd.wolfram.mathematica=Wolfram Mathematica Code
+text/x-workflow-description-language=Workflow Description Language
+text/x-computational-workflow-language=Computational Workflow Language
+text/x-nextflow=Nextflow Script
+text/x-r-notebook=R Notebook
+text/x-ruby-script=Ruby Source Code
+text/x-dagman=DAGMan Workflow
+text/x-makefile=Makefile Script
+text/x-snakemake=Snakemake Workflow
 # Ingested Tabular Data
 text/tab-separated-values=Tab-Delimited
 # RawData
diff --git a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeFacets.properties b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeFacets.properties
index 12762bca26d..931624b5489 100644
--- a/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeFacets.properties
+++ b/src/main/java/propertyFiles/MimeTypeFacets.properties
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ type/x-r-syntax=Code
 application/postscript=Code
 application/vnd.wolfram.mathematica.package=Code
 application/vnd.wolfram.mathematica=Code
+text/x-workflow-description-language=Code
+text/x-computational-workflow-language=Code
+text/x-nextflow=Code
+text/x-r-notebook=Code
+text/x-ruby-script=Code
+text/x-dagman=Code
+text/x-makefile=Code
+text/x-snakemake=Code
 # Ingested
 text/tab-separated-values=Tabular Data
 # Data