diff --git a/packages/core-eslint/base.js b/packages/core-eslint/base.js
index e1607f2..351361e 100644
--- a/packages/core-eslint/base.js
+++ b/packages/core-eslint/base.js
@@ -103,4 +103,66 @@ export default [
       "no-restricted-imports": "off",
     },
   },
+  // E1 — Event handlers must not be re-exported. Wire them only inside the
+  // consumer feature's bind-production / bind-dev-seed (spec § 2.2 Rule E1).
+  // J  — Direct `payload.jobs.*` access is forbidden outside the integration
+  // layer. Use IJobQueue (from @repo/core-shared/jobs) instead.
+  {
+    files: ["**/*.{ts,tsx,mjs,cjs,js}"],
+    rules: {
+      "no-restricted-syntax": [
+        "error",
+        {
+          selector:
+            "ExportNamedDeclaration[source.value=/\\/events\\/handlers\\//]",
+          message:
+            "Event handlers (events/handlers/*.handler.ts) must not be re-exported. Wire them only inside the consumer feature's bind-production / bind-dev-seed (Rule E1).",
+        },
+        {
+          selector:
+            "ExportAllDeclaration[source.value=/\\/events\\/handlers\\//]",
+          message:
+            "Event handlers (events/handlers/*.handler.ts) must not be re-exported. Wire them only inside the consumer feature's bind-production / bind-dev-seed (Rule E1).",
+        },
+        {
+          selector:
+            "MemberExpression[object.type='MemberExpression'][object.object.type='Identifier'][object.object.name='payload'][object.property.type='Identifier'][object.property.name='jobs']",
+          message:
+            "Direct `payload.jobs.*` access is not allowed here. Use IJobQueue (from @repo/core-shared/jobs) instead. Allowed only in **/integrations/cms/jobs/** and **/core-shared/src/jobs/**.",
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  // J — `payload.jobs.*` is allowed only in the integration layer.
+  // In these paths, no-restricted-syntax is narrowed to keep E1 active but
+  // drop the payload.jobs check.
+  // Note: "**/core-shared/src/jobs/**" does not match from within a package-local
+  // ESLint run because ESLint resolves globs relative to the config file location.
+  // The pattern is kept for documentation; in practice, the PayloadJobQueue class
+  // uses `this.payload.jobs.*` which the selector already ignores (it only catches
+  // bare `payload.jobs.*`). Any new file added there that does use bare `payload.jobs.*`
+  // would need this allowlist to be expressed as "**/jobs/payload-*" or similar.
+  {
+    files: [
+      "**/integrations/cms/jobs/**",
+      "**/core-shared/src/jobs/**",
+    ],
+    rules: {
+      "no-restricted-syntax": [
+        "error",
+        {
+          selector:
+            "ExportNamedDeclaration[source.value=/\\/events\\/handlers\\//]",
+          message:
+            "Event handlers (events/handlers/*.handler.ts) must not be re-exported. Wire them only inside the consumer feature's bind-production / bind-dev-seed (Rule E1).",
+        },
+        {
+          selector:
+            "ExportAllDeclaration[source.value=/\\/events\\/handlers\\//]",
+          message:
+            "Event handlers (events/handlers/*.handler.ts) must not be re-exported. Wire them only inside the consumer feature's bind-production / bind-dev-seed (Rule E1).",
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
 ];