diff --git a/lang/el-compiler/src/codegen.el b/lang/el-compiler/src/codegen.el
index ad46530..68bf3db 100644
--- a/lang/el-compiler/src/codegen.el
+++ b/lang/el-compiler/src/codegen.el
@@ -3378,9 +3378,25 @@ fn cg_fn(stmt: Map<String, Any>) -> Void {
     // from @manager-decorated functions. Surface violations to the C compiler
     // via #error directives emitted before the function definition. Read the
     // decorator LIST so the role may be stacked with other decorators.
-    if vbd_has_restricted_call(body) {
-        if !fn_has_decorator(stmt, "manager") {
-            emit_line("#error \"VBD violation: dharma_emit/dharma_field called from non-@manager fn '" + fn_name + "'\"")
+    // Check each DECLARED prohibition in turn. The owning construct is known by
+    // construction, so the diagnostic names it rather than hardcoding one rule.
+    let pcs: String = prohibiting_constructs()
+    if !str_eq(pcs, "") {
+        let pc_list = str_split(pcs, ",")
+        let n_pc: Int = native_list_len(pc_list)
+        let pci = 0
+        while pci < n_pc {
+            let pc: String = str_trim(native_list_get(pc_list, pci))
+            if !str_eq(pc, "") {
+                state_set("__prohibit_active", prohibition_names(pc))
+                if vbd_has_restricted_call(body) {
+                    if !fn_has_decorator(stmt, pc) {
+                        emit_line("#error \"boundary violation: " + prohibition_names(pc) + " may only be called from an @" + pc + " fn, but '" + fn_name + "' is not one\"")
+                    }
+                }
+                state_set("__prohibit_active", "")
+            }
+            let pci = pci + 1
         }
     }
     // Seed the per-function int-name set so the `+` codegen can dispatch
@@ -3561,8 +3577,15 @@ fn emit_program_init(stmt: Map<String, Any>) -> Void {
 // (dharma_emit, dharma_field). These may only appear inside @manager fns.
 
 fn vbd_is_restricted_name(name: String) -> Bool {
-    if str_eq(name, "dharma_emit") { return true }
-    if str_eq(name, "dharma_field") { return true }
+    let active: String = state_get("__prohibit_active")
+    if str_eq(active, "") { return false }
+    let parts = str_split(active, ",")
+    let n: Int = native_list_len(parts)
+    let i = 0
+    while i < n {
+        if str_eq(str_trim(native_list_get(parts, i)), name) { return true }
+        let i = i + 1
+    }
     false
 }
 
@@ -4353,6 +4376,40 @@ fn decorator_wrap(name: String) -> String {
     state_get("__dec_wrap_" + name)
 }
 
+// A PROHIBITION is the other half of a boundary: not what runs when something
+// crosses, but what may not cross at all.
+//
+//     @decorator("prohibits_outside", "dharma_emit,dharma_field")
+//     fn manager() {}
+//
+// Calls to those names may then appear ONLY inside a fn carrying @manager.
+// Before this the rule lived as two string literals in vbd_is_restricted_name
+// and one #error in cg_fn -- one prohibition, uneditable without a compiler
+// release, and unrankable because a #error is a string handed to cpp, which
+// knows nothing about El.
+//
+// The construct list is kept in one state key so the recursive walker can be
+// parameterised without threading an argument through every branch of it --
+// the same mechanism codegen already uses for __match_counter and
+// __if_expr_counter.
+fn declare_prohibition(construct: String, names_csv: String) -> Void {
+    let known: String = state_get("__prohibit_constructs")
+    if str_eq(known, "") {
+        state_set("__prohibit_constructs", construct)
+    } else {
+        state_set("__prohibit_constructs", known + "," + construct)
+    }
+    state_set("__prohibit_names_" + construct, names_csv)
+}
+
+fn prohibition_names(construct: String) -> String {
+    state_get("__prohibit_names_" + construct)
+}
+
+fn prohibiting_constructs() -> String {
+    state_get("__prohibit_constructs")
+}
+
 // scan_declared_decorators — token-level pre-pass registering every construct
 // the program declares. Runs once per module alongside scan_routes, because
 // the streaming backend discards per-fn ASTs and there is no whole-program AST
@@ -4360,6 +4417,7 @@ fn decorator_wrap(name: String) -> String {
 fn scan_declared_decorators(tokens: [Any]) -> Void {
     declare_decorator("manager", "engram_boundary_beat")
     declare_decorator("accessor", "engram_boundary_beat")
+    declare_prohibition("manager", "dharma_emit,dharma_field")
     let total: Int = native_list_len(tokens) / 2
     let has_pending: Bool = false
     let pending_target: String = ""
@@ -4369,6 +4427,8 @@ fn scan_declared_decorators(tokens: [Any]) -> Void {
     let pending_exit: String = ""
     let has_pending_w: Bool = false
     let pending_wrap: String = ""
+    let has_pending_p: Bool = false
+    let pending_prohibit: String = ""
     let pos: Int = 0
     let going: Bool = true
     while going {
@@ -4423,6 +4483,10 @@ fn scan_declared_decorators(tokens: [Any]) -> Void {
                                 let has_pending_w = true
                                 let pending_wrap = native_list_get(args, 1)
                             }
+                            if str_eq(dkind, "prohibits_outside") {
+                                let has_pending_p = true
+                                let pending_prohibit = native_list_get(args, 1)
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     let pos = p
@@ -4445,6 +4509,10 @@ fn scan_declared_decorators(tokens: [Any]) -> Void {
                             declare_wrap(fname, pending_wrap)
                             let has_pending_w = false
                         }
+                        if has_pending_p {
+                            declare_prohibition(fname, pending_prohibit)
+                            let has_pending_p = false
+                        }
                         let pos = pos + 2
                     } else {
                         let pos = pos + 1
diff --git a/lang/tests/native/test_compiler.el b/lang/tests/native/test_compiler.el
index 2ed9731..ed4ee1b 100644
--- a/lang/tests/native/test_compiler.el
+++ b/lang/tests/native/test_compiler.el
@@ -875,3 +875,31 @@ test "constructs-compose-guard-entry-exit" {
     assert b < x, "entry injection before exit injection"
     assert x >= 0, "three independent constructs compose on one fn"
 }
+
+// ── Declared constructs: wraps and prohibitions ──────────────────────────────
+
+test "declared-wrap-emits-closure-and-convention" {
+    let src: String = "@decorator(\"wraps_body\", \"with_timeout\")\nfn timed() {}\n@timed\nfn slow(k: Int) -> Int { return 9 }"
+    let out: String = compile_capture(src)
+    assert str_contains(out, "struct __env_slow"), "captured environment is emitted"
+    assert str_contains(out, "__thunk_slow(void* __v)"), "a thunk taking void* is emitted"
+    assert str_contains(out, "extern el_val_t with_timeout(el_val_t, el_val_t, el_val_t(*)(void*), void*);"), "codegen emits the calling convention — El's single type cannot describe a callable"
+}
+
+test "declared-prohibition-fires-outside-the-boundary" {
+    let src: String = "@decorator(\"prohibits_outside\", \"raw_sql\")\nfn repository() {}\nfn sneaky() -> Int { raw_sql(\"DROP\") return 1 }"
+    let out: String = compile_capture(src)
+    assert str_contains(out, "raw_sql may only be called from an @repository fn"), "a program-declared prohibition is enforced"
+}
+
+test "declared-prohibition-permits-inside-the-boundary" {
+    let src: String = "@decorator(\"prohibits_outside\", \"raw_sql\")\nfn repository() {}\n@repository\nfn allowed() -> Int { raw_sql(\"SELECT\") return 1 }"
+    let out: String = compile_capture(src)
+    assert !str_contains(out, "raw_sql may only be called"), "the owning construct permits the call"
+}
+
+test "seeded-vbd-prohibition-still-enforced" {
+    let src: String = "fn leaky() -> Int { dharma_emit(\"x\", \"y\") return 1 }"
+    let out: String = compile_capture(src)
+    assert str_contains(out, "may only be called from an @manager fn"), "the compiled-in core prohibition survives being declared rather than branched"
+}