diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/index.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/index.ts
index fbc7d78103c..ecf0d38bc2a 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/index.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,27 @@ export {
 } from './log-streaming/public-destination.dto';
 
 export { PaginationDto, MAX_ITEMS_PER_PAGE } from './pagination/pagination.dto';
+
+export type {
+	NonDelegatingPolicyAction,
+	NonDelegatingPolicyRule,
+	PolicyAction,
+	PolicyRule,
+	PolicySelector,
+} from './node-type-policies/policy-rule.types';
+export { policySelectorSchema } from './node-type-policies/policy-selector.schema';
+export {
+	nonDelegatingPolicyActionSchema,
+	nonDelegatingPolicyRuleListSchema,
+	policyActionSchema,
+	policyRuleListSchema,
+	policyRuleSchema,
+} from './node-type-policies/policy-rule.schema';
+export { PutInstancePolicyDto } from './node-type-policies/put-instance-policy.dto';
+export { PutProjectPolicyDto } from './node-type-policies/put-project-policy.dto';
+export { CreatePolicyDocumentDto } from './node-type-policies/create-policy-document.dto';
+export { UpdatePolicyDocumentDto } from './node-type-policies/update-policy-document.dto';
+export { ReplaceAttachmentsDto } from './node-type-policies/replace-attachments.dto';
 export {
 	UsersListFilterDto,
 	type UsersListSortOptions,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/__tests__/policy-rule.schema.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/__tests__/policy-rule.schema.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/__tests__/policy-rule.schema.test.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/__tests__/policy-rule.schema.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/__tests__/policy-selector.schema.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/__tests__/policy-selector.schema.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/__tests__/policy-selector.schema.test.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/__tests__/policy-selector.schema.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/__tests__/replace-attachments.dto.test.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/__tests__/replace-attachments.dto.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/__tests__/replace-attachments.dto.test.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/__tests__/replace-attachments.dto.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/create-policy-document.dto.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/create-policy-document.dto.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/create-policy-document.dto.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/create-policy-document.dto.ts
index 2f1cf6129d0..58a6e5cc676 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/create-policy-document.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/create-policy-document.dto.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { Z } from '@n8n/api-types';
-
 import { policyRuleListSchema } from './policy-rule.schema';
+import { Z } from '../../zod-class';
 
 /** Request body for creating a policy document. */
 export class CreatePolicyDocumentDto extends Z.class({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/policy-rule.schema.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-rule.schema.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/policy-rule.schema.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-rule.schema.ts
index caa70b6df5c..ede3d876357 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/policy-rule.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-rule.schema.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import type {
 	NonDelegatingPolicyRule,
 	PolicyAction,
 	PolicyRule,
-} from '../policy-rule.types';
+} from './policy-rule.types';
 import { policySelectorSchema } from './policy-selector.schema';
 
 /**
- * Zod counterpart of `PolicyAction` in `../policy-rule.types.ts`. The `satisfies` check
+ * Zod counterpart of `PolicyAction` in `./policy-rule.types.ts`. The `satisfies` check
  * keeps this schema honest against that type.
  */
 export const policyActionSchema = z.enum([
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const policyActionSchema = z.enum([
 ]) satisfies z.ZodType<PolicyAction>;
 
 /**
- * Zod counterpart of `PolicyRule` in `../policy-rule.types.ts`. The `satisfies` check
+ * Zod counterpart of `PolicyRule` in `./policy-rule.types.ts`. The `satisfies` check
  * keeps this schema honest against that type.
  */
 export const policyRuleSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-rule.types.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-rule.types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..645b19fb0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-rule.types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Domain types for node type availability policies, shared by the internal and public API
+ * request DTOs and by the backend evaluator.
+ */
+
+/** Matches a node type by its exact full name, or by its package segment. */
+export type PolicySelector =
+	| { readonly kind: 'name'; readonly value: string }
+	| { readonly kind: 'package'; readonly value: string };
+
+export type PolicyAction = 'allow' | 'deny' | 'delegate';
+
+/** One first-match rule within a policy document, in document order. */
+export type PolicyRule = {
+	readonly id: string;
+	readonly action: PolicyAction;
+	readonly selector: PolicySelector;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The actions a project scope accepts. `delegate` defers to a narrower scope, and none exists
+ * below project, so project-scope writes never accept it.
+ */
+export type NonDelegatingPolicyAction = Exclude<PolicyAction, 'delegate'>;
+
+/** A `PolicyRule` as a project scope accepts it. */
+export type NonDelegatingPolicyRule = Omit<PolicyRule, 'action'> & {
+	readonly action: NonDelegatingPolicyAction;
+};
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/policy-selector.schema.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-selector.schema.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/policy-selector.schema.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-selector.schema.ts
index 93803850791..dbcc0e3d6f9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/policy-selector.schema.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/policy-selector.schema.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import type { PolicySelector } from '../policy-rule.types';
+import type { PolicySelector } from './policy-rule.types';
 
 /**
- * Zod counterpart of `PolicySelector` in `../policy-rule.types.ts`. The `satisfies` check
+ * Zod counterpart of `PolicySelector` in `./policy-rule.types.ts`. The `satisfies` check
  * keeps this schema honest against that type — it fails to compile if this schema ever
  * accepts a shape `PolicySelector` doesn't.
  */
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/put-instance-policy.dto.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/put-instance-policy.dto.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/put-instance-policy.dto.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/put-instance-policy.dto.ts
index 6e6568d383f..a8fb51996d0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/put-instance-policy.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/put-instance-policy.dto.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { Z } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { policyActionSchema, policyRuleListSchema } from './policy-rule.schema';
+import { Z } from '../../zod-class';
 
 /** Request body for setting the composed instance policy. */
 export class PutInstancePolicyDto extends Z.class({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/put-project-policy.dto.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/put-project-policy.dto.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/put-project-policy.dto.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/put-project-policy.dto.ts
index 20c26b2f2c1..9bf2e27fc2a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/put-project-policy.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/put-project-policy.dto.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { Z } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import {
 	nonDelegatingPolicyActionSchema,
 	nonDelegatingPolicyRuleListSchema,
 } from './policy-rule.schema';
+import { Z } from '../../zod-class';
 
 /**
  * Request body for setting a project's composed policy. Same shape as
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/replace-attachments.dto.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/replace-attachments.dto.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/replace-attachments.dto.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/replace-attachments.dto.ts
index ddb8b2f839c..47642331a36 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/replace-attachments.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/replace-attachments.dto.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { Z } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
+import { Z } from '../../zod-class';
+
 const policyAttachmentInputSchema = z.object({
 	policyId: z.string().min(1),
 	priority: z.number().int(),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/update-policy-document.dto.ts b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/update-policy-document.dto.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/update-policy-document.dto.ts
rename to packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/update-policy-document.dto.ts
index d3a3edebf45..8225fe0e2e1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/dto/update-policy-document.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/api-types/src/dto/node-type-policies/update-policy-document.dto.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { Z } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { policyRuleListSchema } from './policy-rule.schema';
+import { Z } from '../../zod-class';
 
 /** Request body for replacing a policy document's rules. */
 export class UpdatePolicyDocumentDto extends Z.class({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/policy-rule.types.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/policy-rule.types.ts
index 353f877a39e..98f87776c65 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/policy-rule.types.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/policy-rule.types.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,24 @@
 /**
  * Domain types for node type availability policies.
  *
+ * The rule/selector/action shapes live in `@n8n/api-types` so the public and internal request
+ * DTOs share them; they are re-exported here so the module keeps one import path. The types
+ * below are backend-only.
+ *
  * Deliberately independent of the `policy`/`policy_scope`/`policy_attachment` TypeORM
- * entities (not yet built) — the repository layer will map DB rows into these shapes so
- * the evaluator never depends on the persistence layer.
+ * entities — the repository layer maps DB rows into these shapes so the evaluator never
+ * depends on the persistence layer.
  */
 
-/** Matches a node type by its exact full name, or by its package segment. */
-export type PolicySelector =
-	| { readonly kind: 'name'; readonly value: string }
-	| { readonly kind: 'package'; readonly value: string };
+import type { PolicyAction, PolicyRule } from '@n8n/api-types';
 
-export type PolicyAction = 'allow' | 'deny' | 'delegate';
-
-/** One first-match rule within a policy document, in document order. */
-export type PolicyRule = {
-	readonly id: string;
-	readonly action: PolicyAction;
-	readonly selector: PolicySelector;
-};
-
-/**
- * The actions a project scope accepts. `delegate` defers to a narrower scope, and none exists
- * below project, so project-scope writes never accept it.
- */
-export type NonDelegatingPolicyAction = Exclude<PolicyAction, 'delegate'>;
-
-/** A `PolicyRule` as a project scope accepts it. */
-export type NonDelegatingPolicyRule = Omit<PolicyRule, 'action'> & {
-	readonly action: NonDelegatingPolicyAction;
-};
+export type {
+	NonDelegatingPolicyAction,
+	NonDelegatingPolicyRule,
+	PolicyAction,
+	PolicyRule,
+	PolicySelector,
+} from '@n8n/api-types';
 
 /** One policy document as attached to a scope, with its evaluation-order metadata. */
 export type PolicyAttachment = {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-instance.controller.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-instance.controller.ts
index 881f703b03a..3c76586afad 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-instance.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-instance.controller.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import {
+	CreatePolicyDocumentDto,
+	PutInstancePolicyDto,
+	ReplaceAttachmentsDto,
+	UpdatePolicyDocumentDto,
+} from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { LICENSE_FEATURES } from '@n8n/constants';
 import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '@n8n/db';
 import {
@@ -17,10 +23,6 @@ import type { Response } from 'express';
 import { NotFoundError } from '@/errors/response-errors/not-found.error';
 
 import { NODE_TYPES_KIND } from './constants';
-import { CreatePolicyDocumentDto } from './dto/create-policy-document.dto';
-import { PutInstancePolicyDto } from './dto/put-instance-policy.dto';
-import { ReplaceAttachmentsDto } from './dto/replace-attachments.dto';
-import { UpdatePolicyDocumentDto } from './dto/update-policy-document.dto';
 import { TypeAvailabilityPolicyService } from './type-availability-policy.service';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-project.controller.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-project.controller.ts
index 02badfca410..68b4ebb90ab 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-project.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/type-availability-policies/type-availability-policy-project.controller.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { PutProjectPolicyDto } from '@n8n/api-types';
 import { LICENSE_FEATURES } from '@n8n/constants';
 import { AuthenticatedRequest } from '@n8n/db';
 import { Body, Get, Licensed, ProjectScope, Put, RestController } from '@n8n/decorators';
 import type { Response } from 'express';
 
 import { NODE_TYPES_KIND } from './constants';
-import { PutProjectPolicyDto } from './dto/put-project-policy.dto';
 import { TypeAvailabilityPolicyService } from './type-availability-policy.service';
 
 /**