diff --git a/changelog.d/155-pnpm-yarn-cache-rules.added.md b/changelog.d/155-pnpm-yarn-cache-rules.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b998194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/155-pnpm-yarn-cache-rules.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Add safe rules for the pnpm package store and the Yarn download caches
+  (Yarn 1 global cache, Yarn Berry per-project and global caches),
+  classified as regenerable package-manager cache.
diff --git a/crates/diskern-core/rules/base.json b/crates/diskern-core/rules/base.json
index 689ad0f..fab6d06 100644
--- a/crates/diskern-core/rules/base.json
+++ b/crates/diskern-core/rules/base.json
@@ -64,6 +64,27 @@
       "verdict": "safe",
       "description": "npm's download cache. Re-fetched on demand; removing it only makes the next install download packages again."
     },
+    {
+      "id": "pnpm-store",
+      "patterns": ["**/pnpm/store/**", "**/.pnpm-store/**"],
+      "category": "package_manager_cache",
+      "verdict": "safe",
+      "description": "pnpm's content-addressable package store, under the pnpm home directory or a configured store dir. Re-fetched on demand; removing it only makes the next install download and unpack packages again."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "yarn-cache",
+      "patterns": ["**/.cache/yarn/**", "**/library/caches/yarn/**", "**/appdata/local/yarn/cache/**"],
+      "category": "package_manager_cache",
+      "verdict": "safe",
+      "description": "Yarn 1's global download cache. Re-fetched on demand; removing it only makes the next install download packages again."
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "yarn-pnp-cache",
+      "patterns": ["**/.yarn/cache/**", "**/.yarn/berry/cache/**"],
+      "category": "package_manager_cache",
+      "verdict": "review",
+      "description": "Yarn Berry's package cache — a project's .yarn/cache or the global .yarn/berry/cache. With Plug'n'Play these archives back live imports, so quarantining them breaks the app until yarn install restores them; only a pure download cache under the node-modules linker."
+    },
     {
       "id": "unix-system-logs",
       "patterns": ["/var/log/**", "/private/var/log/**"],
diff --git a/crates/diskern-core/src/rules.rs b/crates/diskern-core/src/rules.rs
index 7c3b9b8..8d117a8 100644
--- a/crates/diskern-core/src/rules.rs
+++ b/crates/diskern-core/src/rules.rs
@@ -463,6 +463,97 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn pnpm_store_is_safe_to_remove() {
+        let db = RulesDb::embedded();
+        for path in [
+            "/home/u/.local/share/pnpm/store/v3/files/aa/bb",
+            "/Users/u/Library/pnpm/store/v3/files/aa/bb",
+            "C:\\Users\\u\\AppData\\Local\\pnpm\\store\\v3\\files\\aa\\bb",
+            "/home/u/.pnpm-store/v3/files/aa/bb",
+        ] {
+            let (cat, verdict, rule) = db.classify(std::path::Path::new(path));
+            assert_eq!(
+                cat,
+                Category::PackageManagerCache,
+                "{path} matched {rule:?}"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(verdict, Verdict::Safe, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The pnpm home directory holds the store, but also the pnpm binary
+    /// itself and globally installed packages — neither is a download
+    /// cache.
+    #[test]
+    fn pnpm_home_outside_the_store_is_not_marked_safe() {
+        let db = RulesDb::embedded();
+        for path in [
+            "/Users/u/Library/pnpm/pnpm",
+            "/home/u/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.npmrc",
+        ] {
+            let (cat, verdict, rule) = db.classify(std::path::Path::new(path));
+            assert_eq!(cat, Category::Unknown, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+            assert_ne!(verdict, Verdict::Safe, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn yarn_cache_is_safe_to_remove() {
+        let db = RulesDb::embedded();
+        for path in [
+            "/home/u/.cache/yarn/v6/npm-react-18.2.0.zip",
+            "/Users/u/Library/Caches/Yarn/v6/npm-react-18.2.0.zip",
+            "C:\\Users\\u\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Cache\\v6\\npm-react-18.2.0.zip",
+        ] {
+            let (cat, verdict, rule) = db.classify(std::path::Path::new(path));
+            assert_eq!(
+                cat,
+                Category::PackageManagerCache,
+                "{path} matched {rule:?}"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(verdict, Verdict::Safe, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Yarn Berry's Plug'n'Play loader reads packages straight out of the
+    /// cache archives — a project's `.yarn/cache` or the global `.yarn/berry/cache`
+    /// — so these paths are `review`, not `safe`: quarantining them breaks
+    /// imports until `yarn install` restores the cache.
+    #[test]
+    fn yarn_pnp_caches_are_review_not_safe() {
+        let db = RulesDb::embedded();
+        for path in [
+            "/home/u/proj/.yarn/cache/react-npm-18.2.0.zip",
+            "/home/u/.yarn/berry/cache/react-npm-18.2.0.zip",
+        ] {
+            let (cat, verdict, rule) = db.classify(std::path::Path::new(path));
+            assert_eq!(
+                cat,
+                Category::PackageManagerCache,
+                "{path} matched {rule:?}"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(verdict, Verdict::Review, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A project's `.yarn` directory keeps the Yarn release binary,
+    /// plugins and editor SDKs next to `cache` — only `cache` is
+    /// re-downloaded packages.
+    #[test]
+    fn yarn_support_files_outside_the_cache_are_not_marked_safe() {
+        let db = RulesDb::embedded();
+        for path in [
+            "/home/u/proj/.yarn/releases/yarn-4.5.0.cjs",
+            "/home/u/proj/.yarn/sdks/typescript/bin/tsc",
+            "/home/u/proj/.yarnrc.yml",
+        ] {
+            let (cat, verdict, rule) = db.classify(std::path::Path::new(path));
+            assert_eq!(cat, Category::Unknown, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+            assert_ne!(verdict, Verdict::Safe, "{path} matched {rule:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// An installed application's own repair binary is not a reclaimable
     /// download. `unknown` is the right answer: report::build drops those,
     /// so it never reaches the user as an actionable row.
@@ -539,6 +630,24 @@ mod tests {
             Category::PackageManagerCache,
             Verdict::Safe,
         ),
+        (
+            "/home/u/.local/share/pnpm/store/v3/files/aa/bb",
+            "pnpm-store",
+            Category::PackageManagerCache,
+            Verdict::Safe,
+        ),
+        (
+            "/Users/u/Library/Caches/Yarn/v6/npm-react-18.2.0.zip",
+            "yarn-cache",
+            Category::PackageManagerCache,
+            Verdict::Safe,
+        ),
+        (
+            "/home/u/proj/.yarn/cache/react-npm-18.2.0.zip",
+            "yarn-pnp-cache",
+            Category::PackageManagerCache,
+            Verdict::Review,
+        ),
         (
             "/var/log/apt/history.log",
             "unix-system-logs",