diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 9f11dd0226..55b2767729 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ People trust WordCraft with their writing; a crash loses their work. **This outr
 - **Input-derived numbers are hostile** (files, commands, MCP/control params): `get()` instead of `[i]`, slice strings only at char boundaries, checked/saturating arithmetic, clamp sizes, cap allocations, bound recursion.
 - **Last-resort guard:** `Session::run` turns an escaped panic into an error and restores the document. It's a safety net, not a licence.
 - **Prove it:** every crash fix lands with a regression test. `crates/engine/src/tests.rs::hostile_params_never_panic` runs every command with junk params — keep it green.
-- Production crate roots carry `#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]`; new crates start with it. Tests may `unwrap` (`clippy.toml`).
+- Production crate roots carry `#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]`; new crates start with it and add `[lints]` with `workspace = true` to their `Cargo.toml`. Tests may `unwrap` (`clippy.toml`).
 
 ## Assets: absolutely no Microsoft (or Adobe/Avid/Autodesk) iconography or images
 **This rule is non-negotiable.** Breaking it is the worst mistake you can make in this repo.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e2b787d11..02c5f802e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ arboard = { version = "3.7", default-features = false, features = ["wayland-data
 unsafe_code = "forbid"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
+cognitive_complexity = "deny"
+wildcard_imports = "deny"
 dbg_macro = "warn"
 todo = "warn"
-too_many_arguments = "allow"
+too_many_arguments = "deny"
 type_complexity = "allow"
 
 # Line tables keep file and line in panics and backtraces; full debug info
diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 287e14edc1..3522a15b69 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ allow-indexing-slicing-in-tests = true
 disallowed-types = [
     { path = "egui::ComboBox", reason = "use craft_ui::ComboBox: egui's combo box menu can't grow back while open (egui#5225)" },
 ]
+cognitive-complexity-threshold = 30
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index df7dfa877b..6d935ae8fd 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
 [dependencies]
 serde_json = { workspace = true }