diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index ed0f869c3fc..8513678f77d 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ export default [
       'react-native/sort-styles': 'off',
 
       // Add our own rules:
+      'edge/react-fc-component-definition': 'warn',
+      'edge/react-render-function-definition': 'warn',
       'edge/useAbortable-abort-check-param': 'error',
       'edge/useAbortable-abort-check-usage': 'error',
 
diff --git a/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/index.mjs b/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/index.mjs
index 8b50c5ccaad..006e9bba051 100644
--- a/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/index.mjs
+++ b/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/index.mjs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+import reactFcComponentDefinition from './react-fc-component-definition.mjs'
+import reactRenderFunctionDefinition from './react-render-function-definition.mjs'
 import abortCheckParam from './useAbortable-abort-check-param.mjs'
 import abortCheckUsage from './useAbortable-abort-check-usage.mjs'
 
 export default {
   meta: {
     name: 'eslint-plugin-edge',
-    version: '0.1.2',
+    version: '0.1.3',
     namespace: 'edge'
   },
   rules: {
+    'react-fc-component-definition': reactFcComponentDefinition,
+    'react-render-function-definition': reactRenderFunctionDefinition,
     'useAbortable-abort-check-param': abortCheckParam,
     'useAbortable-abort-check-usage': abortCheckUsage
   }
diff --git a/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/react-fc-component-definition.mjs b/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/react-fc-component-definition.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef409cc6ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/react-fc-component-definition.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/**
+ * ESLint rule to enforce React.FC<Props> for component definitions.
+ *
+ * Wrong:
+ *   export const Component = (props: Props): React.ReactElement | null => { ... }
+ *
+ * Correct:
+ *   export const Component: React.FC<Props> = props => { ... }
+ *
+ * This rule only targets PascalCase-named arrow functions to distinguish
+ * components from render helper functions (which should use explicit return types).
+ */
+
+const JSX_RETURN_TYPES = [
+  'ReactElement',
+  'ReactNode',
+  'Element', // JSX.Element
+  'JSXElement'
+]
+
+function isPascalCase(name) {
+  return /^[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$/.test(name)
+}
+
+function isJsxReturnType(typeAnnotation) {
+  if (!typeAnnotation) return false
+
+  const { typeAnnotation: innerType } = typeAnnotation
+
+  // Handle union types like `React.ReactElement | null`
+  if (innerType.type === 'TSUnionType') {
+    return innerType.types.some(t => isJsxType(t))
+  }
+
+  return isJsxType(innerType)
+}
+
+function isJsxType(node) {
+  if (!node) return false
+
+  // Handle `React.ReactElement`, `React.JSX.Element`, etc.
+  if (node.type === 'TSTypeReference') {
+    const typeName = getTypeName(node.typeName)
+    return JSX_RETURN_TYPES.some(t => typeName.endsWith(t))
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
+
+function getTypeName(typeName) {
+  if (typeName.type === 'Identifier') {
+    return typeName.name
+  }
+  // Handle qualified names like `React.ReactElement` or `React.JSX.Element`
+  // We only need the rightmost name since we use `.endsWith()` checks
+  if (typeName.type === 'TSQualifiedName') {
+    return typeName.right.name
+  }
+  return ''
+}
+
+export default {
+  meta: {
+    type: 'suggestion',
+    docs: {
+      description:
+        'Enforce React.FC<Props> for component definitions instead of explicit return types',
+      category: 'Stylistic Issues',
+      recommended: false
+    },
+    schema: []
+  },
+  create(context) {
+    return {
+      VariableDeclarator(node) {
+        // Check if this is an arrow function
+        if (node.init?.type !== 'ArrowFunctionExpression') return
+
+        // Check if the variable name is PascalCase (component convention)
+        const variableName = node.id?.name
+        if (!variableName || !isPascalCase(variableName)) return
+
+        // Check if the arrow function has an explicit return type
+        const arrowFunction = node.init
+        if (!arrowFunction.returnType) return
+
+        // Check if the return type is a JSX-related type
+        if (!isJsxReturnType(arrowFunction.returnType)) return
+
+        // Check if the variable already has a React.FC type annotation
+        const variableType = node.id.typeAnnotation
+        if (variableType) {
+          const typeName = getTypeName(
+            variableType.typeAnnotation?.typeName || {}
+          )
+          if (
+            typeName.endsWith('FC') ||
+            typeName.endsWith('FunctionComponent')
+          ) {
+            return // Already using React.FC
+          }
+        }
+
+        context.report({
+          node: arrowFunction.returnType,
+          message: `Component '${variableName}' should use React.FC<Props> instead of an explicit return type. Use: const ${variableName}: React.FC<Props> = props => { ... }`
+        })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/react-render-function-definition.mjs b/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/react-render-function-definition.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05188963a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/eslint-plugin-edge/react-render-function-definition.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/**
+ * ESLint rule to enforce React.ReactElement for render helper functions.
+ *
+ * Wrong:
+ *   const renderItem = (item: Item): React.ReactNode => { ... }
+ *   const renderHeader = (): JSX.Element => { ... }
+ *
+ * Correct:
+ *   const renderItem = (item: Item): React.ReactElement => { ... }
+ *   const renderBadge = (): React.ReactElement | null => { ... }
+ *
+ * This rule targets camelCase functions starting with "render" to distinguish
+ * render helpers from components (which should use React.FC<Props>).
+ */
+
+// Types that should be flagged and replaced with ReactElement
+const DISALLOWED_TYPES = [
+  'ReactNode', // Too broad - use ReactElement or explicit union
+  'Element' // JSX.Element - use ReactElement for consistency
+]
+
+function isRenderFunction(name) {
+  return /^render[A-Z]/.test(name)
+}
+
+function getTypeName(typeName) {
+  if (typeName.type === 'Identifier') {
+    return typeName.name
+  }
+  // Handle qualified names like `React.ReactNode` or `JSX.Element`
+  // We only need the rightmost name since we use exact matches
+  if (typeName.type === 'TSQualifiedName') {
+    return typeName.right.name
+  }
+  return ''
+}
+
+function isDisallowedType(node) {
+  if (!node) return null
+
+  // Handle `React.ReactNode`, `JSX.Element`, etc.
+  if (node.type === 'TSTypeReference') {
+    const typeName = getTypeName(node.typeName)
+    if (DISALLOWED_TYPES.includes(typeName)) {
+      return typeName
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null
+}
+
+function checkReturnType(typeAnnotation) {
+  if (!typeAnnotation) return null
+
+  const { typeAnnotation: innerType } = typeAnnotation
+
+  // Handle union types like `React.ReactElement | null`
+  // Only flag if the union contains a disallowed type
+  if (innerType.type === 'TSUnionType') {
+    for (const t of innerType.types) {
+      const disallowed = isDisallowedType(t)
+      if (disallowed != null) {
+        return disallowed
+      }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return isDisallowedType(innerType)
+}
+
+export default {
+  meta: {
+    type: 'suggestion',
+    docs: {
+      description:
+        'Enforce React.ReactElement for render helper functions instead of ReactNode or JSX.Element',
+      category: 'Stylistic Issues',
+      recommended: false
+    },
+    schema: []
+  },
+  create(context) {
+    return {
+      VariableDeclarator(node) {
+        // Check if this is an arrow function
+        if (node.init?.type !== 'ArrowFunctionExpression') return
+
+        // Check if the variable name starts with "render" (camelCase render helper)
+        const variableName = node.id?.name
+        if (!variableName || !isRenderFunction(variableName)) return
+
+        // Check if the arrow function has an explicit return type
+        const arrowFunction = node.init
+        if (!arrowFunction.returnType) return
+
+        // Check if the return type is a disallowed type
+        const disallowedType = checkReturnType(arrowFunction.returnType)
+        if (disallowedType == null) return
+
+        const suggestion =
+          disallowedType === 'ReactNode'
+            ? 'React.ReactElement (or React.ReactElement | null for nullable returns)'
+            : 'React.ReactElement'
+
+        context.report({
+          node: arrowFunction.returnType,
+          message: `Render function '${variableName}' should return ${suggestion} instead of ${disallowedType}. Use: const ${variableName} = (...): React.ReactElement => { ... }`
+        })
+      },
+
+      // Also check regular function declarations
+      FunctionDeclaration(node) {
+        const functionName = node.id?.name
+        if (!functionName || !isRenderFunction(functionName)) return
+
+        if (!node.returnType) return
+
+        const disallowedType = checkReturnType(node.returnType)
+        if (disallowedType == null) return
+
+        const suggestion =
+          disallowedType === 'ReactNode'
+            ? 'React.ReactElement (or React.ReactElement | null for nullable returns)'
+            : 'React.ReactElement'
+
+        context.report({
+          node: node.returnType,
+          message: `Render function '${functionName}' should return ${suggestion} instead of ${disallowedType}. Use: function ${functionName}(...): React.ReactElement { ... }`
+        })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}