diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ed77e2bf7..9c7358073 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 # Session Replay Packages (Browser)
 # Owned by the Session Replay SDK team
+/packages/amp-semantic/ @amplitude/session-replay-sdk
 /packages/session-replay-browser/ @amplitude/session-replay-sdk
 /packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/ @amplitude/session-replay-sdk
 /packages/segment-session-replay-plugin/ @amplitude/session-replay-sdk
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/README.md b/packages/amp-semantic/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96ebc3121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# @amplitude/amp-semantic
+
+Package foundation for semantic event capture in Amplitude. This increment establishes
+workspace packaging, CommonJS/ESM builds, TypeScript declarations, linting, tests, and
+the shared event envelope. It does not collect or emit events.
+
+## Public contracts
+
+- `SEMANTIC_VERSION`: payload envelope version (`1`).
+- `SemanticIdentity`: `tab_id` and `document_id` correlation fields.
+- `SemanticEventEnvelope<Name, Payload>`: a typed name, timestamp, and payload
+  containing the caller's fields plus version and identity.
+
+No event families are defined or registered. The package has no browser listeners,
+DOM observers, storage access, identity generation, capture runtime, or Session Replay
+integration. It is not yet a usable capture SDK.
+
+## Incremental implementation
+
+1. **This PR:** package structure and shared envelope contracts.
+2. **Context and visibility:** capture runtime, sampling/caps, identity generation,
+   recorders, event schemas, Session Replay integration, and a local test page.
+3. **Dialog and notice:** rrweb mutation input, DOM enrichment, and feedback recorders.
+4. Additional event families in later PRs.
+
+The existing full implementation remains available in PR #2082. Each event increment
+should add its contracts, implementation, documentation, and validation together.
+
+## Development
+
+From the repository root:
+
+```sh
+pnpm install
+pnpm build
+pnpm --filter @amplitude/amp-semantic typecheck
+pnpm --filter @amplitude/amp-semantic test --runInBand
+pnpm --filter @amplitude/amp-semantic lint
+```
+
+The package build cleans `lib` before generating `lib/cjs` and `lib/esm`, avoiding stale
+recorders when switching between incremental branches. Runtime dependencies are limited
+to the workspace-standard TypeScript helper library; event-specific dependencies arrive
+with their implementations.
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/jest.config.js b/packages/amp-semantic/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49ef4c4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = {
+  ...require('../../jest.config.js'),
+  displayName: '@amplitude/amp-semantic',
+  rootDir: '.',
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+};
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/package.json b/packages/amp-semantic/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2934c285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "name": "@amplitude/amp-semantic",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Shared package foundation for Amplitude semantic event capture",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "lib/cjs/index.js",
+  "module": "lib/esm/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/esm/index.d.ts",
+  "sideEffects": false,
+  "files": [
+    "lib"
+  ],
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rimraf lib",
+    "build": "pnpm clean && pnpm build:es5 && pnpm build:esm",
+    "build:es5": "tsc -p tsconfig.es5.json",
+    "build:esm": "tsc -p tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "test": "jest",
+    "lint": "eslint '{src,test}/**/*.ts'",
+    "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^2.4.1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/amplitude/Amplitude-TypeScript.git"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/amplitude/Amplitude-TypeScript",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/src/index.ts b/packages/amp-semantic/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d457e7aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { SEMANTIC_VERSION } from './types';
+export type { SemanticIdentity, SemanticEventEnvelope } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/src/types.ts b/packages/amp-semantic/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2933821f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/** Version of the shared semantic payload envelope. */
+export const SEMANTIC_VERSION = 1;
+
+/** Correlation identifiers supplied by a future capture host. */
+export interface SemanticIdentity {
+  readonly tab_id: string;
+  readonly document_id: string;
+}
+
+/** Internal event envelope, independent of any event family or replay transport. */
+export interface SemanticEventEnvelope<Name extends string, Payload extends object> {
+  name: Name;
+  timestamp: number;
+  payload: Payload & SemanticIdentity & { v: typeof SEMANTIC_VERSION };
+}
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/test/index.test.ts b/packages/amp-semantic/test/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eae407980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/test/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { SEMANTIC_VERSION, SemanticEventEnvelope, SemanticIdentity } from '../src';
+
+// Exercise the public type exports without defining a production event family.
+const identity: SemanticIdentity = { tab_id: 'test-tab', document_id: 'test-document' };
+const event: SemanticEventEnvelope<'test-only', { count: number }> = {
+  name: 'test-only',
+  timestamp: 123,
+  payload: { ...identity, v: SEMANTIC_VERSION, count: 1 },
+};
+
+test('exports a versioned envelope contract that preserves the host payload', () => {
+  expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(event))).toEqual({
+    name: 'test-only',
+    timestamp: 123,
+    payload: { tab_id: 'test-tab', document_id: 'test-document', v: 1, count: 1 },
+  });
+});
+
+// These compile-time assertions protect event-name/payload pairing and required metadata.
+// @ts-expect-error The event name must match the selected family.
+const invalidName: typeof event = { ...event, name: 'different-family' };
+// @ts-expect-error Version and identity are mandatory, even for a payload with no domain fields.
+const missingMetadata: SemanticEventEnvelope<'test-only', object> = { name: 'test-only', timestamp: 0, payload: {} };
+void invalidName;
+void missingMetadata;
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.es5.json b/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.es5.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed5f1c806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.es5.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "noEmit": false,
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/cjs"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.esm.json b/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.esm.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34f1a5793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["src/**/*"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "es2020",
+    "noEmit": false,
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "lib/esm"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.json b/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8d3ccb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amp-semantic/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "test/**/*"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "rootDir": "."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 5b8f3b949..a83152fb7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -304,6 +304,16 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^4.9.4
         version: 4.9.5
 
+  packages/amp-semantic:
+    dependencies:
+      tslib:
+        specifier: ^2.4.1
+        version: 2.8.1
+    devDependencies:
+      rimraf:
+        specifier: ^3.0.2
+        version: 3.0.2
+
   packages/analytics-browser:
     dependencies:
       '@amplitude/analytics-core':