diff --git a/crates/adapters/event-publisher/Cargo.toml b/crates/adapters/event-publisher/Cargo.toml
index 0d7d213..70f7160 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/event-publisher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/adapters/event-publisher/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,3 +2,13 @@
 name = "event-publisher"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+domain        = { workspace = true }
+event-payload = { workspace = true }
+serde_json    = { workspace = true }
+async-trait   = { workspace = true }
+tracing       = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/adapters/event-publisher/src/lib.rs b/crates/adapters/event-publisher/src/lib.rs
index e69de29..8ef1c79 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/event-publisher/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/adapters/event-publisher/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use domain::{errors::DomainError, events::DomainEvent, ports::EventPublisher};
+use event_payload::EventPayload;
+
+/// Abstraction over any pub/sub transport backend.
+/// Implement this for NATS, Kafka, Redis Streams, etc.
+/// The adapter calls `publish_bytes(subject, bytes)` — subjects come from `EventPayload::subject()`.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait Transport: Send + Sync {
+    async fn publish_bytes(&self, subject: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), DomainError>;
+}
+
+/// Routes domain events to a transport backend.
+///
+/// Converts: `DomainEvent` → `EventPayload` → JSON bytes → `transport.publish_bytes(subject, bytes)`
+///
+/// To swap transports (e.g. NATS → Kafka), replace the `T` at the composition root.
+pub struct EventPublisherAdapter<T: Transport> {
+    transport: T,
+}
+
+impl<T: Transport> EventPublisherAdapter<T> {
+    pub fn new(transport: T) -> Self {
+        Self { transport }
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<T: Transport> EventPublisher for EventPublisherAdapter<T> {
+    async fn publish(&self, event: &DomainEvent) -> Result<(), DomainError> {
+        let payload = EventPayload::from(event);
+        let subject = payload.subject();
+        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&payload)
+            .map_err(|e| DomainError::Internal(e.to_string()))?;
+        tracing::debug!(subject, "publishing event");
+        self.transport.publish_bytes(subject, &bytes).await
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use async_trait::async_trait;
+    use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+    use domain::value_objects::{ThoughtId, UserId};
+
+    struct SpyTransport {
+        calls: Arc<Mutex<Vec<(String, Vec<u8>)>>>,
+    }
+    impl SpyTransport {
+        fn new() -> (Self, Arc<Mutex<Vec<(String, Vec<u8>)>>>) {
+            let calls = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![]));
+            (Self { calls: calls.clone() }, calls)
+        }
+    }
+    #[async_trait]
+    impl Transport for SpyTransport {
+        async fn publish_bytes(&self, subject: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), DomainError> {
+            self.calls.lock().unwrap().push((subject.to_string(), bytes.to_vec()));
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn thought_created_routes_to_correct_subject() {
+        let (spy, calls) = SpyTransport::new();
+        let publisher = EventPublisherAdapter::new(spy);
+        publisher.publish(&DomainEvent::ThoughtCreated {
+            thought_id: ThoughtId::new(),
+            user_id: UserId::new(),
+            in_reply_to_id: None,
+        }).await.unwrap();
+        let calls = calls.lock().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(calls.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(calls[0].0, "thoughts.created");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn serialized_payload_is_valid_json() {
+        let (spy, calls) = SpyTransport::new();
+        let publisher = EventPublisherAdapter::new(spy);
+        publisher.publish(&DomainEvent::UserBlocked {
+            blocker_id: UserId::new(),
+            blocked_id: UserId::new(),
+        }).await.unwrap();
+        let bytes = calls.lock().unwrap()[0].1.clone();
+        let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).expect("valid JSON");
+        assert_eq!(json["type"], "UserBlocked");
+    }
+}