diff --git a/crates/adapters/event-transport/Cargo.toml b/crates/adapters/event-transport/Cargo.toml
index fa67b60..e7e7c38 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/event-transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/adapters/event-transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ event-payload = { workspace = true }
 serde_json    = { workspace = true }
 async-trait   = { workspace = true }
 tracing       = { workspace = true }
+futures       = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/adapters/event-transport/src/lib.rs b/crates/adapters/event-transport/src/lib.rs
index 8ef1c79..bc483d6 100644
--- a/crates/adapters/event-transport/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/adapters/event-transport/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use domain::{errors::DomainError, events::DomainEvent, ports::EventPublisher};
+use domain::{errors::DomainError, events::{DomainEvent, EventEnvelope}, ports::{EventConsumer, EventPublisher}};
 use event_payload::EventPayload;
+use futures::stream::BoxStream;
 
 /// Abstraction over any pub/sub transport backend.
 /// Implement this for NATS, Kafka, Redis Streams, etc.
@@ -37,6 +38,67 @@ impl<T: Transport> EventPublisher for EventPublisherAdapter<T> {
     }
 }
 
+/// A raw inbound message from a transport backend.
+/// `ack` and `nack` are transport-level acknowledgements (e.g. Kafka offset commit).
+/// For at-most-once transports (basic NATS), both are no-ops.
+pub struct RawMessage {
+    pub subject: String,
+    pub payload: Vec<u8>,
+    pub ack:  Box<dyn Fn() + Send + Sync>,
+    pub nack: Box<dyn Fn() + Send + Sync>,
+}
+
+/// Abstraction over any subscribe/consume backend.
+pub trait MessageSource: Send + Sync {
+    fn messages(&self) -> BoxStream<'_, Result<RawMessage, DomainError>>;
+}
+
+/// Deserializes raw transport messages into domain `EventEnvelope`s.
+/// Invalid or unknown messages are skipped with a warning — stream continues.
+pub struct EventConsumerAdapter<S: MessageSource> {
+    source: S,
+}
+
+impl<S: MessageSource> EventConsumerAdapter<S> {
+    pub fn new(source: S) -> Self { Self { source } }
+}
+
+impl<S: MessageSource> EventConsumer for EventConsumerAdapter<S> {
+    fn consume(&self) -> BoxStream<'_, Result<EventEnvelope, DomainError>> {
+        use futures::StreamExt;
+        let stream = self.source.messages();
+        Box::pin(stream.filter_map(|result| async move {
+            match result {
+                Err(e) => {
+                    tracing::warn!("transport error: {e}");
+                    None
+                }
+                Ok(msg) => {
+                    let payload = match serde_json::from_slice::<EventPayload>(&msg.payload) {
+                        Ok(p) => p,
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::warn!("failed to deserialize event payload: {e}");
+                            return None;
+                        }
+                    };
+                    let event = match DomainEvent::try_from(payload) {
+                        Ok(e) => e,
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::warn!("unknown event type: {e}");
+                            return None;
+                        }
+                    };
+                    Some(Ok(EventEnvelope {
+                        event,
+                        ack:  msg.ack,
+                        nack: msg.nack,
+                    }))
+                }
+            }
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -87,4 +149,60 @@ mod tests {
         let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&bytes).expect("valid JSON");
         assert_eq!(json["type"], "UserBlocked");
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn consumer_adapter_deserializes_and_yields_event() {
+        use domain::value_objects::ThoughtId;
+        use futures::StreamExt;
+
+        let event = DomainEvent::ThoughtCreated {
+            thought_id: ThoughtId::new(),
+            user_id: UserId::new(),
+            in_reply_to_id: None,
+        };
+        let payload = EventPayload::from(&event);
+        let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&payload).unwrap();
+
+        struct OneMessageSource { bytes: Vec<u8> }
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl MessageSource for OneMessageSource {
+            fn messages(&self) -> futures::stream::BoxStream<'_, Result<RawMessage, DomainError>> {
+                let msg = RawMessage {
+                    subject: "thoughts.created".to_string(),
+                    payload: self.bytes.clone(),
+                    ack:  Box::new(|| {}),
+                    nack: Box::new(|| {}),
+                };
+                Box::pin(futures::stream::once(async { Ok(msg) }))
+            }
+        }
+
+        let adapter = EventConsumerAdapter::new(OneMessageSource { bytes });
+        let mut stream = adapter.consume();
+        let envelope = stream.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(envelope.event, DomainEvent::ThoughtCreated { .. }));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn consumer_adapter_skips_invalid_payloads() {
+        use futures::StreamExt;
+
+        struct BadMessageSource;
+        #[async_trait::async_trait]
+        impl MessageSource for BadMessageSource {
+            fn messages(&self) -> futures::stream::BoxStream<'_, Result<RawMessage, DomainError>> {
+                let msg = RawMessage {
+                    subject: "bad".to_string(),
+                    payload: b"not valid json".to_vec(),
+                    ack:  Box::new(|| {}),
+                    nack: Box::new(|| {}),
+                };
+                Box::pin(futures::stream::once(async { Ok(msg) }))
+            }
+        }
+
+        let adapter = EventConsumerAdapter::new(BadMessageSource);
+        let mut stream = adapter.consume();
+        assert!(stream.next().await.is_none());
+    }
 }