diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 465117e..036b02e 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,91 @@ export const schemas: Record<string, unknown>;
  */
 export function getSchema(id: string): unknown;
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Canonical event type (the aep-record shape).
+//
+// `AepRecord` is the typed view of the canonical-event wire contract
+// (schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json). Each field maps 1:1 onto the
+// Agent Evidence Protocol record, so consumers get types instead of an opaque
+// object. open-agent-audit maps its v0.1 events onto this shape before
+// validating them against the aep-record schema.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/** Agent identity that produced a canonical event. Maps to AEP run_context. */
+export interface CanonicalEventAgent {
+  agent_id?: string;
+  agent_version?: string;
+  subagent_id?: string;
+  delegation_chain?: string[];
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+/** A single state-changing tool action. Maps to an AEP actions[] entry. */
+export interface CanonicalEventAction {
+  action_id: string;
+  tool_name: string;
+  state_changing: boolean;
+  timestamp_ms: number;
+  precondition_digest?: string;
+  result_digest?: string;
+  parent_action_id?: string;
+  evidence_refs?: string[];
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+/** A capability allow/deny decision. Maps to an AEP capability_decisions[] entry. */
+export interface CanonicalEventCapabilityDecision {
+  capability: string;
+  subject: string;
+  resource: string;
+  decision: 'allow' | 'deny' | 'ask_user' | 'dry_run';
+  reason_code?: string;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+/** A verifier pass/fail result. Maps to an AEP verifier_results[] entry. */
+export interface CanonicalEventVerifierResult {
+  verifier_id: string;
+  passed: boolean;
+  score?: number;
+  claim_ids?: string[];
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+/** Tamper-evident signature over the event. Maps to the AEP signature block. */
+export interface CanonicalEventSignature {
+  alg: string;
+  key_id: string;
+  sig: string;
+  bundle?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  transparency_log_ref?: string;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The canonical event (aep-record) type exported by @wasmagent/protocol.
+ * Maps onto schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json and the Agent Evidence
+ * Protocol record shape.
+ */
+export interface AepRecord {
+  schema_version: 'canonical-event/v0.1';
+  event_id: string;
+  event_type: 'action' | 'capability_decision' | 'verifier_result' | 'run_lifecycle' | 'custom';
+  run_id: string;
+  trace_id?: string;
+  parent_trace_id?: string | null;
+  created_at_ms: number;
+  agent?: CanonicalEventAgent;
+  action?: CanonicalEventAction;
+  capability_decision?: CanonicalEventCapabilityDecision;
+  verifier_result?: CanonicalEventVerifierResult;
+  payload?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  signature?: CanonicalEventSignature;
+}
+
+/** Alias naming the same type after the canonical-event schema. */
+export type CanonicalEvent = AepRecord;
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Cross-repo schema drift detection.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/schemas/index.json b/schemas/index.json
index 2bc43b1..dc567be 100644
--- a/schemas/index.json
+++ b/schemas/index.json
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@
       ],
       "summary": "Shared envelope base for all AEP evidence records \u2014 schema_version, trace_id, created_at_ms, and optional signature."
     },
+    {
+      "id": "canonical-event",
+      "title": "CanonicalEvent",
+      "path": "schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json",
+      "canonical_id": "https://wasmagent.dev/schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json",
+      "version": "canonical-event/v0.1",
+      "stability": "evolving",
+      "owners": [
+        "wasmagent-protocol"
+      ],
+      "consumers": [
+        "open-agent-audit"
+      ],
+      "summary": "Canonical single-event shape open-agent-audit emits and maps onto an AEP record (aep-record) \u2014 the bridge contract for the open-agent-audit -> aep-record adapter."
+    },
     {
       "id": "constraint-ir",
       "title": "ConstraintIR",
diff --git a/schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json b/schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4157850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://wasmagent.dev/schemas/v0.1/canonical-event.schema.json",
+  "title": "CanonicalEvent",
+  "description": "Canonical agent event — the normalized, single-event shape that open-agent-audit emits and maps onto an AEP record (aep-record). Each field has a direct aep-record counterpart: run_id/trace_id/created_at_ms/signature map 1:1; agent -> run_context; action -> actions[]; capability_decision -> capability_decisions[]; verifier_result -> verifier_results[].",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": ["schema_version", "event_id", "event_type", "run_id", "created_at_ms"],
+  "properties": {
+    "schema_version": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": ["canonical-event/v0.1"],
+      "description": "Wire version tag for the canonical event envelope."
+    },
+    "event_id": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "Stable, unique identifier for this single event within the run."
+    },
+    "event_type": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "enum": ["action", "capability_decision", "verifier_result", "run_lifecycle", "custom"],
+      "description": "Discriminator naming which canonical payload this event carries."
+    },
+    "run_id": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The run this event belongs to. Maps to aep-record.run_id."
+    },
+    "trace_id": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "Optional trace/correlation id. Maps to aep-record.trace_id."
+    },
+    "parent_trace_id": {
+      "type": ["string", "null"],
+      "description": "Optional parent trace id for nested/delegated runs. Maps to aep-record.parent_trace_id."
+    },
+    "created_at_ms": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "Unix-epoch milliseconds at which the event was recorded. Maps to aep-record.created_at_ms."
+    },
+    "agent": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/agent",
+      "description": "Identity of the agent that produced the event. Maps to aep-record.run_context."
+    },
+    "action": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/action",
+      "description": "A single tool action. Maps to one entry of aep-record.actions[]."
+    },
+    "capability_decision": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/capabilityDecision",
+      "description": "A capability allow/deny decision. Maps to one entry of aep-record.capability_decisions[]."
+    },
+    "verifier_result": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/verifierResult",
+      "description": "A verifier pass/fail result. Maps to one entry of aep-record.verifier_results[]."
+    },
+    "payload": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": true,
+      "description": "Free-form event-specific payload for event_type 'custom'. Ignored by the open-agent-audit -> aep-record adapter for typed event_types."
+    },
+    "signature": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/signature",
+      "description": "Optional tamper-evident signature over the event. Maps to aep-record.signature."
+    }
+  },
+  "$defs": {
+    "agent": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "agent_id": { "type": "string" },
+        "agent_version": { "type": "string" },
+        "subagent_id": { "type": "string" },
+        "delegation_chain": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    },
+    "action": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["action_id", "tool_name", "state_changing", "timestamp_ms"],
+      "properties": {
+        "action_id": { "type": "string" },
+        "tool_name": { "type": "string" },
+        "state_changing": { "type": "boolean" },
+        "timestamp_ms": { "type": "number" },
+        "precondition_digest": { "type": "string" },
+        "result_digest": { "type": "string" },
+        "parent_action_id": { "type": "string" },
+        "evidence_refs": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    },
+    "capabilityDecision": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["capability", "subject", "resource", "decision"],
+      "properties": {
+        "capability": { "type": "string" },
+        "subject": { "type": "string" },
+        "resource": { "type": "string" },
+        "decision": { "type": "string", "enum": ["allow", "deny", "ask_user", "dry_run"] },
+        "reason_code": { "type": "string" }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    },
+    "verifierResult": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["verifier_id", "passed"],
+      "properties": {
+        "verifier_id": { "type": "string" },
+        "passed": { "type": "boolean" },
+        "score": { "type": "number" },
+        "claim_ids": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    },
+    "signature": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["alg", "key_id", "sig"],
+      "properties": {
+        "alg": { "type": "string" },
+        "key_id": { "type": "string" },
+        "sig": { "type": "string" },
+        "bundle": { "type": "object" },
+        "transparency_log_ref": { "type": "string" }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/invalid/canonical-event/example.json b/tests/fixtures/invalid/canonical-event/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a40fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/invalid/canonical-event/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": "canonical-event/v9.9",
+  "event_id": "evt-bad",
+  "event_type": "not-a-real-type",
+  "run_id": "run-abc123",
+  "created_at_ms": 1737600000000
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/valid/canonical-event/example.json b/tests/fixtures/valid/canonical-event/example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7162266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/valid/canonical-event/example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": "canonical-event/v0.1",
+  "event_id": "evt-001",
+  "event_type": "action",
+  "run_id": "run-abc123",
+  "trace_id": "trace-001",
+  "created_at_ms": 1737600000000,
+  "agent": {
+    "agent_id": "agent-1",
+    "agent_version": "1.20.0"
+  },
+  "action": {
+    "action_id": "a1",
+    "tool_name": "write_file",
+    "state_changing": true,
+    "timestamp_ms": 1737600000100,
+    "result_digest": "sha256:abcd"
+  },
+  "signature": {
+    "alg": "ed25519",
+    "key_id": "k1",
+    "sig": "base64sig=="
+  }
+}