diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.Commons/Interfaces/Services/IAuditWriter.cs b/src/ScadaLink.Commons/Interfaces/Services/IAuditWriter.cs
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+using ScadaLink.Commons.Entities.Audit;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Boundary-side abstraction for emitting Audit Log (#23) events.
+/// Implementations on the site write to local SQLite hot-path; on central they write to MS SQL directly.
+/// Failures must NEVER abort the user-facing action.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IAuditWriter
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Persist an audit event. Best-effort: implementations must swallow/log internal failures
+    /// rather than propagating them to the calling boundary code.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task WriteAsync(AuditEvent evt, CancellationToken ct = default);
+}
diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.Commons/Interfaces/Services/ICentralAuditWriter.cs b/src/ScadaLink.Commons/Interfaces/Services/ICentralAuditWriter.cs
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+using ScadaLink.Commons.Entities.Audit;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Central-only audit writer for the direct-write path (Notification Outbox dispatch, Inbound API).
+/// Distinct from <see cref="IAuditWriter"/> so DI binding can differ between site and central hosts.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ICentralAuditWriter
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Persist an audit event into the central AuditLog table directly (bypassing site telemetry).
+    /// Best-effort: implementations must swallow/log internal failures rather than propagating them.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task WriteAsync(AuditEvent evt, CancellationToken ct = default);
+}
diff --git a/tests/ScadaLink.Commons.Tests/Interfaces/Services/AuditWriterContractTests.cs b/tests/ScadaLink.Commons.Tests/Interfaces/Services/AuditWriterContractTests.cs
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+using System.Reflection;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Entities.Audit;
+using ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Services;
+
+namespace ScadaLink.Commons.Tests.Interfaces.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Reflection-level contract guards for the Audit Log (#23) writer interfaces.
+/// Locks in method signature so DI bindings + adapter implementations stay aligned.
+/// </summary>
+public class AuditWriterContractTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(typeof(IAuditWriter))]
+    [InlineData(typeof(ICentralAuditWriter))]
+    public void WriteAsync_HasExpectedSignature(Type writerType)
+    {
+        var method = writerType.GetMethod("WriteAsync", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
+        Assert.NotNull(method);
+        Assert.Equal(typeof(Task), method!.ReturnType);
+
+        var parameters = method.GetParameters();
+        Assert.Equal(2, parameters.Length);
+        Assert.Equal(typeof(AuditEvent), parameters[0].ParameterType);
+        Assert.Equal(typeof(CancellationToken), parameters[1].ParameterType);
+        Assert.True(parameters[1].HasDefaultValue);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IAuditWriter_AndICentralAuditWriter_AreDistinctTypes()
+    {
+        Assert.NotEqual(typeof(IAuditWriter), typeof(ICentralAuditWriter));
+        Assert.False(typeof(IAuditWriter).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(ICentralAuditWriter)));
+        Assert.False(typeof(ICentralAuditWriter).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(IAuditWriter)));
+    }
+}