diff --git a/agent_core/tracing/__init__.py b/agent_core/tracing/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3e27ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent_core/tracing/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Trace delivery sinks (JSONL file + HTTP collector). stdlib-only."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from agent_core.tracing.sink import (
+    HttpSink,
+    JsonlFileSink,
+    MultiSink,
+    NullSink,
+    TraceSink,
+    sink_from_env,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "TraceSink",
+    "NullSink",
+    "JsonlFileSink",
+    "HttpSink",
+    "MultiSink",
+    "sink_from_env",
+]
diff --git a/agent_core/tracing/sink.py b/agent_core/tracing/sink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15772fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent_core/tracing/sink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Trace sinks: deliver TraceEvents to a JSONL file and/or an HTTP collector.
+
+stdlib-only (``urllib``) so importing this stays dependency-light. Every sink is
+best-effort: ``emit`` never raises and returns True on success, False otherwise.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable
+
+from agent_core.contracts.tracing import TraceEvent
+
+_TRUTHY = {"1", "true", "yes", "on"}
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class TraceSink(Protocol):
+    def emit(self, event: TraceEvent) -> bool:
+        """Deliver one event; return True on success. Must never raise."""
+        ...
+
+
+class NullSink:
+    """Drops events (used when emission is disabled)."""
+
+    def emit(self, event: TraceEvent) -> bool:
+        return False
+
+
+class JsonlFileSink:
+    """Appends one JSON line per event to a file."""
+
+    def __init__(self, path: str | Path) -> None:
+        self.path = Path(path)
+
+    def emit(self, event: TraceEvent) -> bool:
+        try:
+            self.path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            with self.path.open("a", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+                handle.write(event.model_dump_json() + "\n")
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+
+class HttpSink:
+    """POSTs each event as JSON to a collector URL (best-effort)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, url: str, *, timeout: float = 2.0, token: str | None = None) -> None:
+        self.url = url
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.token = token
+
+    def emit(self, event: TraceEvent) -> bool:
+        try:
+            payload = event.model_dump_json().encode("utf-8")
+            headers = {"content-type": "application/json"}
+            if self.token:
+                headers["authorization"] = f"Bearer {self.token}"
+            request = urllib.request.Request(
+                self.url, data=payload, headers=headers, method="POST"
+            )
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=self.timeout) as response:
+                code = response.getcode()
+            return bool(code is not None and 200 <= code < 300)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+
+class MultiSink:
+    """Fans an event out to several sinks; True if any delivery succeeds."""
+
+    def __init__(self, sinks: list[TraceSink]) -> None:
+        self.sinks = sinks
+
+    def emit(self, event: TraceEvent) -> bool:
+        delivered = False
+        for sink in self.sinks:
+            if sink.emit(event):
+                delivered = True
+        return delivered
+
+
+def sink_from_env(flag_env: str) -> TraceSink:
+    """Build a sink from env vars keyed off ``flag_env``.
+
+    ``{flag_env}`` truthy enables emission. ``{flag_env}_COLLECTOR_URL`` adds an HTTP sink
+    (optional ``{flag_env}_COLLECTOR_TOKEN``); ``{flag_env}_PATH`` adds a JSONL file sink.
+    Both configured -> MultiSink. Disabled or neither configured -> NullSink.
+    """
+    if os.environ.get(flag_env, "").strip().lower() not in _TRUTHY:
+        return NullSink()
+    sinks: list[TraceSink] = []
+    url = os.environ.get(f"{flag_env}_COLLECTOR_URL", "").strip()
+    if url:
+        token = os.environ.get(f"{flag_env}_COLLECTOR_TOKEN") or None
+        sinks.append(HttpSink(url, token=token))
+    path = os.environ.get(f"{flag_env}_PATH", "").strip()
+    if path:
+        sinks.append(JsonlFileSink(path))
+    if not sinks:
+        return NullSink()
+    if len(sinks) == 1:
+        return sinks[0]
+    return MultiSink(sinks)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fda8c27..da05b2d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "agent-core"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Shared typed contracts for the AS215932 Agent Runtime Framework (Phase 1 / §31 safe milestone)."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = ["pydantic>=2,<3"]
diff --git a/tests/tracing/test_sink.py b/tests/tracing/test_sink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5770509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tracing/test_sink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+from agent_core.contracts.tracing import TraceEvent
+from agent_core.tracing import (
+    HttpSink,
+    JsonlFileSink,
+    MultiSink,
+    NullSink,
+    sink_from_env,
+)
+
+
+def _event() -> TraceEvent:
+    return TraceEvent(event_type="model_call", summary="x", run_id="r1")
+
+
+def test_null_sink() -> None:
+    assert NullSink().emit(_event()) is False
+
+
+def test_jsonl_file_sink(tmp_path) -> None:
+    sink = JsonlFileSink(tmp_path / "t.jsonl")
+    assert sink.emit(_event()) is True
+    lines = (tmp_path / "t.jsonl").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip().splitlines()
+    assert len(lines) == 1
+    assert json.loads(lines[0])["event_type"] == "model_call"
+
+
+def test_http_sink_success(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    captured: dict[str, object] = {}
+
+    class _Resp:
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, *exc):
+            return False
+
+        def getcode(self):
+            return 204
+
+    def _fake_urlopen(request, timeout=None):
+        captured["url"] = request.full_url
+        captured["data"] = request.data
+        return _Resp()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("urllib.request.urlopen", _fake_urlopen)
+    assert HttpSink("http://collector/v1/trace").emit(_event()) is True
+    assert captured["url"] == "http://collector/v1/trace"
+    assert json.loads(captured["data"])["event_type"] == "model_call"
+
+
+def test_http_sink_failure(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    def _boom(request, timeout=None):
+        raise OSError("collector down")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("urllib.request.urlopen", _boom)
+    assert HttpSink("http://collector").emit(_event()) is False
+
+
+def test_multi_sink(tmp_path) -> None:
+    file_sink = JsonlFileSink(tmp_path / "m.jsonl")
+    multi = MultiSink([NullSink(), file_sink])
+    assert multi.emit(_event()) is True
+    assert (tmp_path / "m.jsonl").exists()
+
+
+def test_sink_from_env_disabled(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("HYRULE_X_TRACE", raising=False)
+    assert isinstance(sink_from_env("HYRULE_X_TRACE"), NullSink)
+
+
+def test_sink_from_env_file_and_http(monkeypatch, tmp_path) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HYRULE_X_TRACE", "1")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HYRULE_X_TRACE_PATH", str(tmp_path / "e.jsonl"))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HYRULE_X_TRACE_COLLECTOR_URL", "http://collector/v1/trace")
+    sink = sink_from_env("HYRULE_X_TRACE")
+    assert isinstance(sink, MultiSink)
+    assert len(sink.sinks) == 2