diff --git a/output/adapter.go b/output/adapter.go
index 43d9913..ae26e1c 100644
--- a/output/adapter.go
+++ b/output/adapter.go
@@ -67,3 +67,35 @@ func (a *writerAsMetricConsumer) ConsumeMetrics(ctx context.Context, points []em
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// WriterAsTraceConsumer wraps a TraceWriter so it can be used in
+// contexts that expect an embed.TraceConsumer. The adapter pushes each
+// span in the batch through TraceWriter.WriteTrace in order, returning
+// the first error it encounters.
+//
+// Standalone CLI trace-generator wiring uses this adapter to bridge
+// modules that talk to embed.TraceConsumer with existing outputs that
+// implement TraceWriter.
+//
+// Panics on nil writer — a nil writer is a programming bug, not a
+// runtime condition, and catching it at construction surfaces the
+// failure at the boundary rather than deep in ConsumeTraces.
+func WriterAsTraceConsumer(w TraceWriter) embed.TraceConsumer {
+	if w == nil {
+		panic("output.WriterAsTraceConsumer: writer cannot be nil")
+	}
+	return &writerAsTraceConsumer{w: w}
+}
+
+type writerAsTraceConsumer struct {
+	w TraceWriter
+}
+
+func (a *writerAsTraceConsumer) ConsumeTraces(ctx context.Context, spans []embed.Span) error {
+	for i := range spans {
+		if err := a.w.WriteTrace(ctx, spans[i]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/output/adapter_test.go b/output/adapter_test.go
index 7119307..61de34a 100644
--- a/output/adapter_test.go
+++ b/output/adapter_test.go
@@ -114,6 +114,67 @@ func TestWriterAsMetricConsumerStopsOnFirstError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type recordingTraceWriter struct {
+	mu    sync.Mutex
+	spans []output.TraceRecord
+	err   error
+}
+
+func (w *recordingTraceWriter) WriteTrace(_ context.Context, rec output.TraceRecord) error {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	if w.err != nil {
+		return w.err
+	}
+	w.spans = append(w.spans, rec)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestWriterAsTraceConsumerPushesEachSpan(t *testing.T) {
+	w := &recordingTraceWriter{}
+	c := output.WriterAsTraceConsumer(w)
+
+	batch := []embed.Span{
+		{Name: "one"},
+		{Name: "two"},
+		{Name: "three"},
+	}
+	if err := c.ConsumeTraces(context.Background(), batch); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ConsumeTraces: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got, want := len(w.spans), 3; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("recorded %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+	for i, want := range []string{"one", "two", "three"} {
+		if w.spans[i].Name != want {
+			t.Errorf("span %d: %q, want %q", i, w.spans[i].Name, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriterAsTraceConsumerStopsOnFirstError(t *testing.T) {
+	wantErr := errors.New("trace boom")
+	w := &recordingTraceWriter{err: wantErr}
+	c := output.WriterAsTraceConsumer(w)
+
+	err := c.ConsumeTraces(context.Background(), []embed.Span{
+		{Name: "one"},
+		{Name: "two"},
+	})
+	if !errors.Is(err, wantErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wantErr, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriterAsTraceConsumerPanicsOnNilWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected panic on nil writer, got none")
+		}
+	}()
+	_ = output.WriterAsTraceConsumer(nil)
+}
+
 func TestWriterAsLogConsumerPanicsOnNilWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r == nil {