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diff --git a/inventory-service/app/kafka_producer.py b/inventory-service/app/kafka_producer.py
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+import json
+from confluent_kafka import Producer
+from app.core.config import settings
+
+_conf = {"bootstrap.servers": settings.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS}
+_producer = Producer(_conf)
+
+
+def _delivery_report(err, msg):
+    if err is not None:
+        print(f"[Kafka] Delivery failed: {err}")
+    else:
+        print(f"[Kafka] Message delivered → {msg.topic()} [partition {msg.partition()}]")
+
+
+def send_inventory_event(event_payload: dict) -> None:
+    """
+    Publish an inventory result event to the inventory topic.
+    Called after the consumer decides to emit StockReserved or StockReservationFailed.
+
+    Args:
+        event_payload: A dict that conforms to either StockReservedEvent or
+                       StockReservationFailedEvent schema.
+    """
+    pass  # TODO: implement
+
+
+def flush_producer() -> None:
+    """
+    Block until all buffered messages are delivered.
+    Call this on application shutdown.
+    """
+    pass  # TODO: implement