diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0976d69..fc91408 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The repo contains the following modules:
 * **[lifecycle](lifecycle)** [[JavaDocs](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.creekservice/creek-observability-lifecycle)]: a common model of lifecycle events.
 * **[logging](logging)** [[JavaDocs](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.creekservice/creek-observability-logging)]: handles the logging of _structured_ events via [Slf4J][slf4j].
 * **[logging fixtures](logging-fixtures)** [[JavaDocs](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.creekservice/creek-observability-logging-fixtures)]: test fixtures for testing logging output.
+* **[patterns](patterns)** [[JavaDocs](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.creekservice/creek-observability-patterns)]: util code and patterns to help with observability
 
 [slf4j]: https://www.slf4j.org
 [splunk]: https://www.splunk.com
diff --git a/patterns/README.md b/patterns/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65f9c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/org.creekservice/creek-observability-patterns/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.creekservice/creek-observability-patterns)
+
+# Creek Observability Patterns
+
+Contains helpers and utility code to help implement good observability in your code.
+
+
+
diff --git a/patterns/build.gradle.kts b/patterns/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f3cfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Creek Contributors (https://github.com/creek-service)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+plugins {
+    `java-library`
+}
+
+dependencies {
+}
diff --git a/patterns/src/main/java/org/creekservice/api/observability/patterns/CompositeObserverBuilder.java b/patterns/src/main/java/org/creekservice/api/observability/patterns/CompositeObserverBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f5270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/src/main/java/org/creekservice/api/observability/patterns/CompositeObserverBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Creek Contributors (https://github.com/creek-service)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.creekservice.api.observability.patterns;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * Easily build a chain of multiple <i>Observer</i> / <i>Listener</i> implementations.
+ *
+ * <p>This encourages decomposition and decoupling of functionality.
+ *
+ * <p>Given an interface {@code MyListener}, this class can be used to chain multiple listeners
+ * together, without the need to write any custom code.
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * MyListener composite = CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(MyListener.class, listener1)
+ *     .observer(listener2)
+ *     ...
+ *     .observer(listenerN)
+ *     .build()
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * @param <Observer> the observer interface type
+ */
+public final class CompositeObserverBuilder<Observer> {
+
+    private final Class<Observer> observerClass;
+    private final List<Observer> observers = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Create a builder
+     *
+     * @param observerClass the observer interface type.
+     * @param observer the first observer to call.
+     * @return the composite builder
+     * @param <Observer> the type of the observer interface.
+     */
+    public static <Observer> CompositeObserverBuilder<Observer> builder(
+            final Class<Observer> observerClass, final Observer observer) {
+        if (!observerClass.isInterface()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("observerClass must be an interface");
+        }
+        validateMethodsAreVoidReturnType(observerClass);
+        return new CompositeObserverBuilder<>(observerClass, observer);
+    }
+
+    private CompositeObserverBuilder(final Class<Observer> observerClass, final Observer observer) {
+        this.observerClass = observerClass;
+        add(observer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add another observer to the chain
+     *
+     * @param observer the observer to add.
+     * @return self, to allow chaining.
+     */
+    public CompositeObserverBuilder<Observer> add(final Observer observer) {
+        this.observers.add(Objects.requireNonNull(observer, "observer"));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the composite observer implementation.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Observer build() {
+        try {
+            final Map<Method, MethodHandle> handles = methodHandles(observerClass);
+            return (Observer)
+                    Proxy.newProxyInstance(
+                            getClass().getClassLoader(),
+                            new Class<?>[] {observerClass},
+                            (proxy, method, args) -> {
+                                if (method.getName().equals("toString")) {
+                                    return "Proxy composite for " + observerClass.getName();
+                                }
+                                if (method.getName().equals("equals")) {
+                                    return this == proxy;
+                                }
+                                if (method.getName().equals("hashCode")) {
+                                    return observerClass.getName().hashCode();
+                                }
+
+                                for (Observer delegate : observers) {
+                                    final MethodHandle methodHandle = handles.get(method);
+                                    methodHandle.bindTo(delegate).invokeWithArguments(args);
+                                }
+                                return null;
+                            });
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new CompositeCreationFailedException(
+                    "failed to generate composite observer for interface: " + observerClass, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<Method, MethodHandle> methodHandles(final Class<?> observerClass) {
+        final Map<Method, MethodHandle> handles =
+                Arrays.stream(observerClass.getDeclaredMethods())
+                        .collect(
+                                Collectors.toMap(
+                                        Function.identity(),
+                                        m -> {
+                                            try {
+                                                return MethodHandles.publicLookup().unreflect(m);
+                                            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                                                throw new CompositeCreationFailedException(
+                                                        "Unable to unreflect method", e);
+                                            }
+                                        }));
+
+        for (Class<?> extending : observerClass.getInterfaces()) {
+            handles.putAll(methodHandles(extending));
+        }
+        return handles;
+    }
+
+    private static void validateMethodsAreVoidReturnType(final Class<?> observerClass) {
+        final List<Method> invalidMethods =
+                Arrays.stream(observerClass.getDeclaredMethods())
+                        .filter(method -> !method.getReturnType().equals(void.class))
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        if (!invalidMethods.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+                    "Only observer interfaces, where all methods have a void return type, are"
+                            + " supported. Interface: "
+                            + observerClass
+                            + " invalidMethods: "
+                            + invalidMethods);
+        }
+
+        for (Class<?> extending : observerClass.getInterfaces()) {
+            validateMethodsAreVoidReturnType(extending);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class CompositeCreationFailedException extends RuntimeException {
+        CompositeCreationFailedException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+            super(message, cause);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/patterns/src/test/java/org/creekservice/api/observability/patterns/CompositeObserverBuilderTest.java b/patterns/src/test/java/org/creekservice/api/observability/patterns/CompositeObserverBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..349a370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/src/test/java/org/creekservice/api/observability/patterns/CompositeObserverBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Creek Contributors (https://github.com/creek-service)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.creekservice.api.observability.patterns;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.InOrder;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class CompositeObserverBuilderTest {
+
+    @Mock Observer observer1;
+    @Mock Observer observer2;
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldDelegateToSingle() {
+        // Given:
+        final Observer result = CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(Observer.class, observer1).build();
+
+        // When:
+        result.foo("text");
+
+        // Then:
+        verify(observer1).foo("text");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldDelegateToMultipleInOrder() {
+        // Given:
+        final Observer result =
+                CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(Observer.class, observer1).add(observer2).build();
+
+        // When:
+        result.foo("text");
+
+        // Then:
+        final InOrder inOrder = inOrder(observer1, observer2);
+        inOrder.verify(observer1).foo("text");
+        inOrder.verify(observer2).foo("text");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBlowUpIfObserverTypeNotInterface() {
+        // When:
+        final Exception e =
+                assertThrows(
+                        IllegalArgumentException.class,
+                        () ->
+                                CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(
+                                        CompositeObserverBuilderTest.class, this));
+
+        // Then:
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("observerClass must be an interface"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBlowUpIfYouTryDelegateToNull() {
+        // When:
+        final Exception e =
+                assertThrows(
+                        NullPointerException.class,
+                        () -> CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(Observer.class, null));
+
+        // Then:
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("observer"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBlowUpIfYouTryToAddNullObserver() {
+        // Given:
+        final CompositeObserverBuilder<Observer> builder =
+                CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(Observer.class, observer1);
+
+        // When:
+        final Exception e = assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> builder.add(null));
+
+        // Then:
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("observer"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldBlowUpIfInterfaceHasNonVoidReturnMethods() {
+        // When:
+        final Exception e =
+                assertThrows(
+                        UnsupportedOperationException.class,
+                        () -> CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(NotAnObserver.class, mock()));
+
+        // Then:
+        assertThat(
+                e.getMessage(),
+                is(
+                        "Only observer interfaces, where all methods have a void return type, are"
+                            + " supported. Interface: interface"
+                            + " org.creekservice.api.observability.patterns.CompositeObserverBuilderTest$NotAnObserver"
+                            + " invalidMethods: [public abstract int"
+                            + " org.creekservice.api.observability.patterns.CompositeObserverBuilderTest$NotAnObserver.foo(java.lang.String)]"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHandleInterfaceExtensionWithoutBlowingUp() {
+        // Given:
+        final ExtendingExtendingObserver observer1 = mock();
+
+        final ExtendingExtendingObserver observer =
+                CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(ExtendingExtendingObserver.class, observer1)
+                        .build();
+
+        // When:
+        observer.foo("blah");
+        observer.bar();
+        observer.lar();
+
+        // Then:
+        verify(observer1).foo("blah");
+        verify(observer1).bar();
+        verify(observer1).lar();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("ResultOfMethodCallIgnored")
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotBlowUpOnEquals() {
+        CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(ExtendingExtendingObserver.class, mock())
+                .build()
+                .equals(new Object());
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("ResultOfMethodCallIgnored")
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotBlowUpOnHashCode() {
+        CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(ExtendingExtendingObserver.class, mock())
+                .build()
+                .hashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotBlowUpOnToString() {
+        assertThat(
+                CompositeObserverBuilder.builder(ExtendingExtendingObserver.class, mock())
+                        .build()
+                        .toString(),
+                notNullValue());
+    }
+
+    public interface Observer {
+
+        void foo(String message);
+    }
+
+    public interface ExtendingObserver extends Observer {
+        void bar();
+    }
+
+    public interface ExtendingExtendingObserver extends ExtendingObserver {
+        void lar();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    public interface NotAnObserver {
+        int foo(String message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 33bac40..f4ff808 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ rootProject.name = "creek-observability"
 include(
     "lifecycle",
     "logging",
-    "logging-fixtures"
+    "logging-fixtures",
+    "patterns"
 )