diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index cb0ff5c..c198860 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,72 @@
-export {};
+export type CarouselEvent = 'change';
+
+export type Carousel = {
+  next(): void;
+  prev(): void;
+  scrollToIndex(i: number): void;
+  readonly index: number;
+  readonly count: number;
+  on(evt: CarouselEvent, cb: (index: number) => void): () => void;
+  destroy(): void;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Wrap a scroll-snap track element and return a carousel controller.
+ * @param track - the overflow-x scroll container whose children are slides
+ */
+export function createCarousel(track: HTMLElement): Carousel {
+  const slides = () => Array.from(track.children) as HTMLElement[];
+  let index = 0;
+  const listeners = new Set<(i: number) => void>();
+
+  const clamp = (i: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min(i, slides().length - 1));
+
+  function scrollToIndex(i: number) {
+    const target = slides()[clamp(i)];
+    if (target) {
+      track.scrollTo({ left: target.offsetLeft, behavior: 'smooth' });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // index tracking: the most-intersecting slide is current. Picking max ratio
+  // (not the first intersecting) avoids a transient wrong index mid-swipe when
+  // two slides cross the threshold in one callback.
+  const io = new IntersectionObserver(
+    (entries) => {
+      let best: IntersectionObserverEntry | undefined;
+      for (const e of entries) {
+        if (e.isIntersecting && (!best || e.intersectionRatio > best.intersectionRatio)) {
+          best = e;
+        }
+      }
+      if (!best) return;
+      const i = slides().indexOf(best.target as HTMLElement);
+      if (i !== -1 && i !== index) {
+        index = i;
+        for (const cb of listeners) cb(index);
+      }
+    },
+    { root: track, threshold: 0.6 },
+  );
+  for (const s of slides()) io.observe(s);
+
+  return {
+    next: () => scrollToIndex(index + 1),
+    prev: () => scrollToIndex(index - 1),
+    scrollToIndex,
+    get index() {
+      return index;
+    },
+    get count() {
+      return slides().length;
+    },
+    on(_evt, cb) {
+      listeners.add(cb);
+      return () => listeners.delete(cb);
+    },
+    destroy() {
+      io.disconnect();
+      listeners.clear();
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/core.test.ts b/tests/core.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d7b937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { beforeEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { createCarousel } from '../src/index.ts';
+
+// Minimal IO shim — records instances so tests can fire entries manually.
+class IOShim {
+  static last: IOShim | null = null;
+  cb: IntersectionObserverCallback;
+  elements: Element[] = [];
+  constructor(cb: IntersectionObserverCallback) {
+    this.cb = cb;
+    IOShim.last = this;
+  }
+  observe(el: Element) {
+    this.elements.push(el);
+  }
+  unobserve() {}
+  disconnect() {}
+  // helper: emit "slide i is the one intersecting" (ratio 1), others 0
+  emit(i: number) {
+    this.cb(
+      this.elements.map((target, idx) => ({
+        target,
+        isIntersecting: idx === i,
+        intersectionRatio: idx === i ? 1 : 0,
+      })) as unknown as IntersectionObserverEntry[],
+      this as unknown as IntersectionObserver,
+    );
+  }
+}
+vi.stubGlobal('IntersectionObserver', IOShim);
+
+function makeTrack(n: number): HTMLElement {
+  const track = document.createElement('div');
+  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+    const slide = document.createElement('div');
+    slide.className = 'slide';
+    track.append(slide);
+  }
+  track.scrollTo = vi.fn();
+  return track;
+}
+
+let track: HTMLElement;
+beforeEach(() => {
+  track = makeTrack(3);
+});
+
+test('count reflects slide children', () => {
+  const c = createCarousel(track);
+  expect(c.count).toBe(3);
+});
+
+test('next/prev clamp to range and scroll to target offset', () => {
+  const c = createCarousel(track);
+  c.next();
+  expect(track.scrollTo).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d38c4e0..70dd1f2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "moduleResolution": "bundler",
     "strict": true,
     "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
     "lib": ["ES2022", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
     "noEmit": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true