diff --git a/src/common/dto/api-response.dto.ts b/src/common/dto/api-response.dto.ts
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+++ b/src/common/dto/api-response.dto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { applyDecorators, Type } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  ApiExtraModels,
+  ApiOkResponse,
+  ApiProperty,
+  getSchemaPath,
+} from '@nestjs/swagger';
+
+export class ApiSuccessResponseDto<T = unknown> {
+  @ApiProperty({ example: true })
+  success: true;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ required: false, example: 'Operation completed successfully' })
+  message?: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty()
+  data: T;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ required: false, type: Object, additionalProperties: true })
+  meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export class ApiErrorResponseDto {
+  @ApiProperty({ example: false })
+  success: false;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 400 })
+  statusCode: number;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 'Validation failed' })
+  message: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({
+    required: false,
+    type: [String],
+    example: ['mobile must be a valid phone number'],
+  })
+  errors?: string[];
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: '2026-07-02T12:00:00.000Z' })
+  timestamp: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: '/api/users' })
+  path: string;
+}
+
+export const ApiStandardOkResponse = <TModel extends Type<unknown>>(
+  model: TModel,
+  options?: { isArray?: boolean },
+) =>
+  applyDecorators(
+    ApiExtraModels(ApiSuccessResponseDto, model),
+    ApiOkResponse({
+      schema: {
+        allOf: [
+          { $ref: getSchemaPath(ApiSuccessResponseDto) },
+          {
+            properties: {
+              data: options?.isArray
+                ? {
+                    type: 'array',
+                    items: { $ref: getSchemaPath(model) },
+                  }
+                : { $ref: getSchemaPath(model) },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    }),
+  );
diff --git a/src/common/filters/api-exception.filter.ts b/src/common/filters/api-exception.filter.ts
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+++ b/src/common/filters/api-exception.filter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import {
+  ArgumentsHost,
+  Catch,
+  ExceptionFilter,
+  HttpException,
+  HttpStatus,
+  Logger,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { ApiErrorResponse } from '../interfaces/api-response.interface';
+
+const SWAGGER_PATH_PREFIXES = ['/docs', '/docs-json', '/docs-yaml'];
+
+@Catch()
+export class ApiExceptionFilter implements ExceptionFilter {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(ApiExceptionFilter.name);
+
+  catch(exception: unknown, host: ArgumentsHost): void {
+    const ctx = host.switchToHttp();
+    const response = ctx.getResponse<Response>();
+    const request = ctx.getRequest<Request>();
+
+    if (SWAGGER_PATH_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => request.url.startsWith(prefix))) {
+      if (exception instanceof HttpException) {
+        response.status(exception.getStatus()).json(exception.getResponse());
+        return;
+      }
+
+      response.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({
+        statusCode: HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+        message: 'Internal server error',
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const errorResponse = this.buildErrorResponse(exception, request.url);
+
+    if (errorResponse.statusCode >= HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR) {
+      this.logger.error(
+        `${request.method} ${request.url}`,
+        exception instanceof Error ? exception.stack : String(exception),
+      );
+    }
+
+    response.status(errorResponse.statusCode).json(errorResponse);
+  }
+
+  private buildErrorResponse(
+    exception: unknown,
+    path: string,
+  ): ApiErrorResponse {
+    let statusCode = HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+    let message = 'Internal server error';
+    let errors: string[] | undefined;
+
+    if (exception instanceof HttpException) {
+      statusCode = exception.getStatus();
+      const exceptionResponse = exception.getResponse();
+
+      if (typeof exceptionResponse === 'string') {
+        message = exceptionResponse;
+      } else if (typeof exceptionResponse === 'object' && exceptionResponse) {
+        const responseBody = exceptionResponse as Record<string, unknown>;
+        const responseMessage = responseBody.message;
+
+        if (Array.isArray(responseMessage)) {
+          errors = responseMessage.filter(
+            (item): item is string => typeof item === 'string',
+          );
+          message =
+            errors.length > 0 ? 'Validation failed' : 'Bad Request';
+        } else if (typeof responseMessage === 'string') {
+          message = responseMessage;
+        } else if (typeof responseBody.error === 'string') {
+          message = responseBody.error;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      statusCode,
+      message,
+      ...(errors?.length ? { errors } : {}),
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      path,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/interceptors/transform-response.interceptor.ts b/src/common/interceptors/transform-response.interceptor.ts
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+++ b/src/common/interceptors/transform-response.interceptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import {
+  CallHandler,
+  ExecutionContext,
+  Injectable,
+  NestInterceptor,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Request } from 'express';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import {
+  ApiSuccessResponse,
+  PaginatedResult,
+} from '../interfaces/api-response.interface';
+
+const SWAGGER_PATH_PREFIXES = ['/docs', '/docs-json', '/docs-yaml'];
+
+function isApiResponse(value: unknown): value is ApiSuccessResponse {
+  return (
+    typeof value === 'object' &&
+    value !== null &&
+    'success' in value &&
+    (value as ApiSuccessResponse).success === true
+  );
+}
+
+function isPaginatedResult<T>(value: unknown): value is PaginatedResult<T> {
+  return (
+    typeof value === 'object' &&
+    value !== null &&
+    'items' in value &&
+    'meta' in value &&
+    Array.isArray((value as PaginatedResult<T>).items)
+  );
+}
+
+function isMessageOnlyResponse(
+  value: unknown,
+): value is { message: string } {
+  return (
+    typeof value === 'object' &&
+    value !== null &&
+    'message' in value &&
+    typeof (value as { message: unknown }).message === 'string' &&
+    Object.keys(value).length === 1
+  );
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class TransformResponseInterceptor<T>
+  implements NestInterceptor<T, ApiSuccessResponse<T>>
+{
+  intercept(
+    context: ExecutionContext,
+    next: CallHandler<T>,
+  ): Observable<ApiSuccessResponse<T>> {
+    const request = context.switchToHttp().getRequest<Request>();
+
+    if (SWAGGER_PATH_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => request.url.startsWith(prefix))) {
+      return next.handle() as Observable<ApiSuccessResponse<T>>;
+    }
+
+    return next.handle().pipe(
+      map((data): ApiSuccessResponse<T> => {
+        if (isApiResponse(data)) {
+          return data as ApiSuccessResponse<T>;
+        }
+
+        if (isPaginatedResult<T>(data)) {
+          return {
+            success: true,
+            data: data.items as T,
+            meta: data.meta,
+          };
+        }
+
+        if (isMessageOnlyResponse(data)) {
+          return {
+            success: true,
+            message: data.message,
+            data: null as T,
+          };
+        }
+
+        return {
+          success: true,
+          data: (data ?? null) as T,
+        };
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/interfaces/api-response.interface.ts b/src/common/interfaces/api-response.interface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..806d761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/interfaces/api-response.interface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+export interface ApiSuccessResponse<T = unknown> {
+  success: true;
+  message?: string;
+  data: T;
+  meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export interface ApiErrorResponse {
+  success: false;
+  statusCode: number;
+  message: string;
+  errors?: string[];
+  timestamp: string;
+  path: string;
+}
+
+export type ApiResponse<T = unknown> = ApiSuccessResponse<T> | ApiErrorResponse;
+
+export interface PaginatedResult<T> {
+  items: T[];
+  meta: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index eec0364..99e0bed 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
+import { ApiExceptionFilter } from './common/filters/api-exception.filter';
+import { TransformResponseInterceptor } from './common/interceptors/transform-response.interceptor';
 import { setupSwagger } from './swagger/swagger.setup';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
 
+  app.useGlobalInterceptors(new TransformResponseInterceptor());
+  app.useGlobalFilters(new ApiExceptionFilter());
+
   // Global validation pipe
   app.useGlobalPipes(
     new ValidationPipe({