diff --git a/apps/crawler/package.json b/apps/crawler/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfbb5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "@basango/crawler",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc -b",
+    "test": "vitest --run"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bullmq": "^4.17.0",
+    "date-fns": "^3.6.0",
+    "ioredis": "^5.3.2",
+    "tiktoken": "^1.0.14",
+    "zod": "^4.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/config.test.ts b/apps/crawler/src/config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14a5ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { loadConfig } from "./config";
+import { resolveConfigPath } from "./schema";
+
+describe("loadConfig", () => {
+  it("parses json configuration and ensures directories", () => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "crawler-config-"));
+    const paths = {
+      root: tempDir,
+      data: path.join(tempDir, "data"),
+      logs: path.join(tempDir, "logs"),
+      configs: path.join(tempDir, "configs"),
+    };
+
+    const configPath = path.join(tempDir, "pipeline.json");
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      configPath,
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          paths,
+          fetch: {
+            client: { timeout: 10 },
+          },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    const config = loadConfig({ configPath });
+
+    expect(config.fetch.client.timeout).toBe(10);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(paths.data)).toBe(true);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(paths.logs)).toBe(true);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(paths.configs)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("merges environment override if available", () => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "crawler-config-"));
+    const paths = {
+      root: tempDir,
+      data: path.join(tempDir, "data"),
+      logs: path.join(tempDir, "logs"),
+      configs: path.join(tempDir, "configs"),
+    };
+
+    const basePath = path.join(tempDir, "pipeline.json");
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      basePath,
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          paths,
+          logging: { level: "INFO" },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    const overridePath = resolveConfigPath(basePath, "production");
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      overridePath,
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          logging: { level: "DEBUG" },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    const config = loadConfig({ configPath: basePath, env: "production" });
+
+    expect(config.logging.level).toBe("DEBUG");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/config.ts b/apps/crawler/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70df6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import {
+  PipelineConfig,
+  PipelineConfigSchema,
+  mergePipelineConfig,
+  resolveConfigPath,
+  resolveProjectPaths,
+} from "./schema";
+import { ensureDirectories } from "./utils";
+
+export interface LoadConfigOptions {
+  configPath?: string;
+  env?: string;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILES = [
+  path.join(process.cwd(), "config", "pipeline.json"),
+  path.join(process.cwd(), "pipeline.json"),
+];
+
+const readJsonFile = (filePath: string): unknown => {
+  const contents = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+  return contents.trim() === "" ? {} : JSON.parse(contents);
+};
+
+const locateConfigFile = (explicit?: string): string => {
+  if (explicit && fs.existsSync(explicit)) {
+    return explicit;
+  }
+
+  for (const candidate of DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILES) {
+    if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) {
+      return candidate;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILES[0];
+};
+
+const readPipelineConfig = (configPath: string): PipelineConfig => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+    return PipelineConfigSchema.parse({
+      paths: resolveProjectPaths(path.resolve(".")),
+    });
+  }
+
+  const raw = readJsonFile(configPath);
+  return PipelineConfigSchema.parse(raw);
+};
+
+const applyEnvironmentOverride = (
+  baseConfig: PipelineConfig,
+  basePath: string,
+  env?: string,
+): PipelineConfig => {
+  if (!env || env === "development") {
+    return baseConfig;
+  }
+
+  const overridePath = resolveConfigPath(basePath, env);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(overridePath)) {
+    return baseConfig;
+  }
+
+  const overrides = PipelineConfigSchema.parse(readJsonFile(overridePath));
+  return mergePipelineConfig(baseConfig, overrides);
+};
+
+export const loadConfig = (options: LoadConfigOptions = {}): PipelineConfig => {
+  const basePath = locateConfigFile(options.configPath);
+  const config = applyEnvironmentOverride(
+    readPipelineConfig(basePath),
+    basePath,
+    options.env,
+  );
+
+  ensureDirectories(config.paths);
+  return config;
+};
+
+export const dumpConfig = (config: PipelineConfig, targetPath?: string): void => {
+  const destination = targetPath ?? locateConfigFile();
+  const normalized = PipelineConfigSchema.parse(config);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(destination), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(destination, JSON.stringify(normalized, null, 2));
+};
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/index.ts b/apps/crawler/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b79c080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export * from "./config";
+export * from "./schema";
+export * from "./utils";
+export * from "./services/crawler";
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/schema.test.ts b/apps/crawler/src/schema.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b86eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/schema.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  PipelineConfigSchema,
+  createDateRange,
+  formatDateRange,
+  isTimestampInRange,
+  PageRangeSpecSchema,
+  PageRangeSchema,
+  schemaToJSON,
+} from "./schema";
+
+describe("schema helpers", () => {
+  it("creates date range from spec", () => {
+    const range = createDateRange("2024-01-01:2024-01-31");
+    expect(range.start).toBeLessThan(range.end);
+    expect(formatDateRange(range)).toBe("2024-01-01:2024-01-31");
+  });
+
+  it("checks membership", () => {
+    const range = createDateRange("2024-01-01:2024-01-02");
+    expect(isTimestampInRange(range, range.start)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isTimestampInRange(range, range.start - 1)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("parses page range spec", () => {
+    const range = PageRangeSchema.parse(PageRangeSpecSchema.parse("1:10"));
+    expect(range).toEqual({ start: 1, end: 10 });
+  });
+
+  it("produces json schema", () => {
+    const json = schemaToJSON(PipelineConfigSchema);
+    expect(json.type).toBe("object");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/schema.ts b/apps/crawler/src/schema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdfa579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/schema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { getUnixTime, parse, isMatch, format as formatDate } from "date-fns";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const UpdateDirectionSchema = z.enum(["forward", "backward"]);
+export type UpdateDirection = z.infer<typeof UpdateDirectionSchema>;
+
+export const SourceKindSchema = z.enum(["wordpress", "html"]);
+export type SourceKind = z.infer<typeof SourceKindSchema>;
+
+export const SourceDateSchema = z.object({
+  format: z.string().default("yyyy-LL-dd HH:mm"),
+  pattern: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+  replacement: z.string().nullable().optional(),
+});
+export type SourceDate = z.infer<typeof SourceDateSchema>;
+
+export const SourceSelectorsSchema = z.object({
+  articles: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  article_title: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  article_link: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  article_body: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  article_date: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  article_categories: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  pagination: z.string().default("ul.pagination > li a"),
+});
+export type SourceSelectors = z.infer<typeof SourceSelectorsSchema>;
+
+const BaseSourceSchema = z.object({
+  source_id: z.string(),
+  source_url: z.string().url(),
+  source_date: SourceDateSchema.default(SourceDateSchema.parse({})),
+  source_kind: SourceKindSchema,
+  categories: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
+  supports_categories: z.boolean().default(false),
+  requires_details: z.boolean().default(false),
+  requires_rate_limit: z.boolean().default(false),
+});
+
+export const HtmlSourceConfigSchema = BaseSourceSchema.extend({
+  source_kind: z.literal("html"),
+  source_selectors: SourceSelectorsSchema.default(SourceSelectorsSchema.parse({})),
+  pagination_template: z.string(),
+});
+
+export const WordPressSourceConfigSchema = BaseSourceSchema.extend({
+  source_kind: z.literal("wordpress"),
+  source_date: SourceDateSchema.default(
+    SourceDateSchema.parse({ format: "yyyy-LL-dd'T'HH:mm:ss" }),
+  ),
+});
+
+export type HtmlSourceConfig = z.infer<typeof HtmlSourceConfigSchema>;
+export type WordPressSourceConfig = z.infer<typeof WordPressSourceConfigSchema>;
+export type AnySourceConfig = HtmlSourceConfig | WordPressSourceConfig;
+
+export const DateRangeSchema = z
+  .object({
+    start: z.number().int(),
+    end: z.number().int(),
+  })
+  .superRefine((value, ctx) => {
+    if (value.start === 0 || value.end === 0) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: "Timestamp cannot be zero",
+      });
+    }
+    if (value.end < value.start) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: "End timestamp must be greater than or equal to start",
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+export type DateRange = z.infer<typeof DateRangeSchema>;
+
+export const PageRangeSchema = z
+  .object({
+    start: z.number().int().min(0),
+    end: z.number().int().min(0),
+  })
+  .superRefine((value, ctx) => {
+    if (value.end < value.start) {
+      ctx.addIssue({
+        code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+        message: "End page must be greater than or equal to start page",
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+export type PageRange = z.infer<typeof PageRangeSchema>;
+
+export const PageRangeSpecSchema = z
+  .string()
+  .regex(/^[0-9]+:[0-9]+$/, "Invalid page range format. Use start:end")
+  .transform((spec) => {
+    const [startText, endText] = spec.split(":");
+    return {
+      start: Number.parseInt(startText, 10),
+      end: Number.parseInt(endText, 10),
+    };
+  });
+
+const defaultDateFormat = "yyyy-LL-dd";
+
+export const DateRangeSpecSchema = z
+  .string()
+  .regex(/.+:.+/, "Expected start:end format")
+  .transform((spec) => {
+    const [startRaw, endRaw] = spec.split(":");
+    return { startRaw, endRaw };
+  });
+
+const parseDate = (value: string, format: string): Date => {
+  if (!isMatch(value, format)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid date '${value}' for format '${format}'`);
+  }
+  const parsed = parse(value, format, new Date());
+  if (Number.isNaN(parsed.getTime())) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid date '${value}' for format '${format}'`);
+  }
+  return parsed;
+};
+
+export interface CreateDateRangeOptions {
+  format?: string;
+  separator?: string;
+}
+
+export const createDateRange = (
+  spec: string,
+  options: CreateDateRangeOptions = {},
+): DateRange => {
+  const { format = defaultDateFormat, separator = ":" } = options;
+  if (!separator) {
+    throw new Error("Separator cannot be empty");
+  }
+
+  const normalized = spec.replace(separator, ":");
+  const parsedSpec = DateRangeSpecSchema.parse(normalized);
+
+  const startDate = parseDate(parsedSpec.startRaw, format);
+  const endDate = parseDate(parsedSpec.endRaw, format);
+
+  const range = {
+    start: getUnixTime(startDate),
+    end: getUnixTime(endDate),
+  };
+
+  return DateRangeSchema.parse(range);
+};
+
+export const formatDateRange = (range: DateRange, fmt = defaultDateFormat): string => {
+  const start = formatDate(new Date(range.start * 1000), fmt);
+  const end = formatDate(new Date(range.end * 1000), fmt);
+  return `${start}:${end}`;
+};
+
+export const isTimestampInRange = (range: DateRange, timestamp: number): boolean => {
+  return range.start <= timestamp && timestamp <= range.end;
+};
+
+export const ProjectPathsSchema = z.object({
+  root: z.string(),
+  data: z.string(),
+  logs: z.string(),
+  configs: z.string(),
+});
+export type ProjectPaths = z.infer<typeof ProjectPathsSchema>;
+
+export const resolveProjectPaths = (rootDir: string): ProjectPaths => {
+  return ProjectPathsSchema.parse({
+    root: rootDir,
+    data: path.join(rootDir, "data", "dataset"),
+    logs: path.join(rootDir, "data", "logs"),
+    configs: path.join(rootDir, "config"),
+  });
+};
+
+export const LoggingConfigSchema = z.object({
+  level: z.string().default("INFO"),
+  format: z
+    .string()
+    .default("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"),
+  console_logging: z.boolean().default(true),
+  file_logging: z.boolean().default(false),
+  log_file: z.string().default("crawler.log"),
+  max_log_size: z.number().int().positive().default(10 * 1024 * 1024),
+  backup_count: z.number().int().nonnegative().default(5),
+});
+export type LoggingConfig = z.infer<typeof LoggingConfigSchema>;
+
+export const ClientConfigSchema = z.object({
+  timeout: z.number().positive().default(20),
+  user_agent: z
+    .string()
+    .default("Basango/0.1 (+https://github.com/bernard-ng/basango)"),
+  follow_redirects: z.boolean().default(true),
+  verify_ssl: z.boolean().default(true),
+  rotate: z.boolean().default(true),
+  max_retries: z.number().int().nonnegative().default(3),
+  backoff_initial: z.number().nonnegative().default(1),
+  backoff_multiplier: z.number().positive().default(2),
+  backoff_max: z.number().nonnegative().default(30),
+  respect_retry_after: z.boolean().default(true),
+});
+
+export const CrawlerConfigSchema = z.object({
+  source: z.union([HtmlSourceConfigSchema, WordPressSourceConfigSchema]).optional(),
+  page_range: PageRangeSchema.optional(),
+  date_range: DateRangeSchema.optional(),
+  category: z.string().optional(),
+  notify: z.boolean().default(false),
+  is_update: z.boolean().default(false),
+  use_multi_threading: z.boolean().default(false),
+  max_workers: z.number().int().positive().default(5),
+  direction: UpdateDirectionSchema.default("forward"),
+});
+
+export type ClientConfig = z.infer<typeof ClientConfigSchema>;
+export type CrawlerConfig = z.infer<typeof CrawlerConfigSchema> & {
+  source?: AnySourceConfig;
+};
+
+export const FetchConfigSchema = z.object({
+  client: ClientConfigSchema.default(ClientConfigSchema.parse({})),
+  crawler: CrawlerConfigSchema.default(CrawlerConfigSchema.parse({})),
+});
+export type FetchConfig = z.infer<typeof FetchConfigSchema>;
+
+const SourcesConfigSchema = z.object({
+  html: z.array(HtmlSourceConfigSchema).default([]),
+  wordpress: z.array(WordPressSourceConfigSchema).default([]),
+});
+
+export type SourcesConfig = z.infer<typeof SourcesConfigSchema> & {
+  find: (sourceId: string) => AnySourceConfig | undefined;
+};
+
+export const createSourcesConfig = (input: unknown): SourcesConfig => {
+  const parsed = SourcesConfigSchema.parse(input);
+  const resolver = (sourceId: string) =>
+    [...parsed.html, ...parsed.wordpress].find((source) => source.source_id === sourceId);
+  return Object.assign({ find: resolver }, parsed);
+};
+
+export const PipelineConfigSchema = z.object({
+  paths: ProjectPathsSchema.default(resolveProjectPaths(process.cwd())),
+  logging: LoggingConfigSchema.default(LoggingConfigSchema.parse({})),
+  fetch: FetchConfigSchema.default(FetchConfigSchema.parse({})),
+  sources: z
+    .union([SourcesConfigSchema, z.undefined()])
+    .transform((value) => createSourcesConfig(value ?? {})),
+});
+
+export type PipelineConfig = z.infer<typeof PipelineConfigSchema> & {
+  sources: SourcesConfig;
+};
+
+export const mergePipelineConfig = (
+  base: PipelineConfig,
+  overrides: Partial<PipelineConfig>,
+): PipelineConfig => {
+  const paths = overrides.paths ?? base.paths;
+  const logging = { ...base.logging, ...(overrides.logging ?? {}) };
+  const fetch = {
+    client: { ...base.fetch.client, ...(overrides.fetch?.client ?? {}) },
+    crawler: { ...base.fetch.crawler, ...(overrides.fetch?.crawler ?? {}) },
+  };
+
+  const sources = createSourcesConfig({
+    html: overrides.sources?.html ?? base.sources.html,
+    wordpress: overrides.sources?.wordpress ?? base.sources.wordpress,
+  });
+
+  return {
+    paths,
+    logging,
+    fetch,
+    sources,
+  };
+};
+
+export const resolveConfigPath = (basePath: string, env?: string): string => {
+  if (!env || env === "development") {
+    return basePath;
+  }
+
+  const ext = path.extname(basePath);
+  const withoutExt = basePath.slice(0, basePath.length - ext.length);
+  return `${withoutExt}.${env}${ext}`;
+};
+
+export const schemaToJSON = <T extends z.ZodTypeAny>(schema: T) => schema.toJSON();
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/queue.test.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/queue.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d971c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/queue.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { createQueueManager, createQueueSettings } from "./queue";
+
+class InMemoryQueue {
+  public jobs: Array<{ name: string; data: unknown }> = [];
+
+  async add(name: string, data: unknown) {
+    this.jobs.push({ name, data });
+    return { id: `${name}-${this.jobs.length}` };
+  }
+}
+
+describe("createQueueManager", () => {
+  it("prefixes queue names", () => {
+    const manager = createQueueManager({
+      settings: createQueueSettings({ prefix: "test" }),
+      queueFactory: (queueName) => {
+        expect(queueName).toBe("listing");
+        return new InMemoryQueue();
+      },
+      connection: {
+        quit: async () => undefined,
+      } as any,
+    });
+
+    expect(manager.iterQueueNames()).toEqual([
+      "test:listing",
+      "test:articles",
+      "test:processed",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("enqueues listing job with validated payload", async () => {
+    const queue = new InMemoryQueue();
+    const manager = createQueueManager({
+      queueFactory: () => queue,
+      connection: { quit: async () => undefined } as any,
+    });
+
+    const job = await manager.enqueueListing({
+      source_id: "radiookapi",
+      env: "test",
+    });
+
+    expect(job.id).toBe("collect_listing-1");
+    expect(queue.jobs[0]).toEqual({
+      name: "collect_listing",
+      data: {
+        source_id: "radiookapi",
+        env: "test",
+        page_range: undefined,
+        date_range: undefined,
+        category: undefined,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/queue.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/queue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35ed193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/queue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+
+import IORedis from "ioredis";
+import { Queue, JobsOptions, QueueOptions } from "bullmq";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import {
+  ListingTaskPayload,
+  ArticleTaskPayload,
+  ProcessedTaskPayload,
+  ListingTaskPayloadSchema,
+  ArticleTaskPayloadSchema,
+  ProcessedTaskPayloadSchema,
+} from "./schemas";
+import { parseRedisUrl } from "../../../utils";
+
+const QueueSettingsSchema = z.object({
+  redis_url: z.string().default(process.env.BASANGO_REDIS_URL ?? "redis://localhost:6379/0"),
+  prefix: z.string().default(process.env.BASANGO_QUEUE_PREFIX ?? "crawler"),
+  default_timeout: z.number().int().positive().default(Number(process.env.BASANGO_QUEUE_TIMEOUT ?? 600)),
+  result_ttl: z.number().int().nonnegative().default(Number(process.env.BASANGO_QUEUE_RESULT_TTL ?? 3600)),
+  failure_ttl: z.number().int().nonnegative().default(Number(process.env.BASANGO_QUEUE_FAILURE_TTL ?? 3600)),
+  listing_queue: z.string().default("listing"),
+  article_queue: z.string().default("articles"),
+  processed_queue: z.string().default("processed"),
+});
+
+export type QueueSettingsInput = z.input<typeof QueueSettingsSchema>;
+export type QueueSettings = z.output<typeof QueueSettingsSchema>;
+
+export const createQueueSettings = (input?: QueueSettingsInput): QueueSettings =>
+  QueueSettingsSchema.parse(input ?? {});
+
+export interface QueueBackend<T = unknown> {
+  add: (name: string, data: T, opts?: JobsOptions) => Promise<{ id: string }>;
+}
+
+export type QueueFactory = (
+  queueName: string,
+  settings: QueueSettings,
+  connection?: IORedis,
+) => QueueBackend;
+
+const defaultQueueFactory: QueueFactory = (queueName, settings, connection) => {
+  const redisConnection = connection ?? new IORedis(settings.redis_url, parseRedisUrl(settings.redis_url));
+  const options: QueueOptions = {
+    connection: redisConnection,
+    prefix: settings.prefix,
+  };
+
+  const queue = new Queue(queueName, options);
+  return {
+    add: async (name, data, opts) => {
+      const job = await queue.add(name, data, {
+        removeOnComplete: settings.result_ttl === 0 ? true : undefined,
+        removeOnFail: settings.failure_ttl === 0 ? true : undefined,
+        timeout: settings.default_timeout * 1000,
+        ...opts,
+      });
+      return { id: job.id ?? randomUUID() };
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export interface CreateQueueManagerOptions {
+  settings?: QueueSettings | QueueSettingsInput;
+  queueFactory?: QueueFactory;
+  connection?: IORedis;
+}
+
+export interface QueueManager {
+  readonly settings: QueueSettings;
+  readonly connection: IORedis;
+  enqueueListing: (payload: ListingTaskPayload) => Promise<{ id: string }>;
+  enqueueArticle: (payload: ArticleTaskPayload) => Promise<{ id: string }>;
+  enqueueProcessed: (payload: ProcessedTaskPayload) => Promise<{ id: string }>;
+  iterQueueNames: () => string[];
+  queueName: (suffix: string) => string;
+  close: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export const createQueueManager = (options: CreateQueueManagerOptions = {}): QueueManager => {
+  const settings = createQueueSettings(options.settings as QueueSettingsInput | undefined);
+
+  const connection = options.connection ?? new IORedis(settings.redis_url, parseRedisUrl(settings.redis_url));
+  const factory = options.queueFactory ?? defaultQueueFactory;
+
+  const ensureQueue = (queueName: string) => factory(queueName, settings, connection);
+
+  return {
+    settings,
+    connection,
+    enqueueListing: (payload) => {
+      const data = ListingTaskPayloadSchema.parse(payload);
+      const queue = ensureQueue(settings.listing_queue);
+      return queue.add("collect_listing", data);
+    },
+    enqueueArticle: (payload) => {
+      const data = ArticleTaskPayloadSchema.parse(payload);
+      const queue = ensureQueue(settings.article_queue);
+      return queue.add("collect_article", data);
+    },
+    enqueueProcessed: (payload) => {
+      const data = ProcessedTaskPayloadSchema.parse(payload);
+      const queue = ensureQueue(settings.processed_queue);
+      return queue.add("forward_for_processing", data);
+    },
+    iterQueueNames: () => [
+      `${settings.prefix}:${settings.listing_queue}`,
+      `${settings.prefix}:${settings.article_queue}`,
+      `${settings.prefix}:${settings.processed_queue}`,
+    ],
+    queueName: (suffix: string) => `${settings.prefix}:${suffix}`,
+    close: async () => {
+      await connection.quit();
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/schemas.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/schemas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb13743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/schemas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { AnySourceConfig, DateRangeSchema, PageRangeSchema } from "../../../schema";
+
+export const ListingTaskPayloadSchema = z.object({
+  source_id: z.string(),
+  env: z.string().default("development"),
+  page_range: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  date_range: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+  category: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+});
+
+export type ListingTaskPayload = z.infer<typeof ListingTaskPayloadSchema>;
+
+export const ArticleTaskPayloadSchema = z.object({
+  source_id: z.string(),
+  env: z.string().default("development"),
+  url: z.string().url(),
+  page: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
+  page_range: PageRangeSchema.optional().nullable(),
+  date_range: DateRangeSchema.optional().nullable(),
+  category: z.string().optional().nullable(),
+});
+
+export type ArticleTaskPayload = z.infer<typeof ArticleTaskPayloadSchema>;
+
+export const ProcessedTaskPayloadSchema = z.object({
+  source_id: z.string(),
+  env: z.string().default("development"),
+  article: z.any(),
+});
+
+export type ProcessedTaskPayload = z.infer<typeof ProcessedTaskPayloadSchema>;
+
+export interface ListingContext {
+  source: AnySourceConfig;
+}
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/tasks.test.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/tasks.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ae237d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/tasks.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { scheduleAsyncCrawl, registerCrawlerTaskHandlers, collectListing } from "./tasks";
+import { QueueManager } from "./queue";
+
+describe("Async tasks", () => {
+  it("schedules crawl with provided manager", async () => {
+    const enqueueListing = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: "job-1" });
+    const manager = {
+      enqueueListing,
+    } as unknown as QueueManager;
+
+    const jobId = await scheduleAsyncCrawl({
+      sourceId: "radiookapi",
+      queueManager: manager,
+    });
+
+    expect(jobId).toBe("job-1");
+    expect(enqueueListing).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      source_id: "radiookapi",
+      env: "development",
+      page_range: undefined,
+      date_range: undefined,
+      category: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("delegates listing collection to registered handler", async () => {
+    const handler = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(5);
+    registerCrawlerTaskHandlers({ collectListing: handler });
+
+    const count = await collectListing({
+      source_id: "radiookapi",
+      env: "development",
+    });
+
+    expect(count).toBe(5);
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      source_id: "radiookapi",
+      env: "development",
+      page_range: undefined,
+      date_range: undefined,
+      category: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/tasks.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/tasks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d81f571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/tasks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import {
+  ListingTaskPayloadSchema,
+  ArticleTaskPayloadSchema,
+  ProcessedTaskPayloadSchema,
+  ListingTaskPayload,
+  ArticleTaskPayload,
+  ProcessedTaskPayload,
+} from "./schemas";
+import {
+  createQueueManager,
+  QueueManager,
+  QueueSettings,
+  QueueSettingsInput,
+} from "./queue";
+
+export interface CrawlerTaskHandlers {
+  collectListing: (payload: ListingTaskPayload) => Promise<number> | number;
+  collectArticle: (payload: ArticleTaskPayload) => Promise<unknown> | unknown;
+  forwardForProcessing: (payload: ProcessedTaskPayload) => Promise<unknown> | unknown;
+}
+
+const notImplemented = (name: keyof CrawlerTaskHandlers) => () => {
+  throw new Error(`Crawler task handler '${name}' is not implemented`);
+};
+
+let handlers: CrawlerTaskHandlers = {
+  collectListing: notImplemented("collectListing"),
+  collectArticle: notImplemented("collectArticle"),
+  forwardForProcessing: notImplemented("forwardForProcessing"),
+};
+
+export const registerCrawlerTaskHandlers = (overrides: Partial<CrawlerTaskHandlers>): void => {
+  handlers = { ...handlers, ...overrides };
+};
+
+export interface ScheduleAsyncCrawlOptions {
+  sourceId: string;
+  env?: string;
+  pageRange?: string | null;
+  dateRange?: string | null;
+  category?: string | null;
+  settings?: QueueSettings | QueueSettingsInput;
+  queueManager?: QueueManager;
+}
+
+export const scheduleAsyncCrawl = async ({
+  sourceId,
+  env = "development",
+  pageRange,
+  dateRange,
+  category,
+  settings,
+  queueManager,
+}: ScheduleAsyncCrawlOptions): Promise<string> => {
+  const payload = ListingTaskPayloadSchema.parse({
+    source_id: sourceId,
+    env,
+    page_range: pageRange ?? undefined,
+    date_range: dateRange ?? undefined,
+    category: category ?? undefined,
+  });
+
+  const manager = queueManager ?? createQueueManager({ settings });
+  try {
+    const job = await manager.enqueueListing(payload);
+    return job.id;
+  } finally {
+    if (!queueManager) {
+      await manager.close();
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+export const collectListing = async (payload: unknown): Promise<number> => {
+  const data = ListingTaskPayloadSchema.parse(payload);
+  const result = await handlers.collectListing(data);
+  return typeof result === "number" ? result : 0;
+};
+
+export const collectArticle = async (payload: unknown): Promise<unknown> => {
+  const data = ArticleTaskPayloadSchema.parse(payload);
+  return handlers.collectArticle(data);
+};
+
+export const forwardForProcessing = async (payload: unknown): Promise<unknown> => {
+  const data = ProcessedTaskPayloadSchema.parse(payload);
+  return handlers.forwardForProcessing(data);
+};
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/worker.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/worker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbc506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/async/worker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import IORedis from "ioredis";
+import { Worker, QueueEvents } from "bullmq";
+
+import {
+  createQueueManager,
+  QueueFactory,
+  QueueManager,
+  QueueSettings,
+  QueueSettingsInput,
+} from "./queue";
+import { collectArticle, collectListing, forwardForProcessing } from "./tasks";
+
+export interface WorkerOptions {
+  queueNames?: string[];
+  settings?: QueueSettings | QueueSettingsInput;
+  connection?: IORedis;
+  queueFactory?: QueueFactory;
+  concurrency?: number;
+  onError?: (error: Error) => void;
+  queueManager?: QueueManager;
+}
+
+export interface WorkerHandle {
+  readonly workers: Worker[];
+  readonly events: QueueEvents[];
+  close: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export const startWorker = (options: WorkerOptions = {}): WorkerHandle => {
+  const manager =
+    options.queueManager ??
+    createQueueManager({
+      settings: options.settings,
+      connection: options.connection,
+      queueFactory: options.queueFactory,
+    });
+
+  const queueNames = options.queueNames ?? manager.iterQueueNames();
+  const workers: Worker[] = [];
+  const events: QueueEvents[] = [];
+
+  const connection = manager.connection;
+
+  for (const queueName of queueNames) {
+    const worker = new Worker(queueName, async (job) => {
+      switch (job.name) {
+        case "collect_listing":
+          return collectListing(job.data);
+        case "collect_article":
+          return collectArticle(job.data);
+        case "forward_for_processing":
+          return forwardForProcessing(job.data);
+        default:
+          throw new Error(`Unknown job name: ${job.name}`);
+      }
+    }, {
+      connection,
+      concurrency: options.concurrency ?? 5,
+    });
+
+    if (options.onError) {
+      worker.on("failed", (_, err) => options.onError?.(err as Error));
+      worker.on("error", (err) => options.onError?.(err as Error));
+    }
+
+    const queueEvents = new QueueEvents(queueName, { connection });
+
+    workers.push(worker);
+    events.push(queueEvents);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    workers,
+    events,
+    close: async () => {
+      await Promise.all(workers.map((worker) => worker.close()));
+      await Promise.all(events.map((event) => event.close()));
+      if (!options.queueManager) {
+        await manager.close();
+      }
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/index.ts b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa828f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/services/crawler/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export * from "./async/queue";
+export * from "./async/tasks";
+export * from "./async/worker";
diff --git a/apps/crawler/src/utils.ts b/apps/crawler/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ada900a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+
+import type { RedisOptions } from "ioredis";
+import { get_encoding } from "tiktoken";
+
+import type { ProjectPaths } from "./schema";
+
+export const ensureDirectories = (paths: ProjectPaths): void => {
+  for (const dir of [paths.data, paths.logs, paths.configs]) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+export const parseRedisUrl = (url: string): RedisOptions => {
+  if (!url.startsWith("redis://")) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  const parsed = new URL(url);
+  return {
+    host: parsed.hostname,
+    port: Number(parsed.port || 6379),
+    password: parsed.password || undefined,
+    db: Number(parsed.pathname?.replace("/", "") || 0),
+  };
+};
+
+export const countTokens = (text: string, encoding = "cl100k_base"): number => {
+  try {
+    const encoder = get_encoding(encoding);
+    const tokens = encoder.encode(text);
+    encoder.free();
+    return tokens.length;
+  } catch {
+    return text.length;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/apps/crawler/tsconfig.json b/apps/crawler/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3399c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "dist"
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "references": []
+}
diff --git a/apps/crawler/vitest.config.ts b/apps/crawler/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..869d8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/crawler/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    environment: "node",
+    globals: true,
+    include: ["src/**/*.test.ts"],
+  },
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0589495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "basango-monorepo",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "workspaces": [
+    "apps/*"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc -b",
+    "test": "vitest --run"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^5.4.0",
+    "vitest": "^1.6.0",
+    "@types/node": "^20.11.30"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b570f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Node",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "types": ["node"],
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "outDir": "dist"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5c2ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
+  "files": [],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./apps/crawler" }
+  ]
+}