diff --git a/apps/ai_analysis/tasks.py b/apps/ai_analysis/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5341a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ai_analysis/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import logging
+from celery import shared_task
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+@shared_task
+def debug_task():
+    logger.info("Celery worker está funcionando!")
+    return "ok"
+
+# para usar essa taks, chamamos a task junto com .delay()
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diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index e69de29..e31568a 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .celery import app as celery_app
+
+__all__ = ("celery_app",)
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diff --git a/config/celery.py b/config/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cec215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import os 
+from celery import Celery
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
+
+app = Celery("homematch")
+app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
+app.autodiscover_tasks()
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index 5cde5a5..704cd15 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@
 
 CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
 
+# Celery
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = config("CELERY_BROKER_URL", default="redis://redis:6379/0")
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = config("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND", default="redis://redis:6379/0")
+CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ["json"]
+CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = "json"
+
+# O redis vai enfileirar as tarefas e atribuir aos workers do celery.
+# O celery vai ter seus workers que vão ter suas funções já pré definidas nos arquivos tasks.py
+# Quando uma tarefa é terminada, o redis vai armazenar seu resultado
 # Cloudflare R2
 # Default to None so the app starts without R2 in local dev.
 # AiVisionClient / boto3 will raise at the point of first use if unset.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index dd30082..639b418 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       retries: 5
 
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 5s
+      retries: 5
+  
+
   web:
     build: .
     command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
@@ -28,5 +38,18 @@ services:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
 
+  celery_worker:
+    build: .
+    command: celery -A config worker -l info
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f75bb59..e69de29 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Django==5.2
-djangorestframework==3.16.0
-djangorestframework-simplejwt==5.5.0
-django-filter==25.1
-django-cors-headers
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
-python-decouple==3.8
-Markdown==3.8
-pillow==11.2.1
-boto3
-openai
-google-generativeai
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