diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e06132c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
+
+export const CREATE_DIGEST_JOB = 'CREATE_DIGEST_JOB'
+
+export interface CreateDigestJobData {
+  userId: string
+}
+
+export interface CreateDigestJobResponse {
+  jobId: string
+}
+
+export const processCreateDigestJob = async (data: CreateDigestJobData) => {
+  logger.info('processing create digest job', data)
+
+  // do something
+  await Promise.resolve()
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index 136a854f4..2670e2777 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { TaskState } from './generated/graphql'
 import { aiSummarize, AI_SUMMARIZE_JOB_NAME } from './jobs/ai-summarize'
 import { bulkAction, BULK_ACTION_JOB_NAME } from './jobs/bulk_action'
 import { callWebhook, CALL_WEBHOOK_JOB_NAME } from './jobs/call_webhook'
+import { CREATE_DIGEST_JOB, processCreateDigestJob } from './jobs/create_digest'
 import { findThumbnail, THUMBNAIL_JOB } from './jobs/find_thumbnail'
 import {
   exportAllItems,
@@ -178,6 +179,8 @@ export const createWorker = (connection: ConnectionOptions) =>
           return saveNewsletterJob(job.data)
         case FORWARD_EMAIL_JOB:
           return forwardEmailJob(job.data)
+        case CREATE_DIGEST_JOB:
+          return processCreateDigestJob(job.data)
         default:
           logger.warning(`[queue-processor] unhandled job: ${job.name}`)
       }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index 001daee64..d8fd2bbf5 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ import {
 import { AISummarizeJobData, AI_SUMMARIZE_JOB_NAME } from '../jobs/ai-summarize'
 import { BulkActionData, BULK_ACTION_JOB_NAME } from '../jobs/bulk_action'
 import { CallWebhookJobData, CALL_WEBHOOK_JOB_NAME } from '../jobs/call_webhook'
+import {
+  CreateDigestJobData,
+  CreateDigestJobResponse,
+  CREATE_DIGEST_JOB,
+} from '../jobs/create_digest'
 import { THUMBNAIL_JOB } from '../jobs/find_thumbnail'
 import { EXPORT_ALL_ITEMS_JOB_NAME } from '../jobs/integration/export_all_items'
 import {
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ export const getJobPriority = (jobName: string): number => {
     case `${REFRESH_FEED_JOB_NAME}_high`:
       return 10
     case PROCESS_YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_JOB_NAME:
+    case CREATE_DIGEST_JOB:
       return 20
     case `${REFRESH_FEED_JOB_NAME}_low`:
     case EXPORT_ITEM_JOB_NAME:
@@ -853,4 +859,28 @@ export const enqueueSendEmail = async (jobData: SendEmailJobData) => {
   })
 }
 
+export const enqueueCreateDigest = async (
+  data: CreateDigestJobData
+): Promise<CreateDigestJobResponse> => {
+  const queue = await getBackendQueue()
+  if (!queue) {
+    throw new Error('No queue found')
+  }
+
+  const jobId = `create-digest-${data.userId}`
+  const job = await queue.add(CREATE_DIGEST_JOB, data, {
+    jobId, // dedupe by userId
+    removeOnComplete: true,
+    removeOnFail: true,
+    attempts: 3,
+    priority: getJobPriority(CREATE_DIGEST_JOB),
+  })
+
+  logger.info('create digest job enqueued', { jobId: job.id })
+
+  return {
+    jobId,
+  }
+}
+
 export default createHttpTaskWithToken