diff --git a/backend/ads/migrations/0002_alter_adevaluation_crawl_task.py b/backend/ads/migrations/0002_alter_adevaluation_crawl_task.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebd327d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/ads/migrations/0002_alter_adevaluation_crawl_task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 6.0.8 on 2026-08-08 10:04
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('ads', '0001_initial'),
+        ('crawler', '0002_alter_crawlrun_crawl_task'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='adevaluation',
+            name='crawl_task',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='evaluations', to='crawler.crawltask'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/ads/models.py b/backend/ads/models.py
index 78240df..9670670 100644
--- a/backend/ads/models.py
+++ b/backend/ads/models.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Ad(BaseModel):
 
 
 class AdEvaluation(BaseModel):
-    crawl_task = models.ForeignKey(CrawlTask, on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name='evaluations')
+    crawl_task = models.ForeignKey(CrawlTask, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='evaluations')
     ad = models.ForeignKey(Ad, on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name='evaluations')
     is_flagged = models.BooleanField(default=False)
     reason = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
diff --git a/backend/ads/tasks.py b/backend/ads/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b387836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/ads/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import os
+import html
+import requests
+from openai import OpenAI, AuthenticationError
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from celery import shared_task
+from django.utils import timezone
+from ads.models import Ad, AdEvaluation, NotificationLog
+
+# Pydantic model for strict OpenAI structured output format
+class AdEvaluationResult(BaseModel):
+    is_flagged: bool = Field(description="True if the ad matches the criteria in the prompt, otherwise False")
+    reason: str = Field(description="A concise explanation in Persian describing why the ad matches or doesn't match the criteria")
+    confidence: float = Field(description="Confidence score between 0.0 and 1.0")
+
+@shared_task(bind=True, max_retries=3, default_retry_delay=10)
+def evaluate_ad_with_ai(self, evaluation_id):
+    """
+    Asynchronously evaluates a single ad using OpenAI's gpt-4o-mini model
+    against the specific CrawlTask search criteria.
+    """
+    try:
+        evaluation = AdEvaluation.objects.get(pk=evaluation_id)
+    except AdEvaluation.DoesNotExist:
+        return
+
+    ad = evaluation.ad
+    task = evaluation.crawl_task
+    api_key = os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY')
+
+    # Fallback if OpenAI API Key is missing
+    if not api_key or 'placeholder' in api_key or 'your_openai_api_key' in api_key or 'your-openai-api-key-here' in api_key:
+        evaluation.is_flagged = False
+        evaluation.reason = "AI Evaluation skipped: OpenAI API key is not configured."
+        evaluation.confidence = 0.0
+        evaluation.save()
+        return
+
+    try:
+        client = OpenAI(api_key=api_key)
+        
+        system_instruction = (
+            "You are an expert Iranian market analyst. Your job is to read listing descriptions "
+            "and decide if they match specific target criteria. You MUST reply using the structured JSON response format "
+            "with Persian strings."
+        )
+        
+        user_content = (
+            f"User Search Criteria: {task.detection_prompt}\n\n"
+            f"Ad Title: {ad.title}\n"
+            f"Ad Price: {ad.price or 'Not specified'}\n"
+            f"Ad Category: {ad.category or 'Not specified'}\n"
+            f"Ad Description:\n{ad.description}"
+        )
+        
+        completion = client.beta.chat.completions.parse(
+            model="gpt-4o-mini",
+            messages=[
+                {"role": "system", "content": system_instruction},
+                {"role": "user", "content": user_content}
+            ],
+            response_format=AdEvaluationResult,
+            timeout=25
+        )
+        
+        result = completion.choices[0].message.parsed
+        evaluation.is_flagged = result.is_flagged
+        evaluation.reason = result.reason
+        evaluation.confidence = result.confidence
+        evaluation.save()
+
+        # Update run stats on successful AI flagging
+        if result.is_flagged:
+            from crawler.models import CrawlRun
+            from django.db.models import F
+            latest_run = CrawlRun.objects.filter(crawl_task=task).order_by('-started_at').first()
+            if latest_run:
+                latest_run.ads_flagged_count = F('ads_flagged_count') + 1
+                latest_run.save(update_fields=['ads_flagged_count'])
+
+            # Send telegram channel notification if configured
+            if task.telegram_channel_id:
+                send_telegram_notification.delay(evaluation.id)
+
+    except AuthenticationError as auth_err:
+        evaluation.is_flagged = False
+        evaluation.reason = "AI Evaluation failed: Invalid or incorrect OpenAI API key."
+        evaluation.confidence = 0.0
+        evaluation.save()
+    except Exception as e:
+        # Retry in case of API rate limits or network issues
+        try:
+            self.retry(exc=e)
+        except self.MaxRetriesExceededError:
+            evaluation.is_flagged = False
+            evaluation.reason = f"AI Evaluation failed: {str(e)}"
+            evaluation.confidence = 0.0
+            evaluation.save()
+
+@shared_task(bind=True, max_retries=3, default_retry_delay=15)
+def send_telegram_notification(self, evaluation_id):
+    """
+    Sends an HTML formatted alert message to the target Telegram Channel
+    notifying them of a flagged ad.
+    """
+    try:
+        evaluation = AdEvaluation.objects.get(pk=evaluation_id)
+    except AdEvaluation.DoesNotExist:
+        return
+
+    ad = evaluation.ad
+    task = evaluation.crawl_task
+    token = os.getenv('TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN')
+    channel = task.telegram_channel_id
+
+    if not token or not channel:
+        return
+
+    # Escape HTML to prevent telegram parsing errors
+    title_esc = html.escape(ad.title)
+    price_esc = html.escape(ad.price or 'مشخص نشده')
+    cat_esc = html.escape(ad.category or 'مشخص نشده')
+    reason_esc = html.escape(evaluation.reason or '')
+
+    message_html = (
+        f"🔔 <b>آگهی پرچم‌گذاری شده دیوار</b>\n\n"
+        f"📌 <b>عنوان:</b> {title_esc}\n"
+        f"💰 <b>قیمت:</b> {price_esc}\n"
+        f"🗂 <b>دسته‌بندی:</b> {cat_esc}\n\n"
+        f"🤖 <b>علت انتخاب AI:</b>\n{reason_esc}\n\n"
+        f"🔗 <a href='{ad.url}'>مشاهده آگهی در دیوار</a>"
+    )
+
+    url = f"https://api.telegram.org/bot{token}/sendMessage"
+    payload = {
+        'chat_id': channel,
+        'text': message_html,
+        'parse_mode': 'HTML'
+    }
+
+    try:
+        res = requests.post(url, json=payload, timeout=10)
+        if res.status_code == 200:
+            NotificationLog.objects.create(
+                evaluation=evaluation,
+                channel_id=channel,
+                status='SENT'
+            )
+        else:
+            raise Exception(f"Telegram API responded with code {res.status_code}: {res.text}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        try:
+            self.retry(exc=e)
+        except self.MaxRetriesExceededError:
+            NotificationLog.objects.create(
+                evaluation=evaluation,
+                channel_id=channel,
+                status='FAILED',
+                error_message=str(e)
+            )
diff --git a/backend/crawler/migrations/0002_alter_crawlrun_crawl_task.py b/backend/crawler/migrations/0002_alter_crawlrun_crawl_task.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b73db9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/crawler/migrations/0002_alter_crawlrun_crawl_task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 6.0.8 on 2026-08-08 10:04
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('crawler', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='crawlrun',
+            name='crawl_task',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='runs', to='crawler.crawltask'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/crawler/models.py b/backend/crawler/models.py
index c2fdfda..0b4c33d 100644
--- a/backend/crawler/models.py
+++ b/backend/crawler/models.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CrawlRun(BaseModel):
         ('FAILED', 'Failed'),
     ]
 
-    crawl_task = models.ForeignKey(CrawlTask, on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name='runs')
+    crawl_task = models.ForeignKey(CrawlTask, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='runs')
     started_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     finished_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
     status = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default='RUNNING')
diff --git a/backend/crawler/tasks.py b/backend/crawler/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10c57b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/crawler/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import re
+import json
+import requests
+import urllib.parse
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from django.utils import timezone
+from celery import shared_task
+from crawler.models import CrawlRun, CrawlTask
+from ads.models import Ad, AdEvaluation
+
+def parse_divar_url(divar_url):
+    """
+    Parses a public Divar search link to extract city, category path,
+    and query parameters.
+    """
+    parsed = urlparse(divar_url)
+    path_parts = [p for p in parsed.path.split('/') if p]
+    
+    city = 'tehran'
+    category = ''
+    
+    if len(path_parts) >= 2 and path_parts[0] == 's':
+        city = path_parts[1]
+        if len(path_parts) > 2:
+            category = '/'.join(path_parts[2:])
+    elif len(path_parts) >= 1:
+        city = path_parts[0]
+        if len(path_parts) > 1:
+            category = '/'.join(path_parts[1:])
+            
+    query_params = dict(urllib.parse.parse_qsl(parsed.query))
+    return city, category, query_params
+
+def extract_widgets_from_dict(d, found_ads):
+    """
+    Recursively searches a JSON structure for dictionaries matching
+    the properties of an ad widget, extracting token, title, description,
+    price, and image details.
+    """
+    if isinstance(d, dict):
+        # Retrieve token
+        token = d.get('token')
+        if not token:
+            token = d.get('action', {}).get('payload', {}).get('token')
+            if not token:
+                token = d.get('data', {}).get('token')
+                
+        # Retrieve title
+        title = d.get('title') or d.get('data', {}).get('title')
+        
+        # Verify it represents an ad widget (token length >= 6 and has a title)
+        if token and title and isinstance(token, str) and len(token) >= 6:
+            desc = (
+                d.get('description') or 
+                d.get('data', {}).get('description') or 
+                d.get('data', {}).get('top_description_text') or 
+                d.get('data', {}).get('middle_description_text') or 
+                d.get('data', {}).get('bottom_description_text') or 
+                ''
+            )
+            
+            price = (
+                d.get('price') or 
+                d.get('data', {}).get('price_text') or 
+                d.get('data', {}).get('price') or 
+                ''
+            )
+            
+            image_url = ''
+            image_data = d.get('image') or d.get('data', {}).get('image') or d.get('data', {}).get('image_url')
+            if isinstance(image_data, str):
+                image_url = image_data
+            elif isinstance(image_data, dict):
+                image_url = image_data.get('url') or image_data.get('src') or ''
+                
+            ad_info = {
+                'token': token,
+                'title': title,
+                'description': desc,
+                'price': price,
+                'image_url': image_url,
+                'category': d.get('category') or d.get('data', {}).get('category') or ''
+            }
+            found_ads[token] = ad_info
+            
+        for v in d.values():
+            extract_widgets_from_dict(v, found_ads)
+            
+    elif isinstance(d, list):
+        for item in d:
+            extract_widgets_from_dict(item, found_ads)
+
+@shared_task
+def run_crawl_pipeline(run_id):
+    """
+    Background Celery task that executes a crawling run.
+    Parses Divar listing data, registers new Ads, and queues AI evaluations.
+    """
+    try:
+        run = CrawlRun.objects.get(pk=run_id)
+    except CrawlRun.DoesNotExist:
+        return
+        
+    task = run.crawl_task
+    
+    # 1. Verification checks
+    if not task.is_active:
+        run.status = 'FAILED'
+        run.finished_at = timezone.now()
+        run.error_log = "CrawlTask is inactive."
+        run.save()
+        return
+        
+    now = timezone.localtime(timezone.now()).time()
+    if not (task.start_hour <= now <= task.end_hour):
+        run.status = 'SUCCESS'
+        run.finished_at = timezone.now()
+        run.error_log = f"Skipped: current time {now.strftime('%H:%M')} is outside allowed window {task.start_hour.strftime('%H:%M')} to {task.end_hour.strftime('%H:%M')}"
+        run.save()
+        return
+
+    # Update run status to RUNNING
+    run.status = 'RUNNING'
+    run.save()
+
+    headers = {
+        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/115.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'
+    }
+    
+    city, category, query_params = parse_divar_url(task.divar_url)
+    found_ads = {}
+    
+    # 2. Try fetching from Divar public web search API
+    api_url = f"https://api.divar.ir/v8/web-search/{city}/{category}"
+    try:
+        res = requests.get(api_url, params=query_params, headers=headers, timeout=15)
+        if res.status_code == 200:
+            extract_widgets_from_dict(res.json(), found_ads)
+    except Exception as api_err:
+        # Log error but proceed to HTML scraper fallback
+        pass
+
+    # 3. Fallback: Parse HTML state if API failed/returned nothing
+    if not found_ads:
+        try:
+            res = requests.get(task.divar_url, headers=headers, timeout=15)
+            if res.status_code == 200:
+                match = re.search(r'window\.__PRELOADED_STATE__\s*=\s*(\{[\s\S]*?\});', res.text)
+                if not match:
+                    match = re.search(r'window\.__INITIAL_STATE__\s*=\s*(\{[\s\S]*?\});', res.text)
+                if match:
+                    state_data = json.loads(match.group(1))
+                    extract_widgets_from_dict(state_data, found_ads)
+        except Exception as html_err:
+            run.status = 'FAILED'
+            run.finished_at = timezone.now()
+            run.error_log = f"Scraping failed. API and HTML fallbacks both failed.\nAPI Error: {str(api_err) if 'api_err' in locals() else 'None'}\nHTML Error: {str(html_err)}"
+            run.save()
+            return
+
+    # 4. Save listings & trigger AI evaluations
+    ads_fetched = len(found_ads)
+    ads_evaluated = 0
+    
+    for token, ad_info in found_ads.items():
+        try:
+            # Create or get Ad metadata
+            ad, created = Ad.objects.get_or_create(
+                divar_token=token,
+                defaults={
+                    'title': ad_info['title'],
+                    'description': ad_info['description'],
+                    'price': ad_info['price'],
+                    'category': ad_info['category'],
+                    'images': [ad_info['image_url']] if ad_info['image_url'] else [],
+                    'url': f"https://divar.ir/v/{token}"
+                }
+            )
+            
+            # Check if an evaluation already exists for this crawler on this ad
+            eval_exists = AdEvaluation.objects.filter(ad=ad, crawl_task=task).exists()
+            if not eval_exists:
+                eval_obj = AdEvaluation.objects.create(ad=ad, crawl_task=task)
+                ads_evaluated += 1
+                
+                # Trigger Celery AI evaluation task
+                from ads.tasks import evaluate_ad_with_ai
+                evaluate_ad_with_ai.delay(eval_obj.id)
+        except Exception:
+            # If a single ad save fails, continue processing other ads
+            pass
+
+    # Update runs counters and status
+    run.status = 'SUCCESS'
+    run.finished_at = timezone.now()
+    run.ads_fetched_count = ads_fetched
+    run.ads_evaluated_count = ads_evaluated
+    run.save()