diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/automations/tasks/__init__.py b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/tasks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fe0d62e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""Celery task wrappers for the automation runtime."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/automations/tasks/execute_run.py b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/tasks/execute_run.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fc84698b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/automations/tasks/execute_run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""Celery task that runs one automation. Thin wrapper over ``runtime.executor``."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+
+from app.automations.runtime import execute_run
+from app.celery_app import celery_app
+from app.tasks.celery_tasks import (
+    get_celery_session_maker,
+    run_async_celery_task,
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+TASK_NAME = "automation_run_execute"
+
+
+@celery_app.task(name=TASK_NAME, bind=True)
+def automation_run_execute(self, run_id: int) -> None:  # noqa: ARG001 — Celery bind
+    """Execute one ``AutomationRun``. Idempotent: terminal runs no-op."""
+    return run_async_celery_task(lambda: _impl(run_id))
+
+
+async def _impl(run_id: int) -> None:
+    session_maker = get_celery_session_maker()
+    async with session_maker() as session:
+        try:
+            await execute_run(session, run_id)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("automation_run %d failed unexpectedly", run_id)
+            await session.rollback()
+            raise
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/celery_app.py b/surfsense_backend/app/celery_app.py
index 5b45baca1..569178239 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/celery_app.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/celery_app.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ celery_app = Celery(
         "app.tasks.celery_tasks.document_reindex_tasks",
         "app.tasks.celery_tasks.stale_notification_cleanup_task",
         "app.tasks.celery_tasks.stripe_reconciliation_task",
+        "app.automations.tasks.execute_run",
     ],
 )