diff --git a/k8s/agents-api.yaml b/k8s/agents-api.yaml
index 9caf093..fee7656 100644
--- a/k8s/agents-api.yaml
+++ b/k8s/agents-api.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,23 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: app-volume
           mountPath: /app
+      - name: worker
+        image: python:3.11-slim
+        workingDir: /app
+        command: ["sh", "-c", "pip install -r requirements.txt && python -m src.worker"]
+        env:
+        - name: PYTHONUNBUFFERED
+          value: "1"
+        - name: PYTHONPATH
+          value: "/app"
+        - name: GOOGLE_API_KEY
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: agents-api-secrets
+              key: GOOGLE_API_KEY
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: app-volume
+          mountPath: /app
       volumes:
         - name: app-volume
           emptyDir: {}