diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11637c4..a88e24a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ shared/
 supabase/
 dify/
 volumes/
-docker-compose.override.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+docker-compose.override.yml
+docker-compose.n8n-workers.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 060069f..11a17c6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ x-n8n: &service-n8n
     N8N_RUNNERS_BROKER_LISTEN_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
     N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED: true
     N8N_RUNNERS_MODE: external
+    OFFLOAD_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS_TO_WORKERS: ${OFFLOAD_MANUAL_EXECUTIONS_TO_WORKERS:-true}
     N8N_SMTP_HOST: ${N8N_SMTP_HOST:-}
     N8N_SMTP_OAUTH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${N8N_SMTP_OAUTH_PRIVATE_KEY:-}
     N8N_SMTP_OAUTH_SERVICE_CLIENT: ${N8N_SMTP_OAUTH_SERVICE_CLIENT:-}
@@ -106,15 +107,16 @@ x-init-ollama: &init-ollama
     - "-c"
     - "sleep 3; OLLAMA_HOST=ollama:11434 ollama pull qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q4_K_M; OLLAMA_HOST=ollama:11434 ollama pull nomic-embed-text"
 
-x-n8n-runner: &service-n8n-runner
+# Worker-runner anchor for sidecar pattern (runner connects to worker via localhost)
+x-n8n-worker-runner: &service-n8n-worker-runner
   image: n8nio/runners:2.0.0
-  environment: &service-n8n-runner-env
+  environment:
     N8N_RUNNERS_AUTH_TOKEN: ${N8N_RUNNERS_AUTH_TOKEN}
     N8N_RUNNERS_AUTO_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT: 15
     N8N_RUNNERS_EXTERNAL_ALLOW: "*"
     N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY: ${N8N_RUNNERS_MAX_CONCURRENCY:-5}
     N8N_RUNNERS_STDLIB_ALLOW: "*"
-    N8N_RUNNERS_TASK_BROKER_URI: http://n8n:5679
+    N8N_RUNNERS_TASK_BROKER_URI: http://127.0.0.1:5679
     NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_BUILTIN: "*"
     NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL: cheerio,axios,moment,lodash
 
@@ -175,40 +177,26 @@ services:
       n8n-import:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
 
-  n8n-worker:
+  # Template services for worker-runner pairs (used by docker-compose.n8n-workers.yml via extends)
+  # These templates use profile "n8n-template" which is never activated directly
+  n8n-worker-template:
     <<: *service-n8n
-    profiles: ["n8n"]
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    profiles: ["n8n-template"]
     command: worker
     volumes:
       - n8n_storage:/home/node/.n8n
       - ./shared:/data/shared
-    depends_on:
-      n8n:
-        condition: service_started
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      postgres:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    deploy:
-      replicas: ${N8N_WORKER_COUNT:-1}
 
-  n8n-runner:
-    <<: *service-n8n-runner
-    profiles: ["n8n"]
-    restart: unless-stopped
+  n8n-runner-template:
+    <<: *service-n8n-worker-runner
+    profiles: ["n8n-template"]
     entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/usr/local/bin/task-runner-launcher javascript python"]
-    depends_on:
-      n8n:
-        condition: service_started
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:5680/healthz || exit 1"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 5
       start_period: 30s
-    deploy:
-      replicas: ${N8N_RUNNER_COUNT:-1}
 
   qdrant:
     image: qdrant/qdrant
diff --git a/scripts/generate_n8n_workers.sh b/scripts/generate_n8n_workers.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..949a1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate_n8n_workers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Генерирует docker-compose.n8n-workers.yml с N парами worker-runner
+# Использование: N8N_WORKER_COUNT=3 bash scripts/generate_n8n_workers.sh
+#
+# Этот скрипт идемпотентен - при повторном запуске файл перезаписывается
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
+
+# Source utilities if available
+if [[ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/utils.sh" ]]; then
+    source "$SCRIPT_DIR/utils.sh"
+else
+    # Fallback logging functions
+    log_info() { echo "[INFO] $*"; }
+    log_warning() { echo "[WARN] $*"; }
+    log_error() { echo "[ERROR] $*" >&2; }
+fi
+
+# Загрузить N8N_WORKER_COUNT из .env если не задан
+if [[ -z "${N8N_WORKER_COUNT:-}" ]] && [[ -f "$PROJECT_DIR/.env" ]]; then
+    N8N_WORKER_COUNT=$(grep -E "^N8N_WORKER_COUNT=" "$PROJECT_DIR/.env" | cut -d'=' -f2 || echo "1")
+fi
+N8N_WORKER_COUNT=${N8N_WORKER_COUNT:-1}
+
+# Валидация N8N_WORKER_COUNT
+if ! [[ "$N8N_WORKER_COUNT" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
+    log_error "N8N_WORKER_COUNT must be a positive integer, got: '$N8N_WORKER_COUNT'"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+OUTPUT_FILE="$PROJECT_DIR/docker-compose.n8n-workers.yml"
+
+log_info "Generating n8n worker-runner pairs configuration..."
+log_info "N8N_WORKER_COUNT=$N8N_WORKER_COUNT"
+
+# Перезаписываем файл (идемпотентно)
+cat > "$OUTPUT_FILE" << 'EOF'
+# Auto-generated file for n8n worker-runner pairs
+# Regenerate with: bash scripts/generate_n8n_workers.sh
+# DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY - this file is overwritten on each run
+
+services:
+EOF
+
+for i in $(seq 1 "$N8N_WORKER_COUNT"); do
+cat >> "$OUTPUT_FILE" << EOF
+  n8n-worker-$i:
+    extends:
+      file: docker-compose.yml
+      service: n8n-worker-template
+    container_name: n8n-worker-$i
+    profiles: ["n8n"]
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      n8n:
+        condition: service_started
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  n8n-runner-$i:
+    extends:
+      file: docker-compose.yml
+      service: n8n-runner-template
+    container_name: n8n-runner-$i
+    profiles: ["n8n"]
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    network_mode: "service:n8n-worker-$i"
+    depends_on:
+      n8n-worker-$i:
+        condition: service_started
+
+EOF
+done
+
+log_info "Generated $OUTPUT_FILE with $N8N_WORKER_COUNT worker-runner pair(s)"