diff --git a/backend/cmd/server/main.go b/backend/cmd/server/main.go
index 822d3ac..e6909bb 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -27,13 +27,19 @@ func main() {
 	queries := db.New(database)
 
 	fileSvc := service.NewFileService(queries, cfg)
+	nlpSvc := service.NewNLPService(cfg, fileSvc)
 	ocrSvc := service.NewOCRService(cfg, fileSvc)
 	urlSvc := service.NewURLService(cfg.HMACSecret, cfg.ServerHost)
 
+	ocrSvc.SetNLPService(nlpSvc)
+
 	ocrSvc.Start()
 	defer ocrSvc.Stop()
 
-	h := handler.New(fileSvc, ocrSvc, urlSvc)
+	nlpSvc.Start()
+	defer nlpSvc.Stop()
+
+	h := handler.New(fileSvc, ocrSvc, nlpSvc, urlSvc)
 
 	r := gin.Default()
 	handler.SetupRoutes(r, h)
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/config.go b/backend/internal/config/config.go
index b86e7e3..dfd4eec 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Port        string
 	DBPath      string
 	OCREndpoint string
+	NLPEndpoint string
 	UploadDir   string
 	HMACSecret  string
 	ServerHost  string
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ func Load() *Config {
 		Port:        envOr("PORT", "8080"),
 		DBPath:      envOr("DB_PATH", "vaultdrop.db"),
 		OCREndpoint: envOr("OCR_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost:9090"),
+		NLPEndpoint: envOr("NLP_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost:9091"),
 		UploadDir:   envOr("UPLOAD_DIR", "./uploads"),
 		HMACSecret:  envOr("HMAC_SECRET", "thisismyrandomstring"),
 		ServerHost:  envOr("SERVER_HOST", "http://192.168.1.17:8080"),
diff --git a/backend/internal/db/files.sql.go b/backend/internal/db/files.sql.go
index 27c54d1..e7b8394 100644
--- a/backend/internal/db/files.sql.go
+++ b/backend/internal/db/files.sql.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 const createFile = `-- name: CreateFile :one
 INSERT INTO files (id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, created_at, updated_at)
 VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
-RETURNING id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at
+RETURNING id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at, nlp_data
 `
 
 type CreateFileParams struct {
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (q *Queries) CreateFile(ctx context.Context, arg CreateFileParams) (File, e
 		&i.OcrText,
 		&i.CreatedAt,
 		&i.UpdatedAt,
+		&i.NlpData,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func (q *Queries) DeleteFile(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 }
 
 const getFile = `-- name: GetFile :one
-SELECT id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at FROM files
+SELECT id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at, nlp_data FROM files
 WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1
 `
 
@@ -76,12 +77,13 @@ func (q *Queries) GetFile(ctx context.Context, id string) (File, error) {
 		&i.OcrText,
 		&i.CreatedAt,
 		&i.UpdatedAt,
+		&i.NlpData,
 	)
 	return i, err
 }
 
 const listFiles = `-- name: ListFiles :many
-SELECT id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at FROM files
+SELECT id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at, nlp_data FROM files
 ORDER BY created_at DESC
 `
 
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ func (q *Queries) ListFiles(ctx context.Context) ([]File, error) {
 			&i.OcrText,
 			&i.CreatedAt,
 			&i.UpdatedAt,
+			&i.NlpData,
 		); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ func (q *Queries) ListFiles(ctx context.Context) ([]File, error) {
 }
 
 const listFilesByID = `-- name: ListFilesByID :many
-SELECT id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at FROM files
+SELECT id, name, mime_type, size, storage_key, checksum, ocr_text, created_at, updated_at, nlp_data FROM files
 WHERE id IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?))
 ORDER BY created_at DESC
 `
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ func (q *Queries) ListFilesByID(ctx context.Context, jsonEach interface{}) ([]Fi
 			&i.OcrText,
 			&i.CreatedAt,
 			&i.UpdatedAt,
+			&i.NlpData,
 		); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -179,3 +183,19 @@ func (q *Queries) UpdateFile(ctx context.Context, arg UpdateFileParams) error {
 	)
 	return err
 }
+
+const updateNLPData = `-- name: UpdateNLPData :exec
+UPDATE files
+SET nlp_data = ?, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+WHERE id = ?
+`
+
+type UpdateNLPDataParams struct {
+	NlpData string `json:"nlp_data"`
+	ID      string `json:"id"`
+}
+
+func (q *Queries) UpdateNLPData(ctx context.Context, arg UpdateNLPDataParams) error {
+	_, err := q.db.ExecContext(ctx, updateNLPData, arg.NlpData, arg.ID)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/db/migrations/003_nlp_data.down.sql b/backend/internal/db/migrations/003_nlp_data.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d0b554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/db/migrations/003_nlp_data.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE files DROP COLUMN nlp_data;
diff --git a/backend/internal/db/migrations/003_nlp_data.up.sql b/backend/internal/db/migrations/003_nlp_data.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..050bc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/db/migrations/003_nlp_data.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE files ADD COLUMN nlp_data TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
diff --git a/backend/internal/db/models.go b/backend/internal/db/models.go
index e42014d..da61fe3 100644
--- a/backend/internal/db/models.go
+++ b/backend/internal/db/models.go
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ type File struct {
 	OcrText    string    `json:"ocr_text"`
 	CreatedAt  time.Time `json:"created_at"`
 	UpdatedAt  time.Time `json:"updated_at"`
+	NlpData    string    `json:"nlp_data"`
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/db/queries/files.sql b/backend/internal/db/queries/files.sql
index e97d13d..e8b8418 100644
--- a/backend/internal/db/queries/files.sql
+++ b/backend/internal/db/queries/files.sql
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ WHERE id = ?;
 -- name: DeleteFile :exec
 DELETE FROM files
 WHERE id = ?;
+
+-- name: UpdateNLPData :exec
+UPDATE files
+SET nlp_data = ?, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+WHERE id = ?;
diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/files.go b/backend/internal/handler/files.go
index 69ddd36..a0f5276 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handler/files.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/files.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func (h *FileHandler) List(c *gin.Context) {
 		CreatedAt string   `json:"createdAt"`
 		MimeType  string   `json:"mimeType"`
 		OcrText   string   `json:"ocrText,omitempty"`
+		NlpData   string   `json:"nlpData,omitempty"`
 		UpdatedAt string   `json:"updatedAt"`
 	}
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func (h *FileHandler) List(c *gin.Context) {
 			Tags:      []string{},
 			CreatedAt: f.CreatedAt,
 			OcrText:   f.OcrText,
+			NlpData:   f.NlpData,
 			UpdatedAt: f.UpdatedAt,
 			MimeType:  f.MimeType,
 		}
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ func (h *FileHandler) Get(c *gin.Context) {
 		"createdAt": file.CreatedAt,
 		"updatedAt": file.UpdatedAt,
 		"ocrText":   file.OcrText,
+		"nlpData":   file.NlpData,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/handler.go b/backend/internal/handler/handler.go
index 6bb1f8f..3794c81 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handler/handler.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/handler.go
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ import (
 type Handler struct {
 	File   *FileHandler
 	OCR    *OCRHandler
+	NLP    *NLPHandler
 	Health *HealthHandler
 }
 
-func New(fileSvc *service.FileService, ocrSvc *service.OCRService, urlSvc *service.URLService) *Handler {
+func New(fileSvc *service.FileService, ocrSvc *service.OCRService, nlpSvc *service.NLPService, urlSvc *service.URLService) *Handler {
 	return &Handler{
 		File:   &FileHandler{files: fileSvc, urls: urlSvc, ocr: ocrSvc},
 		OCR:    &OCRHandler{ocr: ocrSvc, files: fileSvc},
-		Health: &HealthHandler{ocr: ocrSvc},
+		NLP:    &NLPHandler{nlp: nlpSvc, files: fileSvc},
+		Health: &HealthHandler{ocr: ocrSvc, nlp: nlpSvc},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/health.go b/backend/internal/handler/health.go
index 44f5463..942c6ec 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handler/health.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/health.go
@@ -7,8 +7,23 @@ import (
 
 type HealthHandler struct {
 	ocr interface{ HealthCheck() error }
+	nlp interface{ HealthCheck() error }
 }
 
 func (h *HealthHandler) Check(c *gin.Context) {
-	api.Success(c, gin.H{"status": "healthy"})
+	status := gin.H{"status": "healthy"}
+
+	if err := h.ocr.HealthCheck(); err != nil {
+		status["ocr"] = err.Error()
+	} else {
+		status["ocr"] = "healthy"
+	}
+
+	if err := h.nlp.HealthCheck(); err != nil {
+		status["nlp"] = err.Error()
+	} else {
+		status["nlp"] = "healthy"
+	}
+
+	api.Success(c, status)
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/nlp.go b/backend/internal/handler/nlp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7cb337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/nlp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package handler
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/vaultdrop/backend/internal/service"
+	"github.com/vaultdrop/backend/pkg/api"
+)
+
+type NLPHandler struct {
+	nlp   *service.NLPService
+	files *service.FileService
+}
+
+func (h *NLPHandler) CreateJob(c *gin.Context) {
+	api.Error(c, http.StatusNotImplemented, "NOT_IMPLEMENTED", "NLP job creation not yet implemented")
+}
+
+func (h *NLPHandler) GetJobStatus(c *gin.Context) {
+	api.Error(c, http.StatusNotFound, "JOB_NOT_FOUND", "NLP job not found")
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/handler/router.go b/backend/internal/handler/router.go
index 487fe2d..d2c4e89 100644
--- a/backend/internal/handler/router.go
+++ b/backend/internal/handler/router.go
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ func SetupRoutes(r *gin.Engine, h *Handler) {
 
 	api.POST("/ocr/jobs", h.OCR.CreateJob)
 	api.GET("/ocr/jobs/:id", h.OCR.GetJobStatus)
+
+	api.POST("/nlp/jobs", h.NLP.CreateJob)
+	api.GET("/nlp/jobs/:id", h.NLP.GetJobStatus)
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/model/file.go b/backend/internal/model/file.go
index fcae85d..d6a6e73 100644
--- a/backend/internal/model/file.go
+++ b/backend/internal/model/file.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type File struct {
 	StorageKey string `json:"-"`
 	Checksum   string `json:"-"`
 	OcrText    string `json:"ocrText,omitempty"`
+	NlpData    string `json:"nlpData,omitempty"`
 	CreatedAt  string `json:"createdAt"`
 	UpdatedAt  string `json:"updatedAt"`
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/nlp/client.go b/backend/internal/nlp/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be25278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/nlp/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package nlp
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type Client struct {
+	endpoint   string
+	httpClient *http.Client
+}
+
+func NewClient(endpoint string) *Client {
+	return &Client{
+		endpoint: endpoint,
+		httpClient: &http.Client{
+			Timeout: 60 * time.Second,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Client) Analyze(text string) (*AnalyzedFile, error) {
+	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(NLPRequest{Text: text})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("marshal request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := c.httpClient.Post(
+		c.endpoint+"/nlp",
+		"application/json",
+		bytes.NewReader(reqBody),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("call nlp server: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nlp server returned %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+	}
+
+	var nlpResp NLPResponse
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &nlpResp); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if nlpResp.ErrorCode != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nlp error %d: %s", nlpResp.ErrorCode, nlpResp.Message)
+	}
+
+	result := &AnalyzedFile{
+		Entities:   nlpResp.Result.Entities,
+		NounChunks: nlpResp.Result.NounChunks,
+		Sentences:  nlpResp.Result.Sentences,
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) HealthCheck() error {
+	resp, err := c.httpClient.Get(c.endpoint + "/health")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("health check failed: status %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/nlp/types.go b/backend/internal/nlp/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..158fe0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/nlp/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package nlp
+
+type NLPRequest struct {
+	Text string `json:"text"`
+}
+
+type NLPResponse struct {
+	ErrorCode int        `json:"errorCode"`
+	Result    NLPResult  `json:"result"`
+	Message   string     `json:"message,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type NLPResult struct {
+	Entities    []NLPEntity  `json:"entities"`
+	Tokens      []NLPToken   `json:"tokens"`
+	NounChunks  []string     `json:"noun_chunks"`
+	Sentences   []string     `json:"sentences"`
+}
+
+type NLPEntity struct {
+	Text       string  `json:"text"`
+	Label      string  `json:"label"`
+	Start      int     `json:"start"`
+	End        int     `json:"end"`
+	Confidence float64 `json:"confidence"`
+}
+
+type NLPToken struct {
+	Text    string `json:"text"`
+	Lemma   string `json:"lemma"`
+	POS     string `json:"pos"`
+	Tag     string `json:"tag"`
+	Dep     string `json:"dep"`
+	IsStop  bool   `json:"is_stop"`
+}
+
+type AnalyzedFile struct {
+	Entities    []NLPEntity `json:"entities"`
+	NounChunks  []string    `json:"noun_chunks"`
+	Sentences   []string    `json:"sentences"`
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/ocr/client.go b/backend/internal/ocr/client.go
index cecc344..3ab22a3 100644
--- a/backend/internal/ocr/client.go
+++ b/backend/internal/ocr/client.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func (c *Client) Recognize(imageData []byte) ([]TextBlock, error) {
 	switch docType {
 	case PDFScanned:
 		fmt.Println("PDFScanned -> PaddleOCR")
+	case PDFText:
+		fmt.Println("PDFText -> PaddleOCR")
 	case Image:
 		fmt.Println("Image -> PaddleOCR")
 	default:
diff --git a/backend/internal/service/file.go b/backend/internal/service/file.go
index 0010733..eafbc7a 100644
--- a/backend/internal/service/file.go
+++ b/backend/internal/service/file.go
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ func (s *FileService) UpdateOCRText(id, text string) error {
 	})
 }
 
+func (s *FileService) UpdateNLPData(id, nlpData string) error {
+	return s.queries.UpdateNLPData(context.Background(), db.UpdateNLPDataParams{
+		NlpData: nlpData,
+		ID:      id,
+	})
+}
+
 func dbToModel(f db.File) model.File {
 	return model.File{
 		ID:         f.ID,
@@ -122,6 +129,7 @@ func dbToModel(f db.File) model.File {
 		StorageKey: f.StorageKey,
 		Checksum:   f.Checksum,
 		OcrText:    f.OcrText,
+		NlpData:    f.NlpData,
 		CreatedAt:  f.CreatedAt.String(),
 		UpdatedAt:  f.UpdatedAt.String(),
 	}
diff --git a/backend/internal/service/nlp.go b/backend/internal/service/nlp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1385699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/service/nlp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/vaultdrop/backend/internal/config"
+	"github.com/vaultdrop/backend/internal/nlp"
+)
+
+type NLPJob struct {
+	FileID   string
+	FilePath string
+	OCRText  string
+}
+
+type NLPService struct {
+	client  *nlp.Client
+	fileSvc *FileService
+	jobs    chan NLPJob
+}
+
+func NewNLPService(cfg *config.Config, fileSvc *FileService) *NLPService {
+	return &NLPService{
+		client:  nlp.NewClient(cfg.NLPEndpoint),
+		fileSvc: fileSvc,
+		jobs:    make(chan NLPJob, 100),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) Start() {
+	go s.worker()
+	log.Println("[NLP] Worker started")
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) Stop() {
+	close(s.jobs)
+	log.Println("[NLP] Worker stopped")
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) Enqueue(fileID, filePath, ocrText string) {
+	s.jobs <- NLPJob{FileID: fileID, FilePath: filePath, OCRText: ocrText}
+	log.Printf("[NLP] Enqueued file %s", fileID)
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) worker() {
+	for job := range s.jobs {
+		s.process(job)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) process(job NLPJob) {
+	log.Printf("[NLP] Processing file %s", job.FileID)
+
+	text := job.OCRText
+
+	if text == "" {
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(job.FilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[NLP] Failed to read file %s: %v", job.FileID, err)
+			return
+		}
+		text = string(data)
+	}
+
+	if text == "" {
+		log.Printf("[NLP] No text to analyze for file %s, skipping", job.FileID)
+		return
+	}
+
+	result, err := s.client.Analyze(text)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[NLP] Failed to analyze file %s: %v", job.FileID, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	nlpData, err := json.Marshal(result)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[NLP] Failed to marshal NLP result for file %s: %v", job.FileID, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := s.fileSvc.UpdateNLPData(job.FileID, string(nlpData)); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[NLP] Failed to update nlp_data for file %s: %v", job.FileID, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[NLP] Completed file %s (%d entities, %d sentences)", job.FileID, len(result.Entities), len(result.Sentences))
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) AnalyzeText(text string) (*nlp.AnalyzedFile, error) {
+	return s.client.Analyze(text)
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) HealthCheck() error {
+	return s.client.HealthCheck()
+}
+
+func (s *NLPService) QueueLength() int {
+	return len(s.jobs)
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/service/ocr.go b/backend/internal/service/ocr.go
index 98ade16..099d041 100644
--- a/backend/internal/service/ocr.go
+++ b/backend/internal/service/ocr.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type OCRJob struct {
 type OCRService struct {
 	client  *ocr.Client
 	fileSvc *FileService
+	nlpSvc  *NLPService
 	jobs    chan OCRJob
 }
 
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ func NewOCRService(cfg *config.Config, fileSvc *FileService) *OCRService {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *OCRService) SetNLPService(nlpSvc *NLPService) {
+	s.nlpSvc = nlpSvc
+}
+
 func (s *OCRService) Start() {
 	go s.worker()
 	log.Println("[OCR] Worker started")
@@ -72,6 +77,10 @@ func (s *OCRService) process(job OCRJob) {
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("[OCR] Completed file %s (%d chars)", job.FileID, len(text))
+
+	if s.nlpSvc != nil {
+		s.nlpSvc.Enqueue(job.FileID, job.FilePath, text)
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *OCRService) RecognizeFromBytes(data []byte) ([]ocr.TextBlock, error) {
diff --git a/backend/nlp-server/Dockerfile b/backend/nlp-server/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca391a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/nlp-server/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM python:3.10-slim
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential curl \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
+    spacy \
+    fastapi \
+    uvicorn \
+    python-multipart
+
+RUN python -m spacy download fr_core_news_md
+
+COPY server.py /workspace/server.py
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
diff --git a/backend/nlp-server/server.py b/backend/nlp-server/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4b90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/nlp-server/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import os
+import logging
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+import spacy
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+logger = logging.getLogger("nlp-server")
+
+NLP_MODEL = os.getenv("NLP_MODEL", "fr_core_news_md")
+
+print(f"[INIT] Loading spaCy model '{NLP_MODEL}'...", flush=True)
+nlp = spacy.load(NLP_MODEL)
+print("[INIT] spaCy model ready.", flush=True)
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+class NLPRequest(BaseModel):
+    text: str
+
+
+class Entity(BaseModel):
+    text: str
+    label: str
+    start: int
+    end: int
+
+
+class NLPEntityResult(BaseModel):
+    text: str
+    label: str
+    start: int
+    end: int
+    confidence: float
+
+
+class NLPToken(BaseModel):
+    text: str
+    lemma: str
+    pos: str
+    tag: str
+    dep: str
+    is_stop: bool
+
+
+class NLPResult(BaseModel):
+    entities: List[NLPEntityResult]
+    tokens: List[NLPToken]
+    noun_chunks: List[str]
+    sentences: List[str]
+
+
+class NLPResponse(BaseModel):
+    errorCode: int
+    result: Optional[NLPResult] = None
+    message: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@app.get("/health")
+def health():
+    return {"status": "healthy", "service": "spaCy NLP Server", "model": NLP_MODEL}
+
+
+@app.post("/nlp")
+def analyze(req: NLPRequest):
+    print(f"[NLP] Request received, text length: {len(req.text)}", flush=True)
+    try:
+        doc = nlp(req.text)
+
+        entities = []
+        for ent in doc.ents:
+            entities.append(NLPEntityResult(
+                text=ent.text,
+                label=ent.label_,
+                start=ent.start_char,
+                end=ent.end_char,
+                confidence=0.0,
+            ))
+
+        tokens = []
+        for token in doc:
+            tokens.append(NLPToken(
+                text=token.text,
+                lemma=token.lemma_,
+                pos=token.pos_,
+                tag=token.tag_,
+                dep=token.dep_,
+                is_stop=token.is_stop,
+            ))
+
+        noun_chunks = [chunk.text for chunk in doc.noun_chunks]
+
+        sentences = [sent.text.strip() for sent in doc.sents]
+
+        result = NLPResult(
+            entities=entities,
+            tokens=tokens,
+            noun_chunks=noun_chunks,
+            sentences=sentences,
+        )
+
+        print(f"[NLP] Done: {len(entities)} entities, {len(tokens)} tokens, {len(sentences)} sentences", flush=True)
+        return {"errorCode": 0, "result": result}
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception("NLP analysis failed")
+        return {"errorCode": 2, "message": str(e)}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 77c66ca..ab8daea 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ services:
       retries: 5
       start_period: 120s
 
+  spacy-nlp:
+    build:
+      context: ./backend/nlp-server
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "9091:8080"
+    environment:
+      - NLP_MODEL=fr_core_news_md
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-sf", "http://localhost:8080/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 60s
+
   # backend:
   #   build:
   #     context: ./backend
@@ -25,6 +41,7 @@ services:
   #     - PORT=8080
   #     - DB_PATH=/data/vaultdrop.db
   #     - OCR_ENDPOINT=http://paddleocr:8080
+  #     - NLP_ENDPOINT=http://spacy-nlp:8080
   #   volumes:
   #     - backend-data:/data
   #     - ./backend/uploads:/app/uploads