diff --git a/src/main/controllers/automation.controller.ts b/src/main/controllers/automation.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6edac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/controllers/automation.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { ipcMain, IpcMainInvokeEvent } from 'electron';
+import { LoggerService } from '../services/logger.service';
+
+export function registerAutomationHandlers(): void {
+  LoggerService.info('Registering automation handlers');
+
+  ipcMain.handle('automation:clean', async (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, params: any) => {
+    LoggerService.info('Clean automation requested');
+    // TODO: Implement in Phase 4
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      error: { code: 'NOT_IMPLEMENTED', message: 'Not yet implemented' },
+    };
+  });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('automation:extract', async (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, params: any) => {
+    LoggerService.info('Extract automation requested');
+    // TODO: Implement in Phase 4
+    return {
+      success: false,
+      error: { code: 'NOT_IMPLEMENTED', message: 'Not yet implemented' },
+    };
+  });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('automation:stop', async (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, params: any) => {
+    LoggerService.info('Stop automation requested');
+    // TODO: Implement task cancellation
+    return {
+      success: true,
+    };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 92404fb..bda7194 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { app, shell, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from 'electron'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { electronApp, optimizer, is } from '@electron-toolkit/utils'
 import icon from '../../resources/icon.png?asset'
+import { registerAutomationHandlers } from './controllers/automation.controller'
 
 function createWindow(): void {
   // Create the browser window.
@@ -53,8 +54,9 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
   ipcMain.on('ping', () => console.log('pong'))
 
   // IPC Handler Registration
+  registerAutomationHandlers()
   // TODO: Register IPC handlers for:
-  // - automation:clean, automation:extract, automation:stop, automation:progress
+  // - automation:progress
   // - database:query-production-orders, database:query-materials-to-delete
   // - auth:login, auth:logout
 
diff --git a/src/main/models/ipc.types.ts b/src/main/models/ipc.types.ts
index 70dc5be..cbf1479 100644
--- a/src/main/models/ipc.types.ts
+++ b/src/main/models/ipc.types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Response structure for automation IPC handlers
+ */
+export interface AutomationResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  error?: {
+    code: string;
+    message: string;
+  };
+}
+
 export interface IPCChannels {
-  'automation:clean': any;
-  'automation:extract': any;
-  'automation:stop': any;
+  'automation:clean': () => Promise<AutomationResponse>;
+  'automation:extract': () => Promise<AutomationResponse>;
+  'automation:stop': () => Promise<AutomationResponse>;
   'automation:progress': any;
   'database:query-production-orders': any;
   'database:query-materials-to-delete': any;