diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b81e58c..181a886 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 📧 **Template-based email system with scheduling and job processing for PayloadCMS**
 
-✨ **Simplified API**: Starting from v0.1.0, this plugin uses a simplified API that leverages PayloadCMS collections directly for better type safety and flexibility.
+⚠️ **Pre-release Warning**: This package is currently in active development (v0.0.x). Breaking changes may occur before v1.0.0. Not recommended for production use.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -598,6 +598,81 @@ await processEmails(payload)
 await retryFailedEmails(payload)
 ```
 
+## PayloadCMS Task Integration
+
+The plugin provides a ready-to-use PayloadCMS task for queuing template emails:
+
+### 1. Add the task to your Payload config
+
+```typescript
+import { buildConfig } from 'payload/config'
+import { sendTemplateEmailTask } from '@xtr-dev/payload-mailing'
+
+export default buildConfig({
+  // ... your config
+  jobs: {
+    tasks: [
+      sendTemplateEmailTask,
+      // ... your other tasks
+    ]
+  }
+})
+```
+
+### 2. Queue emails from your code
+
+```typescript
+import type { SendTemplateEmailInput } from '@xtr-dev/payload-mailing'
+
+// Queue a template email
+const result = await payload.jobs.queue({
+  task: 'send-template-email',
+  input: {
+    templateSlug: 'welcome-email',
+    to: ['user@example.com'],
+    cc: ['manager@example.com'],
+    variables: {
+      firstName: 'John',
+      activationUrl: 'https://example.com/activate/123'
+    },
+    priority: 1,
+    // Add any custom fields from your email collection
+    customField: 'value'
+  } as SendTemplateEmailInput
+})
+
+// Queue a scheduled email
+await payload.jobs.queue({
+  task: 'send-template-email',
+  input: {
+    templateSlug: 'reminder-email',
+    to: ['user@example.com'],
+    variables: { eventName: 'Product Launch' },
+    scheduledAt: new Date('2024-01-15T10:00:00Z').toISOString(),
+    priority: 3
+  }
+})
+```
+
+### 3. Use in admin panel workflows
+
+The task can also be triggered from the Payload admin panel with a user-friendly form interface that includes:
+- Template slug selection
+- Email recipients (to, cc, bcc)
+- Template variables as JSON
+- Optional scheduling
+- Priority setting
+- Any custom fields you've added to your email collection
+
+### Task Benefits
+
+- ✅ **Easy Integration**: Just add to your tasks array
+- ✅ **Type Safety**: Full TypeScript support with `SendTemplateEmailInput`
+- ✅ **Admin UI**: Ready-to-use form interface
+- ✅ **Flexible**: Supports all your custom email collection fields
+- ✅ **Error Handling**: Comprehensive error reporting
+- ✅ **Queue Management**: Leverage Payload's job queue system
+
 ## Job Processing
 
 The plugin automatically adds a unified email processing job to PayloadCMS:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e19c11b..e5426a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xtr-dev/payload-mailing",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "description": "Template-based email system with scheduling and job processing for PayloadCMS",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 74cc6bb..31f8d06 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ export { MailingService } from './services/MailingService.js'
 export { default as EmailTemplates, createEmailTemplatesCollection } from './collections/EmailTemplates.js'
 export { default as Emails } from './collections/Emails.js'
 
-// Jobs are integrated into the plugin configuration
+// Jobs (includes the send email task)
+export { createMailingJobs, sendEmailJob } from './jobs/index.js'
+export type { SendEmailTaskInput } from './jobs/sendEmailTask.js'
 
 // Utility functions for developers
 export {
diff --git a/src/jobs/index.ts b/src/jobs/index.ts
index ecc47f2..f16e2c1 100644
--- a/src/jobs/index.ts
+++ b/src/jobs/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { processEmailsJob, ProcessEmailsJobData } from './processEmailsJob.js'
+import { sendEmailJob } from './sendEmailTask.js'
 import { MailingService } from '../services/MailingService.js'
 
 export const createMailingJobs = (mailingService: MailingService): any[] => {
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@ export const createMailingJobs = (mailingService: MailingService): any[] => {
       },
       interfaceName: 'ProcessEmailsJob',
     },
+    sendEmailJob,
   ]
 }
 
-export * from './processEmailsJob.js'
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './processEmailsJob.js'
+export * from './sendEmailTask.js'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/jobs/processEmailsJob.ts b/src/jobs/processEmailsJob.ts
index 5a15d5c..65d0614 100644
--- a/src/jobs/processEmailsJob.ts
+++ b/src/jobs/processEmailsJob.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
 import { MailingService } from '../services/MailingService.js'
 
 export interface ProcessEmailsJobData {
-  type: 'process-emails' | 'retry-failed'
+  // No type needed - always processes both pending and failed emails
 }
 
 export const processEmailsJob = async (
@@ -10,18 +10,19 @@ export const processEmailsJob = async (
   context: { req: PayloadRequest; mailingService: MailingService }
 ) => {
   const { mailingService } = context
-  const { type } = job.data
 
   try {
-    if (type === 'process-emails') {
-      await mailingService.processEmails()
-      console.log('Email processing completed successfully')
-    } else if (type === 'retry-failed') {
-      await mailingService.retryFailedEmails()
-      console.log('Failed email retry completed successfully')
-    }
+    console.log('🔄 Processing email queue (pending + failed emails)...')
+
+    // Process pending emails first
+    await mailingService.processEmails()
+
+    // Then retry failed emails
+    await mailingService.retryFailedEmails()
+
+    console.log('✅ Email queue processing completed successfully (pending and failed emails)')
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error(`${type} job failed:`, error)
+    console.error('❌ Email queue processing failed:', error)
     throw error
   }
 }
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ export const processEmailsJob = async (
 export const scheduleEmailsJob = async (
   payload: any,
   queueName: string,
-  jobType: 'process-emails' | 'retry-failed',
   delay?: number
 ) => {
   if (!payload.jobs) {
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ export const scheduleEmailsJob = async (
     await payload.jobs.queue({
       queue: queueName,
       task: 'processEmails',
-      input: { type: jobType },
+      input: {},
       waitUntil: delay ? new Date(Date.now() + delay) : undefined,
     })
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error(`Failed to schedule ${jobType} job:`, error)
+    console.error('Failed to schedule email processing job:', error)
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/jobs/sendEmailTask.ts b/src/jobs/sendEmailTask.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66d3be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jobs/sendEmailTask.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+import { renderTemplate } from '../utils/helpers.js'
+
+export interface SendEmailTaskInput {
+  // Template mode fields
+  templateSlug?: string
+  variables?: Record<string, any>
+
+  // Direct email mode fields
+  subject?: string
+  html?: string
+  text?: string
+
+  // Common fields
+  to: string | string[]
+  cc?: string | string[]
+  bcc?: string | string[]
+  scheduledAt?: string // ISO date string
+  priority?: number
+
+  // Allow any additional fields that users might have in their email collection
+  [key: string]: any
+}
+
+export const sendEmailJob = {
+  slug: 'send-email',
+  label: 'Send Email',
+  inputSchema: [
+    {
+      name: 'templateSlug',
+      type: 'text' as const,
+      label: 'Template Slug',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Use a template (leave empty for direct email)',
+        condition: (data: any) => !data.subject && !data.html
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'variables',
+      type: 'json' as const,
+      label: 'Template Variables',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'JSON object with variables for template rendering',
+        condition: (data: any) => Boolean(data.templateSlug)
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'subject',
+      type: 'text' as const,
+      label: 'Subject',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Email subject (required if not using template)',
+        condition: (data: any) => !data.templateSlug
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'html',
+      type: 'textarea' as const,
+      label: 'HTML Content',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'HTML email content (required if not using template)',
+        condition: (data: any) => !data.templateSlug
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'text',
+      type: 'textarea' as const,
+      label: 'Text Content',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Plain text email content (optional)',
+        condition: (data: any) => !data.templateSlug
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'to',
+      type: 'text' as const,
+      required: true,
+      label: 'To (Email Recipients)',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Comma-separated list of email addresses'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'cc',
+      type: 'text' as const,
+      label: 'CC (Carbon Copy)',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Optional comma-separated list of CC email addresses'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'bcc',
+      type: 'text' as const,
+      label: 'BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Optional comma-separated list of BCC email addresses'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'scheduledAt',
+      type: 'date' as const,
+      label: 'Schedule For',
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Optional date/time to schedule email for future delivery'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'priority',
+      type: 'number' as const,
+      label: 'Priority',
+      min: 1,
+      max: 10,
+      defaultValue: 5,
+      admin: {
+        description: 'Email priority (1 = highest, 10 = lowest)'
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  handler: async ({ input, payload }: any) => {
+    // Get mailing context from payload
+    const mailingContext = (payload as any).mailing
+    if (!mailingContext) {
+      throw new Error('Mailing plugin not properly initialized')
+    }
+
+    // Cast input to our expected type with validation
+    const taskInput = input as SendEmailTaskInput
+
+    // Validate required fields
+    if (!taskInput.to) {
+      throw new Error('Field "to" is required')
+    }
+
+    try {
+      let html: string
+      let text: string | undefined
+      let subject: string
+
+      // Check if using template or direct email
+      if (taskInput.templateSlug) {
+        // Template mode: render the template
+        const rendered = await renderTemplate(
+          payload,
+          taskInput.templateSlug,
+          taskInput.variables || {}
+        )
+        html = rendered.html
+        text = rendered.text
+        subject = rendered.subject
+      } else {
+        // Direct email mode: use provided content
+        if (!taskInput.subject || !taskInput.html) {
+          throw new Error('Subject and HTML content are required when not using a template')
+        }
+        subject = taskInput.subject
+        html = taskInput.html
+        text = taskInput.text
+      }
+
+      // Parse and validate email addresses
+      const parseEmails = (emails: string | string[] | undefined): string[] | undefined => {
+        if (!emails) return undefined
+
+        let emailList: string[]
+        if (Array.isArray(emails)) {
+          emailList = emails
+        } else {
+          emailList = emails.split(',').map(email => email.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+        }
+
+        // Basic email validation
+        const emailRegex = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/
+        const invalidEmails = emailList.filter(email => !emailRegex.test(email))
+        if (invalidEmails.length > 0) {
+          throw new Error(`Invalid email addresses: ${invalidEmails.join(', ')}`)
+        }
+
+        return emailList
+      }
+
+      // Prepare email data
+      const emailData: any = {
+        to: parseEmails(taskInput.to),
+        cc: parseEmails(taskInput.cc),
+        bcc: parseEmails(taskInput.bcc),
+        subject,
+        html,
+        text,
+        priority: taskInput.priority || 5,
+      }
+
+      // Add scheduled date if provided
+      if (taskInput.scheduledAt) {
+        emailData.scheduledAt = new Date(taskInput.scheduledAt).toISOString()
+      }
+
+      // Add any additional fields from input (excluding the ones we've already handled)
+      const handledFields = ['templateSlug', 'to', 'cc', 'bcc', 'variables', 'scheduledAt', 'priority']
+      Object.keys(taskInput).forEach(key => {
+        if (!handledFields.includes(key)) {
+          emailData[key] = taskInput[key]
+        }
+      })
+
+      // Create the email in the collection using configurable collection name
+      const email = await payload.create({
+        collection: mailingContext.collections.emails,
+        data: emailData
+      })
+
+      return {
+        success: true,
+        emailId: email.id,
+        message: `Email queued successfully with ID: ${email.id}`,
+        mode: taskInput.templateSlug ? 'template' : 'direct',
+        templateSlug: taskInput.templateSlug || null,
+        subject: subject,
+        recipients: emailData.to?.length || 0,
+        scheduledAt: emailData.scheduledAt || null
+      }
+
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
+
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        error: errorMessage,
+        templateSlug: taskInput.templateSlug,
+        message: `Failed to queue email: ${errorMessage}`
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default sendEmailJob
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index 5feeba8..942c6b1 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -3,53 +3,8 @@ import { MailingPluginConfig, MailingContext } from './types/index.js'
 import { MailingService } from './services/MailingService.js'
 import { createEmailTemplatesCollection } from './collections/EmailTemplates.js'
 import Emails from './collections/Emails.js'
+import { createMailingJobs, scheduleEmailsJob } from './jobs/index.js'
 
-// Helper function to schedule the email processing job
-async function scheduleEmailProcessingJob(payload: any, queueName: string, delayMs: number = 60000): Promise<boolean> {
-  if (!queueName || typeof queueName !== 'string') {
-    throw new Error('Invalid queueName: must be a non-empty string')
-  }
-
-  const jobSlug = 'process-email-queue'
-
-  // Check if there's already a scheduled job for this task
-  const existingJobs = await payload.find({
-    collection: 'payload-jobs',
-    where: {
-      and: [
-        {
-          taskSlug: {
-            equals: jobSlug,
-          },
-        },
-        {
-          hasCompleted: {
-            equals: false,
-          },
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-    limit: 1,
-  })
-
-  // If no existing job, schedule a new one
-  if (existingJobs.docs.length === 0) {
-    await payload.create({
-      collection: 'payload-jobs',
-      data: {
-        taskSlug: jobSlug,
-        input: {},
-        queue: queueName,
-        waitUntil: new Date(Date.now() + delayMs),
-      },
-    })
-    console.log(`🔄 Scheduled email processing job in queue: ${queueName}`)
-    return true
-  } else {
-    console.log(`✅ Email processing job already scheduled in queue: ${queueName}`)
-    return false
-  }
-}
 
 export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Config): Config => {
   const queueName = pluginConfig.queue || 'default'
@@ -59,6 +14,15 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
     throw new Error('Invalid queue configuration: queue must be a non-empty string')
   }
 
+  // Create a factory function that will provide the mailing service once initialized
+  const getMailingService = () => {
+    if (!mailingService) {
+      throw new Error('MailingService not yet initialized - this should only be called after plugin initialization')
+    }
+    return mailingService
+  }
+  let mailingService: MailingService
+
   // Handle templates collection configuration
   const templatesConfig = pluginConfig.collections?.templates
   const templatesSlug = typeof templatesConfig === 'string' ? templatesConfig : 'email-templates'
@@ -129,61 +93,7 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
       ...(config.jobs || {}),
       tasks: [
         ...(config.jobs?.tasks || []),
-        {
-          slug: 'process-email-queue',
-          handler: async ({ job, req }: { job: any; req: any }) => {
-            const payload = (req as any).payload
-            let jobResult = null
-
-            try {
-              const mailingService = new MailingService(payload, pluginConfig)
-
-              console.log('🔄 Processing email queue (pending + failed emails)...')
-
-              // Process pending emails first
-              await mailingService.processEmails()
-
-              // Then retry failed emails
-              await mailingService.retryFailedEmails()
-
-              jobResult = {
-                output: {
-                  success: true,
-                  message: 'Email queue processed successfully (pending and failed emails)'
-                }
-              }
-
-              console.log('✅ Email queue processing completed successfully')
-
-            } catch (error) {
-              console.error('❌ Error processing email queue:', error)
-              const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
-
-              jobResult = new Error(`Email queue processing failed: ${errorMessage}`)
-            }
-
-            // Always reschedule the next job (success or failure) using duplicate prevention
-            let rescheduled = false
-            try {
-              rescheduled = await scheduleEmailProcessingJob(payload, queueName, 300000) // Reschedule in 5 minutes
-              if (rescheduled) {
-                console.log(`🔄 Rescheduled next email processing job in ${queueName} queue`)
-              }
-            } catch (rescheduleError) {
-              console.error('❌ Failed to reschedule email processing job:', rescheduleError)
-              // If rescheduling fails, we should warn but not fail the current job
-              // since the email processing itself may have succeeded
-              console.warn('⚠️  Email processing completed but next job could not be scheduled')
-            }
-
-            // Return the original result or throw the error
-            if (jobResult instanceof Error) {
-              throw jobResult
-            }
-            return jobResult
-          },
-          interfaceName: 'ProcessEmailQueueJob',
-        },
+        // Jobs will be properly added after initialization
       ],
     },
     onInit: async (payload: any) => {
@@ -191,8 +101,14 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
         await config.onInit(payload)
       }
 
-      // Initialize mailing service
-      const mailingService = new MailingService(payload, pluginConfig)
+      // Initialize mailing service with proper payload instance
+      mailingService = new MailingService(payload, pluginConfig)
+
+      // Add mailing jobs to payload's job system
+      const mailingJobs = createMailingJobs(mailingService)
+      mailingJobs.forEach(job => {
+        payload.jobs.tasks.push(job)
+      })
 
       // Add mailing context to payload for developer access
       ;(payload as any).mailing = {
@@ -207,9 +123,10 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
 
       console.log('PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin initialized successfully')
 
-      // Schedule the email processing job if not already scheduled
+      // Schedule the initial email processing job
       try {
-        await scheduleEmailProcessingJob(payload, queueName)
+        await scheduleEmailsJob(payload, queueName, 60000) // Schedule in 1 minute
+        console.log(`🔄 Scheduled initial email processing job in queue: ${queueName}`)
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Failed to schedule email processing job:', error)
       }
diff --git a/src/services/MailingService.ts b/src/services/MailingService.ts
index f835cba..1e517a4 100644
--- a/src/services/MailingService.ts
+++ b/src/services/MailingService.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ import {
 import { serializeRichTextToHTML, serializeRichTextToText } from '../utils/richTextSerializer.js'
 
 export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
-  private payload: Payload
+  public payload: Payload
   private config: MailingPluginConfig
   private transporter!: Transporter | any
   private templatesCollection: string
   private emailsCollection: string
   private liquid: Liquid | null | false = null
+  private transporterInitialized = false
 
   constructor(payload: Payload, config: MailingPluginConfig) {
     this.payload = payload
@@ -30,10 +31,15 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
     const emailsConfig = config.collections?.emails
     this.emailsCollection = typeof emailsConfig === 'string' ? emailsConfig : 'emails'
 
-    this.initializeTransporter()
+    // Only initialize transporter if payload is properly set
+    if (payload && payload.db) {
+      this.initializeTransporter()
+    }
   }
 
   private initializeTransporter(): void {
+    if (this.transporterInitialized) return
+
     if (this.config.transport) {
       if ('sendMail' in this.config.transport) {
         this.transporter = this.config.transport
@@ -46,6 +52,17 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
     } else {
       throw new Error('Email transport configuration is required either in plugin config or Payload config')
     }
+
+    this.transporterInitialized = true
+  }
+
+  private ensureInitialized(): void {
+    if (!this.payload || !this.payload.db) {
+      throw new Error('MailingService payload not properly initialized')
+    }
+    if (!this.transporterInitialized) {
+      this.initializeTransporter()
+    }
   }
 
   private getDefaultFrom(): string {
@@ -108,6 +125,7 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
   }
 
   async renderTemplate(templateSlug: string, variables: TemplateVariables): Promise<{ html: string; text: string; subject: string }> {
+    this.ensureInitialized()
     const template = await this.getTemplateBySlug(templateSlug)
 
     if (!template) {
@@ -125,6 +143,7 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
   }
 
   async processEmails(): Promise<void> {
+    this.ensureInitialized()
     const currentTime = new Date().toISOString()
 
     const { docs: pendingEmails } = await this.payload.find({
@@ -162,6 +181,7 @@ export class MailingService implements IMailingService {
   }
 
   async retryFailedEmails(): Promise<void> {
+    this.ensureInitialized()
     const maxAttempts = this.config.retryAttempts || 3
     const retryDelay = this.config.retryDelay || 300000 // 5 minutes
     const retryTime = new Date(Date.now() - retryDelay).toISOString()