diff --git a/config/schedule.yml b/config/schedule.yml
index 689a48d82..b66848fa7 100644
--- a/config/schedule.yml
+++ b/config/schedule.yml
@@ -101,3 +101,9 @@ landing_hosts_promotion_sync_scheduler_job:
   cron: '0 * * * *'
   class: 'LandingHosts::PromotionSyncSchedulerJob'
   queue: scheduled_jobs
+
+# every 10 minutes - detects silent conversations for memory extraction
+captain_contact_memory_silence_detector_job:
+  cron: '*/10 * * * *'
+  class: 'Captain::ContactMemories::SilenceDetectorJob'
+  queue: scheduled_jobs
diff --git a/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/contact_memories/silence_detector_job.rb b/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/contact_memories/silence_detector_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98617f988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise/app/jobs/captain/contact_memories/silence_detector_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+class Captain::ContactMemories::SilenceDetectorJob < ApplicationJob
+  queue_as :scheduled_jobs
+
+  SILENCE_THRESHOLD = 30.minutes
+
+  def perform
+    Account.where("custom_attributes->>'captain_contact_memory_extraction_enabled' = 'true'").find_each do |account|
+      elegible_conversation_ids(account).each do |conv_id|
+        Captain::ContactMemories::ExtractFromConversationJob.perform_later(conv_id)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def elegible_conversation_ids(account)
+    Conversation
+      .where(account_id: account.id)
+      .joins(:messages)
+      .where.not(id: already_extracted_ids(account))
+      .group('conversations.id')
+      .having('MAX(messages.created_at) < ?', SILENCE_THRESHOLD.ago)
+      .pluck(:id)
+  end
+
+  def already_extracted_ids(account)
+    Captain::ContactMemory
+      .where(account_id: account.id)
+      .where.not(source_conversation_id: nil)
+      .distinct
+      .pluck(:source_conversation_id)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/jobs/captain/contact_memories/silence_detector_job_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/jobs/captain/contact_memories/silence_detector_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..436d360a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/enterprise/jobs/captain/contact_memories/silence_detector_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Captain::ContactMemories::SilenceDetectorJob do
+  let(:account) { create(:account, custom_attributes: { 'captain_contact_memory_extraction_enabled' => true }) }
+  let(:contact) { create(:contact, account: account) }
+
+  # Widget inboxes auto-generate template messages (pre-chat form, etc.) with current
+  # timestamps when an incoming message is created. To deterministically test "silence",
+  # we update all messages in the conversation to an old created_at via update_all
+  # (bypassing callbacks) after creation.
+  def age_all_messages(conversation, age)
+    conversation.messages.update_all(created_at: age) # rubocop:disable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
+  end
+
+  it 'enqueues extraction for conversations silent > 30 minutes' do
+    conv = create(:conversation, account: account, contact: contact)
+    create(:message, conversation: conv, account: account)
+    age_all_messages(conv, 35.minutes.ago)
+
+    expect { described_class.perform_now }
+      .to have_enqueued_job(Captain::ContactMemories::ExtractFromConversationJob).with(conv.id)
+  end
+
+  it 'ignores conversations with recent activity' do
+    conv = create(:conversation, account: account, contact: contact)
+    create(:message, conversation: conv, account: account)
+    age_all_messages(conv, 5.minutes.ago)
+
+    expect { described_class.perform_now }
+      .not_to have_enqueued_job(Captain::ContactMemories::ExtractFromConversationJob)
+  end
+
+  it 'ignores conversations already extracted' do
+    conv = create(:conversation, account: account, contact: contact)
+    create(:message, conversation: conv, account: account)
+    age_all_messages(conv, 35.minutes.ago)
+    create(:captain_contact_memory, account: account, contact: contact, source_conversation_id: conv.id)
+
+    expect { described_class.perform_now }
+      .not_to have_enqueued_job(Captain::ContactMemories::ExtractFromConversationJob)
+  end
+
+  it 'ignores accounts with flag off' do
+    account.update!(custom_attributes: { 'captain_contact_memory_extraction_enabled' => false })
+    conv = create(:conversation, account: account, contact: contact)
+    create(:message, conversation: conv, account: account)
+    age_all_messages(conv, 35.minutes.ago)
+
+    expect { described_class.perform_now }
+      .not_to have_enqueued_job(Captain::ContactMemories::ExtractFromConversationJob)
+  end
+end