diff --git a/backend/tests/api/tasks.hurl b/backend/tests/api/tasks.hurl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..100a058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/api/tasks.hurl
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Task API Tests
+
+# Test: Create a new task (POST /api/tasks)
+POST {{host}}/api/tasks
+Content-Type: application/json
+{
+  "title": "Test task",
+  "description": "A test task for the API",
+  "priority": "medium",
+  "due_date": "2024-12-31",
+  "status": "todo"
+}
+
+HTTP 201
+[Captures]
+task_id: jsonpath "$.id"
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.title" == "Test task"
+jsonpath "$.description" == "A test task for the API"
+jsonpath "$.priority" == "medium"
+jsonpath "$.due_date" == "2024-12-31"
+jsonpath "$.status" == "todo"
+jsonpath "$.id" exists
+jsonpath "$.created_at" exists
+jsonpath "$.updated_at" exists
+
+# Test: Create a minimal task (only required fields)
+POST {{host}}/api/tasks
+Content-Type: application/json
+{
+  "title": "Minimal task"
+}
+
+HTTP 201
+[Captures]
+minimal_task_id: jsonpath "$.id"
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.title" == "Minimal task"
+jsonpath "$.priority" == "medium"
+jsonpath "$.status" == "todo"
+jsonpath "$.description" == null
+jsonpath "$.due_date" == null
+
+# Test: Create task with invalid data (missing title)
+POST {{host}}/api/tasks
+Content-Type: application/json
+{
+  "description": "Task without title"
+}
+
+HTTP 400
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.error" exists
+
+# Test: Create task with invalid priority
+POST {{host}}/api/tasks
+Content-Type: application/json
+{
+  "title": "Invalid priority task",
+  "priority": "invalid"
+}
+
+HTTP 400
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.error" exists
+
+# Test: Create task with invalid status
+POST {{host}}/api/tasks
+Content-Type: application/json
+{
+  "title": "Invalid status task",
+  "status": "invalid"
+}
+
+HTTP 400
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.error" exists
+
+# Test: Get a specific task by ID (GET /api/tasks/{id})
+GET {{host}}/api/tasks/{{task_id}}
+
+HTTP 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.id" == "{{task_id}}"
+jsonpath "$.title" == "Test task"
+jsonpath "$.description" == "A test task for the API"
+jsonpath "$.priority" == "medium"
+jsonpath "$.due_date" == "2024-12-31"
+jsonpath "$.status" == "todo"
+jsonpath "$.created_at" exists
+jsonpath "$.updated_at" exists
+
+# Test: Get a minimal task by ID
+GET {{host}}/api/tasks/{{minimal_task_id}}
+
+HTTP 200
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.id" == "{{minimal_task_id}}"
+jsonpath "$.title" == "Minimal task"
+jsonpath "$.priority" == "medium"
+jsonpath "$.status" == "todo"
+jsonpath "$.description" == null
+jsonpath "$.due_date" == null
+
+# Test: Get non-existent task
+GET {{host}}/api/tasks/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+
+HTTP 404
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.error" exists
+
+# Test: Get task with invalid UUID format
+GET {{host}}/api/tasks/invalid-uuid
+
+HTTP 400
+[Asserts]
+jsonpath "$.error" exists
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 93b00fa..a2c57d7 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -33,3 +33,18 @@ migrate:
 migrate-revert:
     sqlx migrate revert
 
+test-integration:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -e
+    
+    cargo run &
+    SERVER_PID=$!
+    
+    trap 'echo "Stopping server..."; kill -TERM $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null || true; wait $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null || true' EXIT
+    
+    echo "Waiting for server to start..."
+    printf 'GET http://localhost:3000/health\nHTTP 200' | hurl --retry 30 > /dev/null
+    
+    echo "Running integration tests..."
+    hurl --test --variable host=http://localhost:3000 tests/api/*.hurl
+