diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad39586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=test
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=test
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
+AWS_ENDPOINT_URL=http://localstack:4566
+
+QUEUE_NAME=development_events_reindex_daily
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index fd797b8..af0451c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ packagePythonLambda 'check_links'
 packagePythonLambda 'analytics_worker'
 packagePythonLambda 'analytics_queue_reports'
 packagePythonLambda 'datafile_generator'
+packagePythonLambda 'events_queue_reindex_touched_dois'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae377f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+services:
+  lambda:
+    image: python:3.14.6-alpine
+    environment:
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=test
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=test
+      - AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
+      - AWS_ENDPOINT_URL=http://localstack:4566
+      - QUEUE_NAME
+    networks:
+      - localstack_network
+    volumes:
+      - ${LAMBDA_DIR}:/var/task
+    working_dir: /var/task
+    command: sh -c "pip install --quiet -r requirements.txt && python ${LAMBDA_PATH}"
+
+networks:
+  localstack_network:
+    external: true
diff --git a/lambdas/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois_runner.py b/lambdas/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70ba9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lambdas/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""
+This lambda function is triggered by a CloudWatch event rule on a schedule.
+It add a message to the queue with the current date, to be processed by Events.
+Events will call the `reindex_touched_dois` method to reindex the DOIs touched today.
+"""
+
+import os
+import json
+import datetime
+import boto3
+
+# Lambda handler
+def lambda_handler(event, context):
+    """Lambda process handler"""
+    print("Starting reindex_touched_dois_runner lambda function")
+
+    # Configuration
+    queue_name = os.getenv('QUEUE_NAME')
+
+    # Calculate the date range for the reindex
+    yesterday = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC) - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+    yesterday = yesterday.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+    message = {
+        'Name': 'shoryuken_class',
+        'Type': 'String',
+        'Value': 'ReindexTouchedDoisWorker',
+
+        'date': yesterday,
+    }
+
+    # Queue a task for each repository
+    sqs = boto3.resource('sqs')
+    queue = sqs.get_queue_by_name(QueueName=queue_name)
+    queue.send_message(MessageBody=json.dumps(message))
+
+    return("Queued reindex for dois touched on {}".format(yesterday))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # For local testing fake the arguments to lambda handler function
+    event = {}
+    context = []
+    lambda_handler(event, context)
diff --git a/lambdas/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois/requirements.txt b/lambdas/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ddf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lambdas/events_queue_reindex_touched_dois/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+boto3
diff --git a/run_lambda.sh b/run_lambda.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bfac52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_lambda.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage:
+  ./run_lambda.sh <path/to/lambda_runner.py>
+
+Additional environment variables need to be added to docker-compose.yml
+EOF
+}
+
+[[ $# -eq 1 ]] || { usage; exit 1; }
+
+SCRIPT_PATH="$1"
+[[ -f "$SCRIPT_PATH" ]] || { echo "Error: file not found: $SCRIPT_PATH" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+LAMBDA_DIR="$(dirname "$(realpath "$SCRIPT_PATH")")"
+LAMBDA_PATH="$(basename "$SCRIPT_PATH")"
+export LAMBDA_DIR LAMBDA_PATH
+
+docker compose run --rm lambda