diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 4c4db42..a692d4d 100644
--- a/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -217,6 +217,23 @@ URL を deal() で受け取り:
 - スクレイピングはインプロセス（`@d-zero/beholder`）で実行。各 URL ごとにブラウザを起動・終了
 - `push()` で発見した新 URL を動的にキューに追加
 - `onPush` コールバックで `withoutHashAndAuth` による重複排除
+- `signal` オプションで `AbortSignal` を渡し、中断時に新規ワーカーの起動を停止
+
+### クロール中断メカニズム
+
+```
+CLI シグナルハンドラ（SIGINT / SIGHUP 等）
+  → CrawlerOrchestrator.abort()
+    → Crawler.abort()
+      → AbortController.abort()
+        → deal() の signal オプション経由で新規ワーカー起動を停止
+        → 実行中のワーカーは正常完了まで継続
+        → 全ワーカー完了後 deal() が resolve → crawlEnd イベント emit
+```
+
+- `Crawler` は内部に `AbortController` を保持し、`signal` getter で `AbortSignal` を公開
+- `CrawlerOrchestrator` のコンストラクタで `archive` の `error` イベントを監視し、アーカイブエラー発生時にも `Crawler.abort()` を呼び出す
+- CLI の `killed()` ハンドラでは `abort()` 後に `garbageCollect()`（ゾンビ Chromium プロセスの終了）→ `process.exit()` を実行
 
 ### 主要定数
 
diff --git a/packages/@nitpicker/cli/src/commands/crawl.ts b/packages/@nitpicker/cli/src/commands/crawl.ts
index 64d5fbe..e9e6380 100644
--- a/packages/@nitpicker/cli/src/commands/crawl.ts
+++ b/packages/@nitpicker/cli/src/commands/crawl.ts
@@ -139,9 +139,10 @@ type LogType = 'verbose' | 'normal' | 'silent';
 /**
  * Sets up signal handlers for graceful shutdown and starts event logging.
  *
- * Registers SIGINT/SIGBREAK/SIGHUP/SIGABRT handlers that kill zombie
- * Chromium processes before exiting, then delegates to {@link eventAssignments}
- * for progress output.
+ * Registers SIGINT/SIGBREAK/SIGHUP/SIGABRT handlers that abort the
+ * crawl via {@link CrawlerOrchestrator.abort}, then kill zombie Chromium
+ * processes and exit. The abort signal propagates through the dealer's
+ * AbortSignal mechanism so no new workers are launched.
  * @param trigger - Display label for the crawl (URL or stub file path)
  * @param orchestrator - The initialized CrawlerOrchestrator instance
  * @param config - The resolved archive configuration
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ function run(
 	logType: LogType,
 ) {
 	const killed = () => {
+		orchestrator.abort();
 		orchestrator.garbageCollect();
 		process.exit();
 	};
diff --git a/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler-orchestrator.ts b/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler-orchestrator.ts
index e396689..ed18ba1 100644
--- a/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler-orchestrator.ts
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ export class CrawlerOrchestrator extends EventEmitter<CrawlEvent> {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Abort the current crawl and archive operations.
+	 * Abort the current crawl operation.
 	 *
-	 * Delegates to the archive's abort method, which stops all in-progress
-	 * database writes and cleans up temporary resources.
-	 * @returns The result of the archive abort operation.
+	 * Delegates to the crawler's AbortController so that the dealer stops
+	 * launching new workers. Currently running workers will finish, after
+	 * which `deal()` resolves and `crawlEnd` is emitted normally.
 	 */
 	abort() {
-		return this.#archive.abort();
+		this.#crawler.abort();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.spec.ts b/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.spec.ts
index a6c65a2..3bd31c4 100644
--- a/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.spec.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,75 @@ describe('Crawler', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	describe('abort()', () => {
+		it('abort() 後に deal() の signal オプションに渡された AbortSignal が aborted になる', async () => {
+			const { deal } = await import('@d-zero/dealer');
+			const { default: Crawler } = await import('./crawler.js');
+
+			let receivedSignal: AbortSignal | undefined;
+
+			vi.mocked(deal).mockImplementation((_items, _factory, options) => {
+				receivedSignal = options?.signal;
+				return Promise.resolve();
+			});
+
+			const crawler = new Crawler(defaultOptions);
+			crawler.start(parseUrl('https://example.com/')!);
+
+			await vi.waitFor(() => {
+				expect(receivedSignal).toBeDefined();
+			});
+
+			expect(receivedSignal!.aborted).toBe(false);
+			crawler.abort();
+			expect(receivedSignal!.aborted).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('deal 正常完了時に crawlEnd イベントが emit される', async () => {
+			const { deal } = await import('@d-zero/dealer');
+			const { default: Crawler } = await import('./crawler.js');
+
+			vi.mocked(deal).mockImplementation((_items, _factory, options) => {
+				// Simulate: abort is called, deal checks signal and resolves normally
+				expect(options?.signal).toBeInstanceOf(AbortSignal);
+				return Promise.resolve();
+			});
+
+			const crawler = new Crawler(defaultOptions);
+			let crawlEndEmitted = false;
+			crawler.on('crawlEnd', () => {
+				crawlEndEmitted = true;
+			});
+
+			crawler.start(parseUrl('https://example.com/')!);
+
+			await vi.waitFor(() => {
+				expect(crawlEndEmitted).toBe(true);
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('二重 abort でもエラーにならない', async () => {
+			const { deal } = await import('@d-zero/dealer');
+			const { default: Crawler } = await import('./crawler.js');
+
+			vi.mocked(deal).mockResolvedValue();
+
+			const crawler = new Crawler(defaultOptions);
+			crawler.start(parseUrl('https://example.com/')!);
+
+			crawler.abort();
+			expect(() => crawler.abort()).not.toThrow();
+			expect(crawler.signal.aborted).toBe(true);
+		});
+
+		it('signal getter が AbortSignal を返す', async () => {
+			const { default: Crawler } = await import('./crawler.js');
+			const crawler = new Crawler(defaultOptions);
+			expect(crawler.signal).toBeInstanceOf(AbortSignal);
+			expect(crawler.signal.aborted).toBe(false);
+		});
+	});
+
 	describe('worker-level error handling', () => {
 		it('ワーカー内の例外が error イベントとして emit され処理が継続する', async () => {
 			const { deal } = await import('@d-zero/dealer');
diff --git a/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.ts b/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.ts
index 6896edd..033f35b 100644
--- a/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.ts
+++ b/packages/@nitpicker/crawler/src/crawler/crawler.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export type { CrawlerOptions } from './types.js';
  * configurable parallelism up to {@link Crawler.MAX_PROCESS_LENGTH}.
  */
 export default class Crawler extends EventEmitter<CrawlerEventTypes> {
-	/** Flag set by `abort()` to signal in-progress tasks to exit early. */
-	#aborted = false;
+	/** Controller used to cancel the deal-based crawl via its AbortSignal. */
+	readonly #abortController = new AbortController();
 	/** Tracks discovered URLs, their scrape status, and deduplication. */
 	readonly #linkList = new LinkList();
 	/** Merged crawler configuration (user overrides + defaults). */
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ export default class Crawler extends EventEmitter<CrawlerEventTypes> {
 	/** Maps hostnames to their scope URLs. Defines the crawl boundary for internal/external classification. */
 	readonly #scope = new Map<string /* hostname */, ExURL[]>();
 
+	/**
+	 * The AbortSignal associated with this crawler's AbortController.
+	 *
+	 * Passed to `deal()` so that it stops launching new workers after abort.
+	 * Also available to the orchestrator for forwarding to other subsystems.
+	 */
+	get signal(): AbortSignal {
+		return this.#abortController.signal;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new Crawler instance.
 	 * @param options - Configuration options for crawling behavior. All fields have
@@ -113,12 +123,13 @@ export default class Crawler extends EventEmitter<CrawlerEventTypes> {
 	/**
 	 * Abort the current crawl operation.
 	 *
-	 * Sets the aborted flag and immediately emits a `crawlEnd` event.
-	 * In-progress scrape tasks will check the flag and exit early.
+	 * Signals the AbortController so that the dealer stops launching new
+	 * workers. Currently running workers will finish, after which `deal()`
+	 * resolves and `crawlEnd` is emitted by the normal completion path in
+	 * {@link #runDeal}.
 	 */
 	abort() {
-		this.#aborted = true;
-		void this.emit('crawlEnd', {});
+		this.#abortController.abort();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -525,7 +536,6 @@ export default class Crawler extends EventEmitter<CrawlerEventTypes> {
 				this.#linkList.progress(url);
 
 				return async () => {
-					if (this.#aborted) return;
 					const log = createTimedUpdate(update, this.#options.verbose);
 
 					try {
@@ -617,6 +627,7 @@ export default class Crawler extends EventEmitter<CrawlerEventTypes> {
 				limit: concurrency,
 				interval: this.#options.interval,
 				verbose: this.#options.verbose || !process.stdout.isTTY,
+				signal: this.#abortController.signal,
 				header: (_progress, done, total, limit) => {
 					return formatCrawlProgress({
 						done,