diff --git a/src/task.ts b/src/task.ts
index ef3f3b2..a8eb3ee 100644
--- a/src/task.ts
+++ b/src/task.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pRetry, { FailedAttemptError } from 'p-retry'
+import QuickLRU from 'quick-lru'
 import { ZodType } from 'zod'
 
 import * as errors from './errors'
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
 
   protected _timeoutMs?: number
   protected _retryConfig: types.RetryConfig
+  protected _cacheConfig: types.CacheConfig<TInput, TOutput>
 
-  private _preHooks: Array<{
+  protected _preHooks: Array<{
     hook: types.TaskBeforeCallHook<TInput>
     priority: number
   }> = []
-  private _postHooks: Array<{
+
+  protected _postHooks: Array<{
     hook: types.TaskAfterCallHook<TInput, TOutput>
     priority: number
   }> = []
@@ -53,6 +56,19 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
       strategy: 'default'
     }
 
+    this._cacheConfig = {
+      cacheStrategy: 'default',
+      cacheKey: (input: TInput) => JSON.stringify(input),
+      ...options.cacheConfig
+    }
+
+    if (
+      this._cacheConfig.cacheStrategy === 'default' &&
+      !this._cacheConfig.cache
+    ) {
+      this._cacheConfig.cache = new QuickLRU<string, TOutput>({ maxSize: 1000 })
+    }
+
     this._id =
       options.id ?? this._agentic?.idGeneratorFn() ?? defaultIDGeneratorFn()
   }
@@ -115,7 +131,7 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
     priority = 0
   ): this {
     this._postHooks.push({ hook, priority })
-    this._postHooks.sort((a, b) => b.priority - a.priority) // two elements that compare equal will remain in their original order (>= ECMAScript 2019)
+    this._postHooks.sort((a, b) => b.priority - a.priority)
     return this
   }
 
@@ -142,6 +158,10 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
     throw new Error(`clone not implemented for task "${this.nameForModel}"`)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds an after call hook to confirm or refine the output of this task with
+   * human feedback.
+   */
   public withHumanFeedback<V extends HumanFeedbackType>(
     options: HumanFeedbackOptions<V, TOutput> = {}
   ): this {
@@ -194,6 +214,11 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
     return this
   }
 
+  public cacheConfig(cacheConfig: types.CacheConfig<TInput, TOutput>): this {
+    this._cacheConfig = cacheConfig
+    return this
+  }
+
   /**
    * Calls this task with the given `input` and returns the result only.
    */
@@ -227,6 +252,13 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
       input = safeInput.data
     }
 
+    const maybeCacheKey = this._cacheConfig.cache
+      ? this._cacheConfig.cacheKey?.(input)
+      : undefined
+    const cacheKey = maybeCacheKey
+      ? await Promise.resolve(maybeCacheKey)
+      : undefined
+
     const ctx: types.TaskCallContext<TInput> = {
       input,
       attemptNumber: 0,
@@ -235,7 +267,8 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
         taskId: this.id,
         callId: this._agentic!.idGeneratorFn(),
         parentTaskId: parentCtx?.metadata.taskId,
-        parentCallId: parentCtx?.metadata.callId
+        parentCallId: parentCtx?.metadata.callId,
+        cacheStatus: 'miss'
       }
     }
 
@@ -260,6 +293,22 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
       }
     }
 
+    if (cacheKey && this._cacheConfig.cache) {
+      const cachedValue = await Promise.resolve(
+        this._cacheConfig.cache.get(cacheKey)
+      )
+
+      if (cachedValue) {
+        ctx.metadata.success = true
+        ctx.metadata.cacheStatus = 'hit'
+
+        return {
+          result: cachedValue,
+          metadata: ctx.metadata
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     const result = await pRetry(
       async () => {
         let result = await this._call(ctx)
@@ -326,6 +375,10 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
     ctx.metadata.numRetries = ctx.attemptNumber
     ctx.metadata.error = undefined
 
+    if (cacheKey && this._cacheConfig.cache) {
+      await Promise.resolve(this._cacheConfig.cache.set(cacheKey, result))
+    }
+
     // ctx.tracker.setOutput(stringifyForDebugging(result, { maxLength: 100 }))
 
     return {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index e6bc995..23d53ce 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk'
 import * as openai from 'openai-fetch'
 import ky from 'ky'
+import type { CacheStorage } from 'p-memoize'
 import type { Options as RetryOptions } from 'p-retry'
 import type { JsonObject, Jsonifiable } from 'type-fest'
 import { SafeParseReturnType, ZodType, ZodTypeAny, output, z } from 'zod'
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export interface BaseTaskOptions {
 
   timeoutMs?: number
   retryConfig?: RetryConfig
+  cacheConfig?: CacheConfig<any, any>
   id?: string
 
   // TODO
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ export interface BaseLLMOptions<
   inputSchema?: ZodType<TInput>
   outputSchema?: ZodType<TOutput>
 
+  cacheConfig?: CacheConfig<TInput, TOutput>
+
   provider?: string
   model?: string
   modelParams?: TModelParams
@@ -120,6 +124,20 @@ export interface RetryConfig extends RetryOptions {
   strategy?: string
 }
 
+export type MaybePromise<T> = T | Promise<T>
+export type CacheStatus = 'miss' | 'hit'
+export type CacheStrategy = 'default' | 'none'
+
+export interface CacheConfig<
+  TInput extends TaskInput,
+  TOutput extends TaskOutput,
+  TCacheKey = any
+> {
+  cacheStrategy?: CacheStrategy
+  cacheKey?: (input: TInput) => MaybePromise<TCacheKey | undefined>
+  cache?: CacheStorage<TCacheKey, TOutput> | false
+}
+
 export interface TaskResponseMetadata extends Record<string, any> {
   // task info
   taskName: string
@@ -132,6 +150,7 @@ export interface TaskResponseMetadata extends Record<string, any> {
   numRetries?: number
   callId?: string
   parentCallId?: string
+  cacheStatus?: CacheStatus
 
   // human feedback info
   feedback?: FeedbackTypeToMetadata<HumanFeedbackType>
diff --git a/test/calculator.test.ts b/test/calculator.test.ts
index 0828f44..89638f6 100644
--- a/test/calculator.test.ts
+++ b/test/calculator.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,22 @@ test('CalculatorTool', async (t) => {
   t.deepEqual(metadata, {
     success: true,
     taskName: 'calculator',
+    cacheStatus: 'miss',
     numRetries: 0,
     error: undefined
   })
 })
+
+test.only('CalculatorTool - caching', async (t) => {
+  const agentic = createTestAgenticRuntime()
+  const tool = new CalculatorTool({ agentic })
+
+  const res = await tool.callWithMetadata({ expression: '2 * 3' })
+  t.is(res.result, 6)
+  t.is(res.metadata.cacheStatus, 'miss')
+  expectTypeOf(res.result).toMatchTypeOf<number>()
+
+  const res2 = await tool.callWithMetadata({ expression: '2 * 3' })
+  t.is(res2.result, 6)
+  t.is(res2.metadata.cacheStatus, 'hit')
+})