diff --git a/legacy/src/constants.ts b/legacy/src/constants.ts
index e39b8aa1..dc85269f 100644
--- a/legacy/src/constants.ts
+++ b/legacy/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export const DEFAULT_OPENAI_MODEL = 'gpt-3.5-turbo'
 export const DEFAULT_ANTHROPIC_MODEL = 'claude-instant-v1'
 export const DEFAULT_BOT_NAME = 'Agentic Bot'
+export const SKIP_HOOKS = Symbol('SKIP_HOOKS')
diff --git a/legacy/src/task.ts b/legacy/src/task.ts
index 5f093075..ed1faacf 100644
--- a/legacy/src/task.ts
+++ b/legacy/src/task.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ZodType } from 'zod'
 import * as errors from './errors'
 import * as types from './types'
 import type { Agentic } from './agentic'
+import { SKIP_HOOKS } from './constants'
 import {
   HumanFeedbackMechanismCLI,
   HumanFeedbackOptions,
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
   protected _timeoutMs?: number
   protected _retryConfig: types.RetryConfig
 
-  private _preHooks: Array<types.TaskBeforeCallHook<TInput>> = []
-  private _postHooks: Array<types.TaskAfterCallHook<TInput, TOutput>> = []
+  private _preHooks: Array<{
+    hook: types.TaskBeforeCallHook<TInput>
+    priority: number
+  }> = []
+  private _postHooks: Array<{
+    hook: types.TaskAfterCallHook<TInput, TOutput>
+    priority: number
+  }> = []
 
   constructor(options: types.BaseTaskOptions = {}) {
     this._agentic = options.agentic ?? globalThis.__agentic?.deref()
@@ -82,15 +89,33 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
     return ''
   }
 
-  public addBeforeCallHook(hook: types.TaskBeforeCallHook<TInput>): this {
-    this._preHooks.push(hook)
+  /**
+   * Adds a hook to be called before the task is invoked.
+   *
+   * @param hook - function to be called before the task is invoked
+   * @param priority - priority of the hook; higher priority hooks are called first
+   */
+  public addBeforeCallHook(
+    hook: types.TaskBeforeCallHook<TInput>,
+    priority = 0
+  ): this {
+    this._preHooks.push({ hook, priority })
+    this._preHooks.sort((a, b) => b.priority - a.priority) // two elements that compare equal will remain in their original order (>= ECMAScript 2019)
     return this
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds a hook to be called after the task is invoked.
+   *
+   * @param hook - function to be called after the task is invoked
+   * @param priority - priority of the hook; higher priority hooks are called first
+   */
   public addAfterCallHook(
-    hook: types.TaskAfterCallHook<TInput, TOutput>
+    hook: types.TaskAfterCallHook<TInput, TOutput>,
+    priority = 0
   ): this {
-    this._postHooks.push(hook)
+    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)
     return this
   }
 
@@ -202,16 +227,36 @@ export abstract class BaseTask<
       }
     }
 
-    for (const preHook of this._preHooks) {
-      await preHook(ctx)
+    for (const { hook: preHook } of this._preHooks) {
+      const preHookResult = await preHook(ctx)
+      if (preHookResult === SKIP_HOOKS) {
+        break
+      } else if (preHookResult !== undefined) {
+        const output = this.outputSchema?.safeParse(preHookResult)
+        if (!output?.success) {
+          throw new Error(`Invalid preHook output: ${output?.error.message}`)
+        }
+
+        ctx.metadata.success = true
+        ctx.metadata.numRetries = ctx.attemptNumber
+        ctx.metadata.error = undefined
+
+        return {
+          result: output.data,
+          metadata: ctx.metadata
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     const result = await pRetry(
       async () => {
         const result = await this._call(ctx)
 
-        for (const postHook of this._postHooks) {
-          await postHook(result, ctx)
+        for (const { hook: postHook } of this._postHooks) {
+          const postHookResult = await postHook(result, ctx)
+          if (postHookResult === SKIP_HOOKS) {
+            break
+          }
         }
 
         return result
diff --git a/legacy/src/types.ts b/legacy/src/types.ts
index 3f8ecd93..26f9ba99 100644
--- a/legacy/src/types.ts
+++ b/legacy/src/types.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { JsonObject, Jsonifiable } from 'type-fest'
 import { SafeParseReturnType, ZodType, ZodTypeAny, output, z } from 'zod'
 
 import type { Agentic } from './agentic'
+import { SKIP_HOOKS } from './constants'
 import type {
   FeedbackTypeToMetadata,
   HumanFeedbackType
@@ -173,11 +174,21 @@ export declare class CancelablePromise<T> extends Promise<T> {
 
 // export type ProgressFunction = (partialResponse: ChatMessage) => void
 
-export type TaskBeforeCallHook<TInput extends TaskInput = void> = (
+export type TaskBeforeCallHook<
+  TInput extends TaskInput = void,
+  TOutput extends TaskOutput = string
+> = (
   ctx: TaskCallContext<TInput>
-) => void | Promise<void>
+) =>
+  | void
+  | TOutput
+  | typeof SKIP_HOOKS
+  | Promise<void | TOutput | typeof SKIP_HOOKS>
 
 export type TaskAfterCallHook<
   TInput extends TaskInput = void,
   TOutput extends TaskOutput = string
-> = (output: TOutput, ctx: TaskCallContext<TInput>) => void | Promise<void>
+> = (
+  output: TOutput,
+  ctx: TaskCallContext<TInput>
+) => void | typeof SKIP_HOOKS | Promise<void | typeof SKIP_HOOKS>