diff --git a/packages/shared/tool-sdk/package.json b/packages/shared/tool-sdk/package.json
index ad4836a3f..ec9e03c84 100644
--- a/packages/shared/tool-sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/tool-sdk/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@agentx/agent-platform": "workspace:*",
+    "@agentx/cache": "workspace:*",
     "@agentx/core-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "@agentx/observability": "workspace:*",
     "yaml": "^2.9.0"
diff --git a/packages/shared/tool-sdk/src/pipeline/index.ts b/packages/shared/tool-sdk/src/pipeline/index.ts
index a3f26ff3e..fa7757a2d 100644
--- a/packages/shared/tool-sdk/src/pipeline/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/tool-sdk/src/pipeline/index.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,41 @@ import type {
   ToolExecutionResponse,
 } from '../interfaces/index.js';
 import { Tracer, Metrics } from '@agentx/observability';
+import { CacheManager } from '@agentx/cache';
+
+interface CacheKey {
+  toolName: string;
+  category: string;
+  argsHash: string;
+  workingDirectory: string;
+}
 
 export class ToolExecutionPipelineImpl implements ToolExecutionPipeline {
   private hooks: ExecutionHooks[] = [];
   private tracer = new Tracer('tool-sdk-pipeline');
   private metrics = new Metrics();
+  private cache: CacheManager<string, ToolExecutionResponse>;
+
+  constructor(cacheTtlMs: number = 300_000) {
+    this.cache = new CacheManager<string, ToolExecutionResponse>();
+    this.cacheTtlMs = cacheTtlMs;
+  }
+
+  private cacheTtlMs: number;
+
+  private generateCacheKey(req: ToolExecutionRequest): string {
+    const key: CacheKey = {
+      toolName: req.toolName || 'unknown',
+      category: req.category || 'unknown',
+      argsHash: JSON.stringify(req.arguments || {}),
+      workingDirectory: req.context?.workingDirectory || '',
+    };
+    return `tool:${key.category}:${key.toolName}:${Buffer.from(key.argsHash).toString('base64')}:${key.workingDirectory}`;
+  }
+
+  private isReadOperation(category: string): boolean {
+    return category?.endsWith('.read') ?? false;
+  }
 
   public addHook(hook: ExecutionHooks): void {
     this.hooks.push(hook);
@@ -21,6 +51,20 @@ export class ToolExecutionPipelineImpl implements ToolExecutionPipeline {
     span.setAttribute('tool.name', tool.definition.name);
     span.setAttribute('tool.category', tool.definition.category);
 
+    // Check cache for read operations
+    const cacheKey = this.generateCacheKey(req);
+    if (this.isReadOperation(req.category)) {
+      const cached = await this.cache.get(cacheKey);
+      if (cached) {
+        this.metrics.counter('tool_cache_hit', 1, { tool: tool.definition.name });
+        span.setAttribute('tool.cache_hit', true);
+        span.end();
+        return cached;
+      }
+      this.metrics.counter('tool_cache_miss', 1, { tool: tool.definition.name });
+      span.setAttribute('tool.cache_hit', false);
+    }
+
     // PreExecute hooks
     for (const hook of this.hooks) {
       if (hook.preExecute) {
@@ -31,6 +75,12 @@ export class ToolExecutionPipelineImpl implements ToolExecutionPipeline {
     let response: ToolExecutionResponse;
     try {
       response = await tool.execute(req);
+
+      // Cache successful read operations
+      if (this.isReadOperation(req.category) && response.result.success) {
+        await this.cache.set(cacheKey, response, this.cacheTtlMs);
+      }
+
       this.metrics.counter('tool_executions_success', 1, { tool: tool.definition.name });
       span.setStatus({ code: 0 });
     } catch (error: unknown) {
diff --git a/packages/shared/tool-sdk/test/tool.test.ts b/packages/shared/tool-sdk/test/tool.test.ts
index a7aea5177..b23034ecc 100644
--- a/packages/shared/tool-sdk/test/tool.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/tool-sdk/test/tool.test.ts
@@ -343,4 +343,78 @@ describe('ToolExecutionPipeline', () => {
     );
     expect(errHook).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it('caches read operations and returns cached results', async () => {
+    const pipeline = new ToolExecutionPipelineImpl(300_000);
+    const req = {
+      toolName: 'ReadTool',
+      category: 'fs.read',
+      arguments: { path: '/test' },
+      context: { workingDirectory: '/workspace', taskId: 't1', traceId: 'tr1', agentRole: 'coder' },
+    } as unknown as ToolExecutionRequest;
+    const res = {
+      result: { success: true, output: 'cached content' },
+    } as unknown as ToolExecutionResponse;
+    const executeFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(res);
+    const tool = {
+      execute: executeFn,
+      definition: { name: 'ReadTool', category: 'fs.read' },
+    } as unknown as ITool;
+
+    // First call - cache miss
+    const result1 = await pipeline.execute(req, tool);
+    expect(result1).toBe(res);
+    expect(executeFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Second call - cache hit
+    const result2 = await pipeline.execute(req, tool);
+    expect(result2).toBe(res);
+    expect(executeFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1); // Not called again
+  });
+
+  it('does not cache write operations', async () => {
+    const pipeline = new ToolExecutionPipelineImpl(300_000);
+    const res = {
+      result: { success: true, output: 'written' },
+    } as unknown as ToolExecutionResponse;
+    const executeFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(res);
+    const req = {
+      toolName: 'WriteTool',
+      category: 'fs.write',
+      arguments: { path: '/test', content: 'data' },
+      context: { workingDirectory: '/workspace', taskId: 't1', traceId: 'tr1', agentRole: 'coder' },
+    } as unknown as ToolExecutionRequest;
+    const tool = {
+      execute: executeFn,
+      definition: { name: 'WriteTool', category: 'fs.write' },
+    } as unknown as ITool;
+
+    const result1 = await pipeline.execute(req, tool);
+    const result2 = await pipeline.execute(req, tool);
+    expect(executeFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2); // Called twice
+    expect(result1).toBe(res);
+    expect(result2).toBe(res);
+  });
+
+  it('does not cache failed operations', async () => {
+    const pipeline = new ToolExecutionPipelineImpl(300_000);
+    const failRes = {
+      result: { success: false, error: 'File not found' },
+    } as unknown as ToolExecutionResponse;
+    const executeFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(failRes);
+    const req = {
+      toolName: 'ReadTool',
+      category: 'fs.read',
+      arguments: { path: '/missing' },
+      context: { workingDirectory: '/workspace', taskId: 't1', traceId: 'tr1', agentRole: 'coder' },
+    } as unknown as ToolExecutionRequest;
+    const tool = {
+      execute: executeFn,
+      definition: { name: 'ReadTool', category: 'fs.read' },
+    } as unknown as ITool;
+
+    await pipeline.execute(req, tool);
+    await pipeline.execute(req, tool);
+    expect(executeFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2); // Called twice (not cached)
+  });
 });
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 54eb18f4e..554ea7f81 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -651,6 +651,9 @@ importers:
       '@agentx/agent-platform':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../agent/agent-platform
+      '@agentx/cache':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../cache
       '@agentx/core-runtime':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../core-runtime