diff --git a/cmd/xc/main.go b/cmd/xc/main.go
index 2c4f6ba..ec80a46 100644
--- a/cmd/xc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/xc/main.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var ErrNoTaskFile = errors.New("no xc compatible documentation file found")
 
 type config struct {
 	version, help, short, display, noTTY, complete, uncomplete bool
-	filename, heading, filetype                                string
+	filename, heading, filetype, outputType                    string
 }
 
 var version = ""
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ func flags() config {
 	flag.BoolVar(&cfg.display, "d", false, "print the plain text code of a task rather than running it")
 	flag.BoolVar(&cfg.display, "display", false, "print the plain text code of a task rather than running it")
 
+	flag.StringVar(&cfg.outputType, "output", "markdown", "specify the output type to display")
+
 	flag.BoolVar(&cfg.complete, "complete", false, "install shell completion for xc")
 	flag.BoolVar(&cfg.uncomplete, "uncomplete", false, "uninstall shell completion for xc")
 
@@ -250,7 +252,17 @@ func runMain() error {
 	}
 	// xc -display task1
 	if cfg.display {
-		ta.Display(os.Stdout)
+		switch strings.ToLower(cfg.outputType) {
+		case "markdown":
+			ta.Display(os.Stdout)
+		case "json":
+			err = ta.DisplayJSON(os.Stdout)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("xc: %w", err)
+			}
+		default:
+			fmt.Printf("xc: unrecognized output type: %s", cfg.outputType)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 	// xc task1
diff --git a/cmd/xc/usage.txt b/cmd/xc/usage.txt
index 2dba3aa..1e5f26f 100644
--- a/cmd/xc/usage.txt
+++ b/cmd/xc/usage.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ xc <task> [inputs...]
         Specify a markdown file that contains tasks (default: "README.md").
   -d -display
         Print the markdown code of a task rather than running it.
+  -output <string>
+        Specify the output type to display. (default: "markdown", consider: "json")
   -H -heading <string>
         Specify the heading for xc tasks (default: "Tasks").
 
diff --git a/models/models.go b/models/models.go
index 67aa86f..1241e5e 100644
--- a/models/models.go
+++ b/models/models.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package models
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ func (t Task) Display(w io.Writer) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Display writes a Task as JSON.
+func (t Task) DisplayJSON(w io.Writer) (err error) {
+	buf, _ := json.Marshal(t)
+	// I tried to find a way to trigger an marshaling error for testing
+	// purposes but failed. The Task struct doesn't have any fields which
+	// are amenable to un-marshalable objects. Therefore this just eats an
+	// error.
+	fmt.Fprintln(w, string(buf))
+	return
+}
+
 // Tasks is an alias type for []Task
 type Tasks []Task
 
diff --git a/models/models_test.go b/models/models_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..523afcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/models_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var gnTempl = Task{
+	Name:   "generate-templ",
+	Script: "go run -mod=mod github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ generate\ngo mod tidy\n",
+}
+var gnTranslations = Task{
+	Name:   "generate-translations",
+	Script: "go run ./i18n/generate\n",
+}
+var gnAll = Task{
+	Name: "generate-all",
+	DependsOn: []string{
+		"generate-templ",
+		"generate-translations",
+	},
+	DepsBehaviour: DependencyBehaviourAsync,
+}
+
+//go:embed testdata/generate-templ.md
+var gnTemplExpected string
+
+//go:embed testdata/generate-translations.md
+var gnTranslationsExpected string
+
+//go:embed testdata/generate-all.md
+var gnAllExpected string
+
+//go:embed testdata/generate-templ.json
+var gnTemplExpectedJSON string
+
+//go:embed testdata/generate-translations.json
+var gnTranslationsExpectedJSON string
+
+//go:embed testdata/generate-all.json
+var gnAllExpectedJSON string
+
+func assertTask(t *testing.T, expected, actual string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if strings.TrimSpace(expected) != strings.TrimSpace(actual) {
+		t.Fatalf("model want=%s got=%s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+func taskToMarkdown(task Task) string {
+	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
+	defer w.Close()
+	defer r.Close()
+	task.Display(w)
+	w.Close()
+	res, _ := io.ReadAll(r)
+	return string(res)
+}
+
+func taskToJSON(task Task) string {
+	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
+	defer w.Close()
+	defer r.Close()
+	_ = task.DisplayJSON(w)
+	w.Close()
+	res, _ := io.ReadAll(r)
+	return string(res)
+}
+
+func TestDisplay(t *testing.T) {
+	assertTask(t, gnTemplExpected, taskToMarkdown(gnTempl))
+	assertTask(t, gnTranslationsExpected, taskToMarkdown(gnTranslations))
+	assertTask(t, gnAllExpected, taskToMarkdown(gnAll))
+}
+
+func TestDisplayJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	assertTask(t, gnTemplExpectedJSON, taskToJSON(gnTempl))
+	assertTask(t, gnTranslationsExpectedJSON, taskToJSON(gnTranslations))
+	assertTask(t, gnAllExpectedJSON, taskToJSON(gnAll))
+}
diff --git a/models/testdata/generate-all.json b/models/testdata/generate-all.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a47fe8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/testdata/generate-all.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"Name":"generate-all","Description":null,"Script":"","Dir":"","Env":null,"DependsOn":["generate-templ","generate-translations"],"Inputs":null,"ParsingError":"","RequiredBehaviour":0,"DepsBehaviour":1,"Interactive":false}
diff --git a/models/testdata/generate-all.md b/models/testdata/generate-all.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d83cf64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/testdata/generate-all.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## generate-all
+
+Requires: generate-templ, generate-translations
+RunDeps: async
+
+Run: always
diff --git a/models/testdata/generate-templ.json b/models/testdata/generate-templ.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4fbe19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/testdata/generate-templ.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"Name":"generate-templ","Description":null,"Script":"go run -mod=mod github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ generate\ngo mod tidy\n","Dir":"","Env":null,"DependsOn":null,"Inputs":null,"ParsingError":"","RequiredBehaviour":0,"DepsBehaviour":0,"Interactive":false}
diff --git a/models/testdata/generate-templ.md b/models/testdata/generate-templ.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de8a69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/testdata/generate-templ.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## generate-templ
+
+Run: always
+
+```
+go run -mod=mod github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ generate
+go mod tidy
+
+```
diff --git a/models/testdata/generate-translations.json b/models/testdata/generate-translations.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fbfdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/testdata/generate-translations.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"Name":"generate-translations","Description":null,"Script":"go run ./i18n/generate\n","Dir":"","Env":null,"DependsOn":null,"Inputs":null,"ParsingError":"","RequiredBehaviour":0,"DepsBehaviour":0,"Interactive":false}
diff --git a/models/testdata/generate-translations.md b/models/testdata/generate-translations.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4485512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/testdata/generate-translations.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## generate-translations
+
+Run: always
+
+```
+go run ./i18n/generate
+
+```