diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0cadc95..610280c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "paladin-core"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/paladin-core/Cargo.toml b/paladin-core/Cargo.toml
index ce71dae..b780a71 100644
--- a/paladin-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/paladin-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "paladin-core"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = "A Rust distributed algorithm toolkit. Write distributed algorithms without the complexities of distributed systems programming."
 license.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/paladin-core/src/directive/literal/functor.rs b/paladin-core/src/directive/literal/functor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c02e8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paladin-core/src/directive/literal/functor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use tracing::error;
+
+use super::Literal;
+use crate::{directive::Functor, operation::Operation, runtime::Runtime, task::Task};
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<A: Send, B: Send + 'static> Functor<B> for Literal<A> {
+    async fn f_map<Op: Operation<Input = A, Output = B>>(
+        self,
+        op: Op,
+        runtime: &Runtime,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Target> {
+        let (channel_identifier, mut sender, mut receiver) =
+            runtime.lease_coordinated_task_channel::<Op, ()>().await?;
+
+        let task = Task {
+            routing_key: channel_identifier.clone(),
+            metadata: (),
+            op: op.clone(),
+            input: self.0,
+        };
+
+        sender.send(task).await?;
+        sender.close().await?;
+
+        if let Some((result, acker)) = receiver.next().await {
+            match acker.ack().await {
+                Ok(()) => return Ok(Literal(result.output)),
+                // We don't error out on a failed ack, but filter out the message, as we assume
+                // the message will be redelivered and we'll have another
+                // opportunity to ack.
+                Err(e) => {
+                    error!("Failed to ack result: {}", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        anyhow::bail!("No results received")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/paladin-core/src/directive/literal/mod.rs b/paladin-core/src/directive/literal/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f73dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paladin-core/src/directive/literal/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/// A literal value.
+///
+/// Can be used to execute operations over arbitrary values.
+///
+/// ## Example
+/// ```
+/// # use paladin::{
+/// #    operation::Operation,
+/// #    directive::{Directive, Literal},
+/// #    opkind_derive::OpKind,
+/// #    runtime::Runtime,
+/// # };
+/// # use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+/// # use anyhow::Result;
+/// #
+/// # #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+/// struct MultiplyBy(i32);
+/// impl Operation for MultiplyBy {
+///     type Input = i32;
+///     type Output = i32;
+///     type Kind = MyOps;
+///
+///     fn execute(&self, input: i32) -> Result<i32> {
+///         Ok(self.0 * input)
+///     }
+/// }
+/// #
+/// # #[derive(OpKind, Copy, Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+/// # enum MyOps {
+/// #    MultiplyBy(MultiplyBy),
+/// # }
+///
+/// # #[tokio::main]
+/// # async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+/// # let runtime = Runtime::in_memory().await?;
+/// let computation = Literal(5).map(MultiplyBy(2));
+/// let result = computation.run(&runtime).await?;
+/// assert_eq!(result, Literal(10));
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Literal<T>(pub T);
+
+impl_hkt!(Literal);
+impl_lit!(Literal<T>);
+
+mod functor;
diff --git a/paladin-core/src/directive/mod.rs b/paladin-core/src/directive/mod.rs
index 6377349..4c7e04d 100644
--- a/paladin-core/src/directive/mod.rs
+++ b/paladin-core/src/directive/mod.rs
@@ -363,3 +363,5 @@ impl<M: Monoid, F: Foldable<M::Elem, A = M::Elem> + Send, D: Directive<Output =
 
 pub mod indexed_stream;
 pub use indexed_stream::IndexedStream;
+pub mod literal;
+pub use literal::Literal;