diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 37fece7..ed025ae 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ stack test --test-arguments --accept
   - `# no toplevel` - don't wrap in taskrunner
   - `# s3` - enable S3 testing
   - `# github keys` - provide GitHub credentials
+- When testing toplevel vs subtask behavior, use real nesting (default toplevel wrapping + inner `taskrunner` calls) rather than manually setting internal env vars like `_taskrunner_build_id`
 
 ## Key Commands for Development
 
diff --git a/src/App.hs b/src/App.hs
index 94029d5..883d62a 100644
--- a/src/App.hs
+++ b/src/App.hs
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ main = do
 
     m_hashToSave <- readIORef appState.hashToSaveRef
 
+    when (skipped && isNothing m_hashToSave && appState.isToplevel) do
+      logInfo appState "skipped, inputs unchanged"
+
     -- Only be chatty about exit status if we were chatty about starting the work, i.e. if it is cacheable.
     when (not skipped && isJust m_hashToSave) do
       if exitCode == ExitSuccess then
diff --git a/test/t/file-input-unchanged-force.out b/test/t/file-input-unchanged-force.out
index cd5e7cd..00e73b5 100644
--- a/test/t/file-input-unchanged-force.out
+++ b/test/t/file-input-unchanged-force.out
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ should compute again:
 [mytask] stdout | Expensive computation
 [mytask] info | success
 should not compute again:
+[mytask] info | skipped, inputs unchanged
diff --git a/test/t/file-input-unchanged.out b/test/t/file-input-unchanged.out
index 5251dd7..3d9bcba 100644
--- a/test/t/file-input-unchanged.out
+++ b/test/t/file-input-unchanged.out
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [mytask] info | Inputs changed, running task
 [mytask] stdout | Expensive computation
 [mytask] info | success
+[mytask] info | skipped, inputs unchanged
diff --git a/test/t/file-input-with-spaces-unchanged.out b/test/t/file-input-with-spaces-unchanged.out
index 5251dd7..3d9bcba 100644
--- a/test/t/file-input-with-spaces-unchanged.out
+++ b/test/t/file-input-with-spaces-unchanged.out
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [mytask] info | Inputs changed, running task
 [mytask] stdout | Expensive computation
 [mytask] info | success
+[mytask] info | skipped, inputs unchanged
diff --git a/test/t/raw-input-unchanged.out b/test/t/raw-input-unchanged.out
index 13b0898..a2a633f 100644
--- a/test/t/raw-input-unchanged.out
+++ b/test/t/raw-input-unchanged.out
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [mytask] info | Inputs changed, running task
 [mytask] stdout | Expensive computation, input is: lol
 [mytask] info | success
+[mytask] info | skipped, inputs unchanged
diff --git a/test/t/subtask-skip-no-message.out b/test/t/subtask-skip-no-message.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca36e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t/subtask-skip-no-message.out
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- output:
+[mytask] info | Inputs changed, running task
+[mytask] stdout | Running task
+[mytask] info | success
diff --git a/test/t/subtask-skip-no-message.txt b/test/t/subtask-skip-no-message.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..263be6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t/subtask-skip-no-message.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+echo lol > input.txt
+git init -q
+git add input.txt
+
+go() {
+  taskrunner -n mytask bash -e -c '
+    snapshot input.txt
+    echo "Running task"
+  '
+}
+
+go
+go
diff --git a/test/t/toplevel-skip-message.out b/test/t/toplevel-skip-message.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39b0f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t/toplevel-skip-message.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-- output:
+[mytask] info | Inputs changed, running task
+[mytask] stdout | Running task
+[mytask] info | success
+[mytask] info | skipped, inputs unchanged
diff --git a/test/t/toplevel-skip-message.txt b/test/t/toplevel-skip-message.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d460d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t/toplevel-skip-message.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# no toplevel
+echo lol > input.txt
+git init -q
+git add input.txt
+
+go() {
+  taskrunner -n mytask bash -e -c '
+    snapshot input.txt
+    echo "Running task"
+  '
+}
+go
+go