diff --git a/internal/experiments/errors.go b/internal/experiments/errors.go
index 177d6d86..68a5f8b8 100644
--- a/internal/experiments/errors.go
+++ b/internal/experiments/errors.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package experiments
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/slicesext"
 )
 
 type InvalidValueError struct {
 	Name          string
-	AllowedValues []string
-	Value         string
+	AllowedValues []int
+	Value         int
 }
 
 func (err InvalidValueError) Error() string {
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ func (err InvalidValueError) Error() string {
 		"task: Experiment %q has an invalid value %q (allowed values: %s)",
 		err.Name,
 		err.Value,
-		strings.Join(err.AllowedValues, ", "),
+		strings.Join(slicesext.Convert(err.AllowedValues, strconv.Itoa), ", "),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/experiments/experiment.go b/internal/experiments/experiment.go
index 79ad6b5b..07bd22aa 100644
--- a/internal/experiments/experiment.go
+++ b/internal/experiments/experiment.go
@@ -3,18 +3,24 @@ package experiments
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 type Experiment struct {
-	Name          string   // The name of the experiment.
-	AllowedValues []string // The values that can enable this experiment.
-	Value         string   // The version of the experiment that is enabled.
+	Name          string // The name of the experiment.
+	AllowedValues []int  // The values that can enable this experiment.
+	Value         int    // The version of the experiment that is enabled.
 }
 
 // New creates a new experiment with the given name and sets the values that can
 // enable it.
-func New(xName string, allowedValues ...string) Experiment {
-	value := getEnv(xName)
+func New(xName string, allowedValues ...int) Experiment {
+	value := experimentConfig.Experiments[xName]
+
+	if value == 0 {
+		value, _ = strconv.Atoi(getEnv(xName))
+	}
+
 	x := Experiment{
 		Name:          xName,
 		AllowedValues: allowedValues,
@@ -24,21 +30,21 @@ func New(xName string, allowedValues ...string) Experiment {
 	return x
 }
 
-func (x *Experiment) Enabled() bool {
+func (x Experiment) Enabled() bool {
 	return slices.Contains(x.AllowedValues, x.Value)
 }
 
-func (x *Experiment) Active() bool {
+func (x Experiment) Active() bool {
 	return len(x.AllowedValues) > 0
 }
 
 func (x Experiment) Valid() error {
-	if !x.Active() && x.Value != "" {
+	if !x.Active() && x.Value != 0 {
 		return &InactiveError{
 			Name: x.Name,
 		}
 	}
-	if !x.Enabled() && x.Value != "" {
+	if !x.Enabled() && x.Value != 0 {
 		return &InvalidValueError{
 			Name:          x.Name,
 			AllowedValues: x.AllowedValues,
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ func (x Experiment) Valid() error {
 
 func (x Experiment) String() string {
 	if x.Enabled() {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("on (%s)", x.Value)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("on (%d)", x.Value)
 	}
 	return "off"
 }
diff --git a/internal/experiments/experiment_test.go b/internal/experiments/experiment_test.go
index b9cdcc7c..f953f92f 100644
--- a/internal/experiments/experiment_test.go
+++ b/internal/experiments/experiment_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package experiments_test
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	tests := []struct {
 		name          string
-		allowedValues []string
-		value         string
+		allowedValues []int
+		value         int
 		wantEnabled   bool
 		wantActive    bool
 		wantValid     error
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:        `[] allowed, value="1"`,
-			value:       "1",
+			value:       1,
 			wantEnabled: false,
 			wantActive:  false,
 			wantValid: &experiments.InactiveError{
@@ -37,33 +38,33 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:          `[1] allowed, value=""`,
-			allowedValues: []string{"1"},
+			allowedValues: []int{1},
 			wantEnabled:   false,
 			wantActive:    true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:          `[1] allowed, value="1"`,
-			allowedValues: []string{"1"},
-			value:         "1",
+			allowedValues: []int{1},
+			value:         1,
 			wantEnabled:   true,
 			wantActive:    true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:          `[1] allowed, value="2"`,
-			allowedValues: []string{"1"},
-			value:         "2",
+			allowedValues: []int{1},
+			value:         2,
 			wantEnabled:   false,
 			wantActive:    true,
 			wantValid: &experiments.InvalidValueError{
 				Name:          exampleExperiment,
-				AllowedValues: []string{"1"},
-				Value:         "2",
+				AllowedValues: []int{1},
+				Value:         2,
 			},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Setenv(exampleExperimentEnv, tt.value)
+			t.Setenv(exampleExperimentEnv, strconv.Itoa(tt.value))
 			x := experiments.New(exampleExperiment, tt.allowedValues...)
 			assert.Equal(t, exampleExperiment, x.Name)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantEnabled, x.Enabled())
diff --git a/internal/experiments/experiments.go b/internal/experiments/experiments.go
index b7abb0a7..6235a039 100644
--- a/internal/experiments/experiments.go
+++ b/internal/experiments/experiments.go
@@ -6,13 +6,24 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 const envPrefix = "TASK_X_"
 
-// A set of experiments that can be enabled or disabled.
+var defaultConfigFilenames = []string{
+	".taskrc.yml",
+	".taskrc.yaml",
+}
+
+type experimentConfigFile struct {
+	Experiments map[string]int `yaml:"experiments"`
+	Version     *semver.Version
+}
+
 var (
 	GentleForce     Experiment
 	RemoteTaskfiles Experiment
@@ -22,15 +33,19 @@ var (
 )
 
 // An internal list of all the initialized experiments used for iterating.
-var xList []Experiment
+var (
+	xList            []Experiment
+	experimentConfig experimentConfigFile
+)
 
 func init() {
 	readDotEnv()
-	GentleForce = New("GENTLE_FORCE", "1")
-	RemoteTaskfiles = New("REMOTE_TASKFILES", "1")
+	experimentConfig = readConfig()
+	GentleForce = New("GENTLE_FORCE", 1)
+	RemoteTaskfiles = New("REMOTE_TASKFILES", 1)
 	AnyVariables = New("ANY_VARIABLES")
-	MapVariables = New("MAP_VARIABLES", "1", "2")
-	EnvPrecedence = New("ENV_PRECEDENCE", "1")
+	MapVariables = New("MAP_VARIABLES", 1, 2)
+	EnvPrecedence = New("ENV_PRECEDENCE", 1)
 }
 
 // Validate checks if any experiments have been enabled while being inactive.
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@ func getEnv(xName string) string {
 	return os.Getenv(envName)
 }
 
-func getEnvFilePath() string {
+func getFilePath(filename string) string {
 	// Parse the CLI flags again to get the directory/taskfile being run
 	// We use a flagset here so that we can parse a subset of flags without exiting on error.
 	var dir, taskfile string
@@ -64,18 +79,18 @@ func getEnvFilePath() string {
 	_ = fs.Parse(os.Args[1:])
 	// If the directory is set, find a .env file in that directory.
 	if dir != "" {
-		return filepath.Join(dir, ".env")
+		return filepath.Join(dir, filename)
 	}
 	// If the taskfile is set, find a .env file in the directory containing the Taskfile.
 	if taskfile != "" {
-		return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(taskfile), ".env")
+		return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(taskfile), filename)
 	}
 	// Otherwise just use the current working directory.
-	return ".env"
+	return filename
 }
 
 func readDotEnv() {
-	env, _ := godotenv.Read(getEnvFilePath())
+	env, _ := godotenv.Read(getFilePath(".env"))
 	// If the env var is an experiment, set it.
 	for key, value := range env {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(key, envPrefix) {
@@ -83,3 +98,27 @@ func readDotEnv() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func readConfig() experimentConfigFile {
+	var cfg experimentConfigFile
+
+	var content []byte
+	var err error
+	for _, filename := range defaultConfigFilenames {
+		path := getFilePath(filename)
+		content, err = os.ReadFile(path)
+		if err == nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return experimentConfigFile{}
+	}
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, &cfg); err != nil {
+		return experimentConfigFile{}
+	}
+
+	return cfg
+}
diff --git a/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go b/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go
index 8b539bc8..2aba5beb 100644
--- a/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go
+++ b/internal/slicesext/slicesext.go
@@ -18,3 +18,15 @@ func UniqueJoin[T cmp.Ordered](ss ...[]T) []T {
 	slices.Sort(r)
 	return slices.Compact(r)
 }
+
+func Convert[T, U any](s []T, f func(T) U) []U {
+	// Create a new slice with the same length as the input slice
+	result := make([]U, len(s))
+
+	// Convert each element using the provided function
+	for i, v := range s {
+		result[i] = f(v)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/internal/slicesext/slicesext_test.go b/internal/slicesext/slicesext_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72fa5332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/slicesext/slicesext_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package slicesext
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestConvertIntToString(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	input := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	expected := []string{"1", "2", "3", "4", "5"}
+	result := Convert(input, strconv.Itoa)
+
+	if len(result) != len(expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected length %d, got %d", len(expected), len(result))
+	}
+
+	for i := range expected {
+		if result[i] != expected[i] {
+			t.Errorf("At index %d: expected %v, got %v", i, expected[i], result[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConvertStringToInt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	input := []string{"1", "2", "3", "4", "5"}
+	expected := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	result := Convert(input, func(s string) int {
+		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
+		return n
+	})
+
+	if len(result) != len(expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected length %d, got %d", len(expected), len(result))
+	}
+
+	for i := range expected {
+		if result[i] != expected[i] {
+			t.Errorf("At index %d: expected %v, got %v", i, expected[i], result[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConvertFloatToInt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	input := []float64{1.1, 2.2, 3.7, 4.5, 5.9}
+	expected := []int{1, 2, 4, 5, 6}
+	result := Convert(input, func(f float64) int {
+		return int(math.Round(f))
+	})
+
+	if len(result) != len(expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected length %d, got %d", len(expected), len(result))
+	}
+
+	for i := range expected {
+		if result[i] != expected[i] {
+			t.Errorf("At index %d: expected %v, got %v", i, expected[i], result[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConvertEmptySlice(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	input := []int{}
+	result := Convert(input, strconv.Itoa)
+
+	if len(result) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected empty slice, got length %d", len(result))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConvertNilSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	var input []int
+	result := Convert(input, strconv.Itoa)
+
+	if result == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected non-nil empty slice, got nil")
+	}
+	if len(result) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected empty slice, got length %d", len(result))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/task_test.go b/task_test.go
index dabdef98..ff407f18 100644
--- a/task_test.go
+++ b/task_test.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func TestEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	tt.Run(t)
-	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.EnvPrecedence, "1")
+	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.EnvPrecedence, 1)
 	ttt := fileContentTest{
 		Dir:       "testdata/env",
 		Target:    "overridden",
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ func TestIncludesMultiLevel(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIncludesRemote(t *testing.T) {
-	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.RemoteTaskfiles, "1")
+	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.RemoteTaskfiles, 1)
 
 	dir := "testdata/includes_remote"
 
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ func TestIncludesEmptyMain(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIncludesHttp(t *testing.T) {
-	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.RemoteTaskfiles, "1")
+	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.RemoteTaskfiles, 1)
 
 	dir, err := filepath.Abs("testdata/includes_http")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ func TestReference(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVarInheritance(t *testing.T) {
-	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.EnvPrecedence, "1")
+	enableExperimentForTest(t, &experiments.EnvPrecedence, 1)
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		want string
@@ -3332,12 +3332,12 @@ func TestVarInheritance(t *testing.T) {
 //
 // Typically experiments are controlled via TASK_X_ env vars, but we cannot use those in tests
 // because the experiment settings are parsed during experiments.init(), before any tests run.
-func enableExperimentForTest(t *testing.T, e *experiments.Experiment, val string) {
+func enableExperimentForTest(t *testing.T, e *experiments.Experiment, val int) {
 	t.Helper()
 	prev := *e
 	*e = experiments.Experiment{
 		Name:          prev.Name,
-		AllowedValues: []string{val},
+		AllowedValues: []int{val},
 		Value:         val,
 	}
 	t.Cleanup(func() { *e = prev })
diff --git a/taskfile/ast/var.go b/taskfile/ast/var.go
index 4237412d..abe5157d 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/var.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/var.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (v *Var) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 	if experiments.MapVariables.Enabled() {
 
 		// This implementation is not backwards-compatible and replaces the 'sh' key with map variables
-		if experiments.MapVariables.Value == "1" {
+		if experiments.MapVariables.Value == 1 {
 			var value any
 			if err := node.Decode(&value); err != nil {
 				return errors.NewTaskfileDecodeError(err, node)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (v *Var) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 		}
 
 		// This implementation IS backwards-compatible and keeps the 'sh' key and allows map variables to be added under the `map` key
-		if experiments.MapVariables.Value == "2" {
+		if experiments.MapVariables.Value == 2 {
 			switch node.Kind {
 			case yaml.MappingNode:
 				key := node.Content[0].Value
diff --git a/website/docs/experiments/experiments.mdx b/website/docs/experiments/experiments.mdx
index 8a665ce8..f8850ebf 100644
--- a/website/docs/experiments/experiments.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/experiments/experiments.mdx
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ slug: /experiments/
 sidebar_position: 6
 ---
 
+import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
+import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
+
 # Experiments
 
 :::caution
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ Which method you use depends on how you intend to use the experiment:
 1. Prefixing your task commands with the relevant environment variable(s). For
    example, `TASK_X_{FEATURE}=1 task {my-task}`. This is intended for one-off
    invocations of Task to test out experimental features.
-1. Adding the relevant environment variable(s) in your "dotfiles" (e.g.
+2. Adding the relevant environment variable(s) in your "dotfiles" (e.g.
    `.bashrc`, `.zshrc` etc.). This will permanently enable experimental features
    for your personal environment.
 
@@ -47,15 +50,33 @@ Which method you use depends on how you intend to use the experiment:
    export TASK_X_FEATURE=1
    ```
 
-1. Creating a `.env` file in the same directory as your root Taskfile that
-   contains the relevant environment variable(s). This allows you to enable an
-   experimental feature at a project level. If you commit the `.env` file to
-   source control then other users of your project will also have these
-   experiments enabled.
+3. Creating a `.env` or a `.task-experiments.yml` file in the same directory as
+   your root Taskfile.\
+   The `.env` file should contain the relevant environment
+   variable(s), while the `.task-experiments.yml` file should use a YAML format
+   where each experiment is defined as a key with a corresponding value.
 
-   ```shell title=".env"
-   TASK_X_FEATURE=1
-   ```
+   This allows you to enable an experimental feature at a project level. If you
+   commit this file to source control, then other users of your project will
+   also have these experiments enabled.
+
+   If both files are present, the values in the `.task-experiments.yml` file
+   will take precedence.
+
+    <Tabs values={[ {label: '.task-experiments.yml', value: 'yaml'}, {label: '.env', value: 'env'}]}>
+     <TabItem value="yaml">
+       ```yaml title=".taskrc.yml"
+        experiments:
+          FEATURE: 1
+       ```
+     </TabItem>
+
+        <TabItem value="env">
+       ```shell title=".env"
+       TASK_X_FEATURE=1
+       ```
+     </TabItem>
+    </Tabs>
 
 ## Workflow
 
diff --git a/website/static/schema-taskrc.json b/website/static/schema-taskrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ed35be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/static/schema-taskrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+  "title": "Taskrc YAML Schema",
+  "description": "Schema for .taskrc files.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "experiments": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "additionalProperties": {
+        "type": "integer"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}