diff --git a/0.16.0-release-notes.md b/0.16.0-release-notes.md
index 2960c69a3..98551c5bd 100644
--- a/0.16.0-release-notes.md
+++ b/0.16.0-release-notes.md
@@ -69,3 +69,9 @@ New features in the interactive editor:
 
 -   The editor now uses a DSL for filtering items in completion, history
     listing, location and navigation modes.
+
+-   A new `edit:after-command` hook that is invoked after each interactive
+    command line is run.
+
+-   A new `edit:command-duration` variable that is the number of seconds to
+    execute the most recent interactive command line.
diff --git a/pkg/edit/editor.go b/pkg/edit/editor.go
index 83b9351ad..e97f53598 100644
--- a/pkg/edit/editor.go
+++ b/pkg/edit/editor.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ type Editor struct {
 
 	excMutex sync.RWMutex
 	excList  vals.List
+
+	// Maybe move this to another type that represents the REPL cycle as a whole, not just the
+	// read/edit portion represented by the Editor type.
+	AfterCommand []func(src parse.Source, duration float64, err error)
 }
 
 // An interface that wraps notifyf and notifyError. It is only implemented by
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ func NewEditor(tty cli.TTY, ev *eval.Evaler, st store.Store) *Editor {
 	initInstant(ed, ev, nb)
 	initMinibuf(ed, ev, nb)
 
+	initRepl(ed, ev, nb)
 	initBufferBuiltins(ed.app, nb)
 	initTTYBuiltins(ed.app, tty, nb)
 	initMiscBuiltins(ed.app, nb)
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ func NewEditor(tty cli.TTY, ev *eval.Evaler, st store.Store) *Editor {
 	initStoreAPI(ed.app, nb, hs)
 
 	ed.ns = nb.Ns()
-	evalDefaultBinding(ev, ed.ns)
+	initElvishState(ev, ed.ns)
 
 	return ed
 }
@@ -89,8 +94,9 @@ func initExceptionsAPI(ed *Editor, nb eval.NsBuilder) {
 	nb.Add("exceptions", vars.FromPtrWithMutex(&ed.excList, &ed.excMutex))
 }
 
-func evalDefaultBinding(ev *eval.Evaler, ns *eval.Ns) {
-	src := parse.Source{Name: "[default bindings]", Code: defaultBindingsElv}
+// Initialize the `edit` module by executing the pre-defined Elvish code for the module.
+func initElvishState(ev *eval.Evaler, ns *eval.Ns) {
+	src := parse.Source{Name: "[RC file]", Code: elvInit}
 	err := ev.Eval(src, eval.EvalCfg{Global: ns})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -102,6 +108,13 @@ func (ed *Editor) ReadCode() (string, error) {
 	return ed.app.ReadCode()
 }
 
+// RunAfterCommandHooks runs callbacks involving the interactive completion of a command line.
+func (ed *Editor) RunAfterCommandHooks(src parse.Source, duration float64, err error) {
+	for _, f := range ed.AfterCommand {
+		f(src, duration, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Ns returns a namespace for manipulating the editor from Elvish code.
 //
 // See https://elv.sh/ref/edit.html for the Elvish API.
diff --git a/pkg/edit/default_bindings.go b/pkg/edit/elv_init.go
similarity index 82%
rename from pkg/edit/default_bindings.go
rename to pkg/edit/elv_init.go
index 8f87e27ea..2f68bd5d1 100644
--- a/pkg/edit/default_bindings.go
+++ b/pkg/edit/elv_init.go
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 package edit
 
-// Elvish code for default bindings, assuming the editor ns as the global ns.
-const defaultBindingsElv = `
+// Elvish code for default bindings, hooks, and similar initializations. This assumes the `edit`
+// namespace as the global namespace.
+const elvInit = `
+after-command = [
+	# Capture the most recent interactive command duration in $edit:command-duration
+	# as a convenience for prompt functions. Note: The first time this is run is after
+	# shell.sourceRC() finishes so the initial value of command-duration is the time
+	# to execute the user's interactive configuration script.
+	[m]{
+		command-duration = $m[duration]
+	}
+]
+
 global-binding = (binding-table [
   &Ctrl-'['= $close-mode~
 ])
diff --git a/pkg/edit/repl.go b/pkg/edit/repl.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae50dcd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/edit/repl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package edit
+
+// This file encapsulates functionality related to a complete REPL cycle. Such as capturing
+// information about the most recently executed interactive command.
+
+import (
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval/vals"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval/vars"
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/parse"
+)
+
+//elvdoc:var after-command
+//
+// A list of functions to call after each interactive command completes. There is one pre-defined
+// function used to populate the [`$edit:command-duration`](./edit.html#editcommand-duration)
+// variable. Each function is called with a single [map](https://elv.sh/ref/language.html#map)
+// argument containing the following keys:
+//
+// * `code`: A string containing the code that was executed. If `is-file` is true this is the
+// content of the file that was sourced.
+//
+// * `duration`: A [floating-point number](https://elv.sh/ref/language.html#number) representing the
+// command execution duration in seconds.
+//
+// * `error`: An [exception](../ref/language.html#exception) object if the command terminated with
+// an exception, else [`$nil`](../ref/language.html#nil).
+//
+// * `name`: A string describing where the code originated; e.g., `[tty 1]` for the first
+// interactive REPL cycle. If `is-file` is true this is the path of the file that was sourced.
+//
+// * `is-file`: False if the code was entered interactively. At the moment this is only true when
+// this hook is run after sourcing the RC file.
+//
+// @cf edit:command-duration
+
+//elvdoc:var command-duration
+//
+// Duration, in seconds, of the most recent interactive command. This can be useful in your prompt
+// to provide feedback on how long a command took to run. The initial value of this variable is the
+// time to evaluate your *~/.elvish/rc.elv* script before printing the first prompt.
+//
+// @cf edit:after-command
+
+var commandDuration float64
+
+func initRepl(ed *Editor, ev *eval.Evaler, nb eval.NsBuilder) {
+	// TODO: Change this to a read-only var, possibly by introducing a vars.FromPtrReadonly
+	// function, to guard against attempts to modify the value from Elvish code.
+	nb.Add("command-duration", vars.FromPtr(&commandDuration))
+
+	hook := newListVar(vals.EmptyList)
+	nb["after-command"] = hook
+	ed.AfterCommand = append(ed.AfterCommand,
+		func(src parse.Source, duration float64, err error) {
+			m := vals.MakeMap("name", src.Name, "code", src.Code, "is-file", src.IsFile,
+				"duration", duration, "error", err)
+			callHooks(ev, "$<edit>:after-command", hook.Get().(vals.List), m)
+		})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/edit/testutils_test.go b/pkg/edit/testutils_test.go
index 39b3fc925..0e00c6bfd 100644
--- a/pkg/edit/testutils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/edit/testutils_test.go
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ func setup(fns ...func(*fixture)) *fixture {
 	tty, ttyCtrl := clitest.NewFakeTTY()
 	ev := eval.NewEvaler()
 	ed := NewEditor(tty, ev, st)
-	ev.AddModule("edit", ed.Ns())
+	ev.AddBuiltin(eval.NsBuilder{}.AddNs("edit", ed.Ns()).Ns())
 	evals(ev,
-		`use edit`,
 		// This is the same as the default prompt for non-root users. This makes
 		// sure that the tests will work when run as root.
 		"edit:prompt = { tilde-abbr $pwd; put '> ' }",
diff --git a/pkg/eval/compile_effect.go b/pkg/eval/compile_effect.go
index 3cc07a383..c7c655ad4 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/compile_effect.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/compile_effect.go
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ func (op *pipelineOp) exec(fm *Frame) Exception {
 		fm.intCh = nil
 		fm.background = true
 		fm.Evaler.addNumBgJobs(1)
-
-		if fm.Evaler.Editor() != nil {
-			// TODO: Redirect output in interactive mode so that the line
-			// editor does not get messed up.
-		}
 	}
 
 	nforms := len(op.subops)
@@ -142,12 +137,7 @@ func (op *pipelineOp) exec(fm *Frame) Exception {
 				msg += ", errors = " + err.Error()
 			}
 			if fm.Evaler.getNotifyBgJobSuccess() || err != nil {
-				editor := fm.Evaler.Editor()
-				if editor != nil {
-					editor.Notify("%s", msg)
-				} else {
-					fm.ErrorFile().WriteString(msg + "\n")
-				}
+				fm.ErrorFile().WriteString(msg + "\n")
 			}
 		}()
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/eval/eval.go b/pkg/eval/eval.go
index c1ab117d1..99e15092e 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/eval.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/eval.go
@@ -81,13 +81,12 @@ type Evaler struct {
 	//
 	// TODO: Remove these dependency by providing more general extension points.
 	daemonClient daemon.Client
-	editor       Editor
 }
 
 // Editor is the interface that the line editor has to satisfy. It is needed so
 // that this package does not depend on the edit package.
 type Editor interface {
-	Notify(string, ...interface{})
+	RunAfterCommandHooks(src parse.Source, duration float64, err error)
 }
 
 //elvdoc:var after-chdir
@@ -346,13 +345,6 @@ func (ev *Evaler) DaemonClient() daemon.Client {
 	return ev.daemonClient
 }
 
-// Editor returns the editor associated with the Evaler.
-func (ev *Evaler) Editor() Editor {
-	ev.mu.RLock()
-	defer ev.mu.RUnlock()
-	return ev.editor
-}
-
 // Chdir changes the current directory. On success it also updates the PWD
 // environment variable and records the new directory in the directory history.
 // It runs the functions in beforeChdir immediately before changing the
diff --git a/pkg/shell/editor.go b/pkg/shell/editor.go
index 2d8d3a94a..41d1bcb45 100644
--- a/pkg/shell/editor.go
+++ b/pkg/shell/editor.go
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/parse"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/strutil"
 )
 
+// This type is the interface that the line editor has to satisfy. It is needed so that this package
+// does not depend on the edit package.
 type editor interface {
 	ReadCode() (string, error)
+	RunAfterCommandHooks(src parse.Source, duration float64, err error)
 }
 
 type minEditor struct {
@@ -22,6 +26,11 @@ func newMinEditor(in, out *os.File) *minEditor {
 	return &minEditor{bufio.NewReader(in), out}
 }
 
+// RunAfterCommandHooks is a no-op in the minimum editor since it doesn't support
+// `edit:after-command` hooks. The method is needed to satisfy the `editor` interface.
+func (ed *minEditor) RunAfterCommandHooks(src parse.Source, duration float64, err error) {
+}
+
 func (ed *minEditor) ReadCode() (string, error) {
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/shell/interact.go b/pkg/shell/interact.go
index 9cae7ccd9..6a6afe776 100644
--- a/pkg/shell/interact.go
+++ b/pkg/shell/interact.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func Interact(fds [3]*os.File, cfg *InteractConfig) {
 
 	// Source rc.elv.
 	if cfg.Paths.Rc != "" {
-		err := sourceRC(fds, ev, cfg.Paths.Rc)
+		err := sourceRC(fds, ev, ed, cfg.Paths.Rc)
 		if err != nil {
 			diag.ShowError(fds[2], err)
 		}
@@ -75,7 +76,6 @@ func Interact(fds [3]*os.File, cfg *InteractConfig) {
 		cmdNum++
 
 		line, err := ed.ReadCode()
-
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			break
 		} else if err != nil {
@@ -97,8 +97,15 @@ func Interact(fds [3]*os.File, cfg *InteractConfig) {
 		// No error; reset cooldown.
 		cooldown = time.Second
 
-		err = evalInTTY(ev, fds,
-			parse.Source{Name: fmt.Sprintf("[tty %v]", cmdNum), Code: line})
+		// Execute the command line only if it is not entirely whitespace. This keeps side-effects,
+		// such as executing `$edit:after-command` hooks, from occurring when we didn't actually
+		// evaluate any code entered by the user.
+		if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		src := parse.Source{Name: fmt.Sprintf("[tty %v]", cmdNum), Code: line}
+		duration, err := evalInTTY(ev, fds, src)
+		ed.RunAfterCommandHooks(src, duration, err)
 		term.Sanitize(fds[0], fds[2])
 		if err != nil {
 			diag.ShowError(fds[2], err)
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ func Interact(fds [3]*os.File, cfg *InteractConfig) {
 	}
 }
 
-func sourceRC(fds [3]*os.File, ev *eval.Evaler, rcPath string) error {
+func sourceRC(fds [3]*os.File, ev *eval.Evaler, ed eval.Editor, rcPath string) error {
 	absPath, err := filepath.Abs(rcPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot get full path of rc.elv: %v", err)
@@ -118,5 +125,8 @@ func sourceRC(fds [3]*os.File, ev *eval.Evaler, rcPath string) error {
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-	return evalInTTY(ev, fds, parse.Source{Name: absPath, Code: code, IsFile: true})
+	src := parse.Source{Name: absPath, Code: code, IsFile: true}
+	duration, err := evalInTTY(ev, fds, src)
+	ed.RunAfterCommandHooks(src, duration, err)
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/shell/script.go b/pkg/shell/script.go
index daae5cebc..47430c515 100644
--- a/pkg/shell/script.go
+++ b/pkg/shell/script.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func Script(fds [3]*os.File, args []string, cfg *ScriptConfig) int {
 			return 2
 		}
 	} else {
-		err := evalInTTY(ev, fds, src)
+		_, err := evalInTTY(ev, fds, src)
 		if err != nil {
 			diag.ShowError(fds[2], err)
 			return 2
diff --git a/pkg/shell/shell.go b/pkg/shell/shell.go
index dd57d99cb..36219dbe2 100644
--- a/pkg/shell/shell.go
+++ b/pkg/shell/shell.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/cli/term"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/env"
@@ -62,11 +63,14 @@ func setupShell(fds [3]*os.File, p Paths, spawn bool) (*eval.Evaler, func()) {
 	}
 }
 
-func evalInTTY(ev *eval.Evaler, fds [3]*os.File, src parse.Source) error {
+func evalInTTY(ev *eval.Evaler, fds [3]*os.File, src parse.Source) (float64, error) {
+	start := time.Now()
 	ports, cleanup := eval.PortsFromFiles(fds, ev.ValuePrefix())
 	defer cleanup()
-	return ev.Eval(src, eval.EvalCfg{
+	err := ev.Eval(src, eval.EvalCfg{
 		Ports: ports, Interrupt: eval.ListenInterrupts, PutInFg: true})
+	end := time.Now()
+	return end.Sub(start).Seconds(), err
 }
 
 func incSHLVL() func() {
diff --git a/website/ref/edit.md b/website/ref/edit.md
index 76c3597b8..b008c536e 100644
--- a/website/ref/edit.md
+++ b/website/ref/edit.md
@@ -431,28 +431,48 @@ hence that candidates for all completion types are matched by prefix.
 
 ## Hooks
 
-Hooks are functions that are executed at certain points in time. In Elvish, this
-functionality is provided by lists of functions.
-
-There are current two hooks:
-
--   `$edit:before-readline`, whose elements are called before the editor reads
-    code, with no arguments.
-
--   `$edit:after-readline`, whose elements are called, after the editor reads
-    code, with a sole element -- the line just read.
+Hooks are functions that are executed at certain points in time. In Elvish this
+functionality is provided by variables that are a list of functions. Some hooks
+are populated with one or more functions when Elvish starts. In general you
+should append to a hook variable rather than assign a list of functions to it.
+That is, rather than doing `hook-var = [ []{ put 'I ran' } ]` you should do
+`hook-var = [ $@hook-var []{ put 'I ran' } ]`.
+
+These are the editor/REPL hooks:
+
+-   [`$edit:before-readline`](https://elv.sh/ref/edit.html#editbefore-readline):
+    The functions are called before the editor runs. Each function is called
+    with no arguments.
+
+-   [`$edit:after-readline`](https://elv.sh/ref/edit.html#editafter-readline):
+    The functions are called after the editor accepts a command for execution.
+    Each function is called with a sole argument: the line just read.
+
+-   [`$edit:after-command`](https://elv.sh/ref/edit.html#editafter-command): The
+    functions are called after the shell executes the command you entered
+    (typically by pressing the `Enter` key). Each function is called with a sole
+    argument: a map that provides information about the executed command. This
+    hook is also called after your interactive RC file is executed and before
+    the first prompt is output.
 
 Example usage:
 
 ```elvish
 edit:before-readline = [{ echo 'going to read' }]
 edit:after-readline = [[line]{ echo 'just read '$line }]
+edit:after-command = [[m]{ echo 'command took '$m[duration]' seconds' }]
 ```
 
-Then every time you accept a chunk of code (and thus leaving the editor),
-`just read` followed by the code is printed; and at the very beginning of an
-Elvish session, or after a chunk of code is executed, `going to read` is
-printed.
+Given the above hooks...
+
+1. Every time you accept a chunk of code (normally by pressing Enter)
+   `just read` is printed.
+
+1. At the very beginning of an Elvish session, or after a chunk of code is
+   handled, `going to read` is printed.
+
+1. After each non empty chunk of code is accepted and executed the string
+   "command took ... seconds` is output.
 
 ## Word types