--- a/taskcluster/ci/android-stuff/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/android-stuff/kind.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 # The name of this kind should suggest it's not meant to be permanent.  This is
 # a temporary place to generate these tasks in Bug 1286075 until they are
 # rewritten in a better way.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.android_stuff:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 jobs:
     android-api-15-gradle-dependencies:
         description: "Android armv7 API 15+ gradle dependencies"

--- a/taskcluster/ci/artifact-build/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/artifact-build/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 jobs:
     linux64-artifact/opt:

--- a/taskcluster/ci/balrog/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/balrog/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.balrog:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.balrog:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.balrog:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - beetmover
   - beetmover-l10n

--- a/taskcluster/ci/beetmover-checksums/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/beetmover-checksums/kind.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.beetmover_checksums:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.beetmover_checksums:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.beetmover_checksums:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - checksums-signing

--- a/taskcluster/ci/beetmover-l10n/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/beetmover-l10n/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.beetmover:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.beetmover:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.beetmover_l10n:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.beetmover:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - nightly-l10n-signing

--- a/taskcluster/ci/beetmover/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/beetmover/kind.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.beetmover:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.beetmover:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.beetmover:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - build-signing

--- a/taskcluster/ci/build-signing/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/build-signing/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.signing:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.signing:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_signing:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.signing:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - build

--- a/taskcluster/ci/build/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/build/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 jobs-from:

--- a/taskcluster/ci/checksums-signing/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/checksums-signing/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.checksums_signing:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.checksums_signing:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.checksums_signing:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - beetmover
   - beetmover-l10n

--- a/taskcluster/ci/docker-image/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/docker-image/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
   - taskgraph.transforms.docker_image:transforms
   - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 # make a task for each docker-image we might want.  For the moment, since we
 # write artifacts for each, these are whitelisted, but ideally that will change
 # (to use subdirectory clones of the proper directory), at which point we can

--- a/taskcluster/ci/hazard/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/hazard/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 job-defaults:
     treeherder:

--- a/taskcluster/ci/l10n/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/l10n/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.repacks:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.repacks:loader
 
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.l10n:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:

--- a/taskcluster/ci/nightly-l10n-signing/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/nightly-l10n-signing/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.signing:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.signing:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.nightly_l10n_signing:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.signing:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
   - nightly-l10n

--- a/taskcluster/ci/nightly-l10n/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/nightly-l10n/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.repacks:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.repacks:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.l10n:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
    - build

--- a/taskcluster/ci/source-test/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/source-test/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.source_test:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 jobs-from:
     - python-tests.yml

--- a/taskcluster/ci/spidermonkey/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/spidermonkey/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 job-defaults:
     treeherder:

--- a/taskcluster/ci/static-analysis/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/static-analysis/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 job-defaults:
     index:

--- a/taskcluster/ci/test/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/test/kind.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-loader: taskgraph.task.test:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.test:loader
 
 kind-dependencies:
     - build
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.tests:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms

--- a/taskcluster/ci/toolchain/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/toolchain/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 jobs-from:
    - linux.yml

--- a/taskcluster/ci/upload-symbols/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/upload-symbols/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.post_build:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.post_build:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.upload_symbols:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 kind-dependencies:
     - build
 

--- a/taskcluster/ci/valgrind/kind.yml
+++ b/taskcluster/ci/valgrind/kind.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-loader: taskgraph.task.transform:load_tasks
+loader: taskgraph.task.transform:loader
 
 transforms:
    - taskgraph.transforms.build_attrs:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
    - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
 
 jobs:
     linux64-valgrind/opt:

--- a/taskcluster/docs/loading.rst
+++ b/taskcluster/docs/loading.rst
@@ -1,56 +1,42 @@
 Loading Tasks
 =============
 
 The full task graph generation involves creating tasks for each kind.  Kinds
 are ordered to satisfy ``kind-dependencies``, and then the ``loader`` specified
 in ``kind.yml`` is used to load the tasks for that kind. It should point to
 a Python function like::
 
-    def load_tasks(cls, kind, path, config, parameters, loaded_tasks):
+    def loader(cls, kind, path, config, parameters, loaded_tasks):
         pass
 
 The ``kind`` is the name of the kind; the configuration for that kind
 named this class.
 
 The ``path`` is the path to the configuration directory for the kind. This
 can be used to load extra data, templates, etc.
 
 The ``parameters`` give details on which to base the task generation. See
 :ref:`parameters` for details.
 
 At the time this method is called, all kinds on which this kind depends
 (that is, specified in the ``kind-dependencies`` key in ``config``)
 have already loaded their tasks, and those tasks are available in
 the list ``loaded_tasks``.
 
-The return value is a list of Task instances.
-
-TransformTask
--------------
-
-Most kinds generate their tasks by starting with a set of items describing the
-jobs that should be performed and transforming them into task definitions.
-This is the familiar ``transforms`` key in ``kind.yml`` and is further
-documented in :doc:`transforms`.
+The return value is a list of inputs to the transforms listed in the kind's
+``transforms`` property. The specific format for the input depends on the first
+transform - whatever it expects. The final transform should be
+``taskgraph.transform.task:transforms``, which produces the output format the
+task-graph generation infrastructure expects.
 
-Such kinds generally specify their tasks in a common format: either based on a
-``jobs`` property in ``kind.yml``, or on YAML files listed in ``jobs-from``.
-This is handled by the ``TransformTask`` class in
-``taskcluster/taskgraph/task/transform.py``.
-
-For kinds producing tasks that depend on other tasks -- for example, signing
-tasks depend on build tasks -- ``TransformTask`` has a ``get_inputs`` method
-that can be overridden in subclasses and written to return a set of items based
-on tasks that already exist.  You can see a nice example of this behavior in
-``taskcluster/taskgraph/task/post_build.py``.
-
-For more information on how all of this works, consult the docstrings and
-comments in the source code itself.
+The ``transforms`` key in ``kind.yml`` is further documented in
+:doc:`transforms`.  For more information on how all of this works, consult the
+docstrings and comments in the source code itself.
 
 Try option syntax
 -----------------
 
 The ``parse-commit`` optional field specified in ``kind.yml`` links to a
 function to parse the command line options in the ``--message`` mach parameter.
 Currently, the only valid value is ``taskgraph.try_option_syntax:parse_message``.
 The parsed arguments are stored in ``config.config['args']``, it corresponds

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/generator.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/generator.py
@@ -6,18 +6,20 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, 
 import logging
 import os
 import yaml
 import copy
 
 from . import filter_tasks
 from .graph import Graph
 from .taskgraph import TaskGraph
+from .task.base import Task
 from .optimize import optimize_task_graph
 from .util.python_path import find_object
+from .transforms.base import TransformSequence, TransformConfig
 from .util.verify import (
     verify_docs,
     verify_task_graph_symbol,
     verify_gecko_v2_routes,
 )
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -41,17 +43,33 @@ class Kind(object):
         config = copy.deepcopy(self.config)
 
         if 'parse-commit' in self.config:
             parse_commit = find_object(config['parse-commit'])
             config['args'] = parse_commit(parameters['message'])
         else:
             config['args'] = None
 
-        return loader(self.name, self.path, config, parameters, loaded_tasks)
+        inputs = loader(self.name, self.path, config, parameters, loaded_tasks)
+
+        transforms = TransformSequence()
+        for xform_path in config['transforms']:
+            transform = find_object(xform_path)
+            transforms.add(transform)
+
+        # perform the transformations on the loaded inputs
+        trans_config = TransformConfig(self.name, self.path, config, parameters)
+        tasks = [Task(self.name,
+                      label=task_dict['label'],
+                      attributes=task_dict['attributes'],
+                      task=task_dict['task'],
+                      optimizations=task_dict.get('optimizations'),
+                      dependencies=task_dict.get('dependencies'))
+                 for task_dict in transforms(trans_config, inputs)]
+        return tasks
 
 
 class TaskGraphGenerator(object):
     """
     The central controller for taskgraph.  This handles all phases of graph
     generation.  The task is generated from all of the kinds defined in
     subdirectories of the generator's root directory.
 

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/balrog.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/balrog.py
@@ -1,32 +1,24 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from . import transform
 
-
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Load tasks implementing balrog submission jobs.  These depend on beetmover
     jobs and submit the update to balrog as available after the files are moved
     into place
     """
     if config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["beetmover", "beetmover-l10n"]:
         raise Exception("Balrog kinds must depend on beetmover kinds")
     for task in loaded_tasks:
         if not task.attributes.get('nightly'):
             continue
         if task.kind not in config.get('kind-dependencies', []):
             continue
         beetmover_task = {}
         beetmover_task['dependent-task'] = task
 
         yield beetmover_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/beetmover.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/beetmover.py
@@ -1,32 +1,24 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from . import transform
 
-
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Generate inputs implementing beetmover jobs.  These depend on nightly build
     and signing jobs and transfer the artifacts to S3 after build and signing
     are completed.
     """
     if config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["build-signing"] and \
        config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["nightly-l10n-signing"]:
         raise Exception("Beetmover kinds must depend on builds or signing builds")
     for task in loaded_tasks:
         if not task.attributes.get('nightly'):
             continue
         if task.kind not in config.get('kind-dependencies'):
             continue
         beetmover_task = {'dependent-task': task}
 
         yield beetmover_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/beetmover_checksums.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/beetmover_checksums.py
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from . import transform
 
-
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     A task implementing a beetmover job specific for checksums.These depend on
     the checksums signing jobs and transfer the checksums files to S3 after
     it's being generated and signed.
     """
     if config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["checksums-signing"]:
         raise Exception("Beetmover checksums tasks depend on checksums signing tasks")
     for task in loaded_tasks:
         if not task.attributes.get('nightly'):
             continue
         if task.kind not in config.get('kind-dependencies'):
             continue
         beetmover_checksums_task = {'dependent-task': task}
 
         yield beetmover_checksums_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/checksums_signing.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/checksums_signing.py
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from . import transform
 
-
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Generate tasks implementing checksums signing jobs.  These depend on beetmover jobs
     and sign the checksums after its being generated by beetmover
     """
 
     if (config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["beetmover", "beetmover-l10n"]):
         raise Exception("Checksums signing tasks must depend on beetmover tasks")
     for task in loaded_tasks:
         if not task.attributes.get('nightly'):
             continue
         if task.kind not in config.get('kind-dependencies'):
             continue
         checksums_signing_task = {'dependent-task': task}
 
         yield checksums_signing_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/post_build.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/post_build.py
@@ -2,23 +2,22 @@
 # v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can
 # obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import logging
 
-from . import transform
 from ..util.yaml import load_yaml
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Generate tasks implementing post-build jobs.  These depend on builds and perform
     various followup tasks after a that build has completed.
 
     The `only-for-build-platforms` kind configuration, if specified, will limit
     the build platforms for which a post-build task will be created.
 
     The `job-template' kind configuration points to a yaml file which will
@@ -44,14 +43,8 @@ def get_inputs(kind, path, config, param
         if only_platforms and platform not in only_platforms:
             continue
 
         post_task = copy.deepcopy(prototype)
         post_task['build-label'] = task.label
         post_task['build-platform'] = platform
         post_task['build-task'] = task
         yield post_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/repacks.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/repacks.py
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from . import transform
 
-
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Generate tasks implementing l10n repack jobs.  These may depend on build
     jobs and do a repack of them
     """
     only_platforms = config.get('only-for-build-platforms')
 
     for task in loaded_tasks:
         if task.kind not in config.get('kind-dependencies'):
@@ -27,14 +25,8 @@ def get_inputs(kind, path, config, param
             continue
 
         repack_task = {'dependent-task': task}
 
         if config.get('job-template'):
             repack_task.update(config.get('job-template'))
 
         yield repack_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/signing.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/signing.py
@@ -1,31 +1,23 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-from . import transform
 
-
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Generate tasks implementing signing jobs.  These depend on nightly build
     jobs and sign the artifacts after a build has completed.
     """
     if (config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["build"] and
             config.get('kind-dependencies', []) != ["nightly-l10n"]):
         raise Exception("Signing kinds must depend on builds or l10n repacks")
     for task in loaded_tasks:
         if task.kind not in config.get('kind-dependencies'):
             continue
         if not task.attributes.get('nightly'):
             continue
         signing_task = {'dependent-task': task}
 
         yield signing_task
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-            get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-            kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/test.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/test.py
@@ -2,23 +2,22 @@
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import logging
 
-from . import transform
 from ..util.yaml import load_yaml
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
     Generate tasks implementing Gecko tests.
     """
 
     # the kind on which this one depends
     if len(config.get('kind-dependencies', [])) != 1:
         raise Exception(
             "Test kinds must have exactly one item in kind-dependencies")
@@ -107,14 +106,8 @@ def expand_tests(test_sets_cfg, test_pla
                 "Test sets {} for test platform {} are not defined".format(
                     ', '.join(test_sets), test_platform))
         test_names = set()
         for test_set in test_sets:
             test_names.update(test_sets_cfg[test_set])
         rv[test_platform] = cfg.copy()
         rv[test_platform]['test-names'] = test_names
     return rv
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform.transform_inputs(
-        get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-        kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/transform.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/task/transform.py
@@ -2,42 +2,38 @@
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import logging
 import itertools
 
-from . import base
-from ..util.python_path import find_object
 from ..util.templates import merge
 from ..util.yaml import load_yaml
 
-from ..transforms.base import TransformSequence, TransformConfig
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
+def loader(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
     """
-    Get the input elements that will be transformed into tasks.  The
-    elements themselves are free-form, and become the input to the first
-    transform.
+    Get the input elements that will be transformed into tasks in a generic
+    way.  The elements themselves are free-form, and become the input to the
+    first transform.
 
     By default, this reads jobs from the `jobs` key, or from yaml files
     named by `jobs-from`.  The entities are read from mappings, and the
     keys to those mappings are added in the `name` key of each entity.
 
     If there is a `job-defaults` config, then every job is merged with it.
     This provides a simple way to set default values for all jobs of a
     kind.  More complex defaults should be implemented with custom
     transforms.
 
-    Other kind implementations can use a different get_inputs function to
+    Other kind implementations can use a different loader function to
     produce inputs and hand them to `transform_inputs`.
     """
     def jobs():
         defaults = config.get('job-defaults')
         jobs = config.get('jobs', {}).iteritems()
         jobs_from = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
             load_yaml(path, filename).iteritems()
             for filename in config.get('jobs-from', {}))
@@ -45,35 +41,8 @@ def get_inputs(kind, path, config, param
             if defaults:
                 job = merge(defaults, job)
             yield name, job
 
     for name, job in jobs():
         job['name'] = name
         logger.debug("Generating tasks for {} {}".format(kind, name))
         yield job
-
-
-def transform_inputs(inputs, kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    """
-    Transform a sequence of inputs according to the transform configuration.
-    """
-    transforms = TransformSequence()
-    for xform_path in config['transforms']:
-        transform = find_object(xform_path)
-        transforms.add(transform)
-
-    # perform the transformations
-    trans_config = TransformConfig(kind, path, config, params)
-    tasks = [base.Task(kind,
-                       label=task_dict['label'],
-                       attributes=task_dict['attributes'],
-                       task=task_dict['task'],
-                       optimizations=task_dict.get('optimizations'),
-                       dependencies=task_dict.get('dependencies'))
-             for task_dict in transforms(trans_config, inputs)]
-    return tasks
-
-
-def load_tasks(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks):
-    return transform_inputs(
-        get_inputs(kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks),
-        kind, path, config, params, loaded_tasks)

--- a/taskcluster/taskgraph/test/test_generator.py
+++ b/taskcluster/taskgraph/test/test_generator.py
@@ -3,64 +3,51 @@
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
 
 from taskgraph.generator import TaskGraphGenerator, Kind
 from taskgraph import graph, target_tasks as target_tasks_mod
-from taskgraph.task import base
 from mozunit import main
 
 
-class FakeTask(base.Task):
-
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        self.i = kwargs.pop('i')
-
-        i = self.i
-        if i > 0:
-            dependencies = {'prev': '{}-t-{}'.format(kwargs['kind'], i - 1)}
-        else:
-            dependencies = {}
-        kwargs['dependencies'] = dependencies
-
-        super(FakeTask, self).__init__(**kwargs)
-
-    def optimize(self, params):
-        return False, None
-
-
 def fake_loader(kind, path, config, parameters, loaded_tasks):
-    return [FakeTask(kind=kind,
-                     label='{}-t-{}'.format(kind, i),
-                     attributes={'_tasknum': str(i)},
-                     task={},
-                     i=i)
-            for i in range(3)]
+    for i in range(3):
+        dependencies = {}
+        if i >= 1:
+            dependencies['prev'] = '{}-t-{}'.format(kind, i-1)
+        yield {'kind': kind,
+               'label': '{}-t-{}'.format(kind, i),
+               'attributes': {'_tasknum': str(i)},
+               'task': {'i': i},
+               'dependencies': dependencies}
 
 
 class FakeKind(Kind):
 
     def _get_loader(self):
         return fake_loader
 
     def load_tasks(self, parameters, loaded_tasks):
         FakeKind.loaded_kinds.append(self.name)
         return super(FakeKind, self).load_tasks(parameters, loaded_tasks)
 
 
 class WithFakeKind(TaskGraphGenerator):
 
     def _load_kinds(self):
         for kind_name, deps in self.parameters['_kinds']:
-            yield FakeKind(
-                kind_name, '/fake',
-                {'kind-dependencies': deps} if deps else {})
+            config = {
+                'transforms': [],
+            }
+            if deps:
+                config['kind-dependencies'] = deps
+            yield FakeKind(kind_name, '/fake', config)
 
 
 class TestGenerator(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def maketgg(self, target_tasks=None, kinds=[('_fake', [])]):
         FakeKind.loaded_kinds = []
         self.target_tasks = target_tasks or []