diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for cli-extras
 
+## 0.2.1.0
+
+* [#7](https://github.com/obsidiansystems/cli-extras/pull/7) add `runProc`, `runProcSilently` and `readProc`.
+
 ## 0.2.0.0
 
 * [#6](https://github.com/obsidiansystems/cli-extras/pull/6) `cli-extras` now depends on `utf8-string` and `shell-escape`
diff --git a/cli-extras.cabal b/cli-extras.cabal
--- a/cli-extras.cabal
+++ b/cli-extras.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:      >=1.10
 name:               cli-extras
-version:            0.2.0.0
+version:            0.2.1.0
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENSE
 copyright:          Obsidian Systems LLC 2020-2022
diff --git a/src/Cli/Extras/Process.hs b/src/Cli/Extras/Process.hs
--- a/src/Cli/Extras/Process.hs
+++ b/src/Cli/Extras/Process.hs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
   , setEnvOverride
   , shell
   , waitForProcess
+  , runProc
+  , runProcSilently
+  , readProc
   ) where
 
 import Control.Monad ((<=<), join, void)
@@ -290,3 +293,47 @@
 
 reconstructProcSpec :: ProcessSpec -> Text
 reconstructProcSpec = reconstructCommand . Process.cmdspec . _processSpec_createProcess
+
+-- | A wrapper for 'callProcessAndLogOutput' with sensible default
+-- verbosities: standard output gets the 'Notice' severity and standard
+-- error gets 'Error'.
+runProc
+  :: ( MonadIO m
+     , CliLog m
+     , CliThrow e m
+     , AsProcessFailure e
+     , MonadFail m
+     , MonadMask m
+     )
+  => ProcessSpec -> m ()
+runProc = callProcessAndLogOutput (Notice, Error)
+
+-- | Like 'runProc', but the child process' output and error streams get
+-- the 'Debug' severity.
+runProcSilently
+  :: ( MonadIO m
+     , CliLog m
+     , CliThrow e m
+     , AsProcessFailure e
+     , MonadFail m
+     , MonadMask m
+     )
+  => ProcessSpec -> m ()
+runProcSilently = callProcessAndLogOutput (Debug, Debug)
+
+-- | A wrapper for 'readProcessAndLogOutput' with sensible default
+-- verbosities: standard output gets the 'Debug' severity and standard
+-- error gets 'Error'.
+--
+-- The child process' output gets the 'Debug' severity rather than the
+-- 'Notice' severity because it is first and foremost /returned by this
+-- function/, so you can log it afterwards in a reasonable manner.
+readProc
+  :: ( MonadIO m
+     , CliLog m
+     , CliThrow e m
+     , AsProcessFailure e
+     , MonadFail m
+     )
+  => ProcessSpec -> m Text
+readProc = readProcessAndLogOutput (Debug, Error)