diff --git a/kafka-client/src/main/java/dev/responsive/kafka/internal/utils/TopologyTaskInfo.java b/kafka-client/src/main/java/dev/responsive/kafka/internal/utils/TopologyTaskInfo.java
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+package dev.responsive.kafka.internal.utils;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.Admin;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.TopicDescription;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.TopologyDescription;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.TaskId;
+
+public class TopologyTaskInfo {
+  private final Map<TopicPartition, TaskId> tasksByPartition;
+  private final Map<TaskId, List<TopicPartition>> partitionsByTask;
+  // todo: add info about internal topics
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  TopologyTaskInfo(
+      final Map<TopicPartition, TaskId> tasksByPartition,
+      final Map<TaskId, List<TopicPartition>> partitionsByTask
+  ) {
+    this.tasksByPartition = Map.copyOf(tasksByPartition);
+    this.partitionsByTask = Map.copyOf(partitionsByTask);
+  }
+
+  public Map<TopicPartition, TaskId> tasksByPartition() {
+    return tasksByPartition;
+  }
+
+  public Map<TaskId, List<TopicPartition>> partitionsByTask() {
+    return partitionsByTask;
+  }
+
+  public static TopologyTaskInfo forTopology(
+      final TopologyDescription topology,
+      final Admin admin
+  ) {
+    final Map<TopicPartition, TaskId> tasksByPartition = new HashMap<>();
+    final Map<TaskId, List<TopicPartition>> partitionsByTask = new HashMap<>();
+    final Set<String> sinkTopics = sinkTopics(topology);
+    for (final var st : topology.subtopologies()) {
+      final Set<String> topics = new HashSet<>();
+      for (final TopologyDescription.Node node : st.nodes()) {
+        if (node instanceof TopologyDescription.Source) {
+          topics.addAll(((TopologyDescription.Source) node).topicSet());
+          if (((TopologyDescription.Source) node).topicPattern() != null) {
+            throw new TopologyTaskInfoException(
+                "topic patterns are not supported for snapshots");
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (!Sets.intersection(topics, sinkTopics).isEmpty()) {
+        throw new TopologyTaskInfoException(
+            "internal topics are not supported for snapshots"
+        );
+      }
+      final Map<String, TopicDescription> descriptions;
+      try {
+        descriptions = admin.describeTopics(topics).allTopicNames().get();
+      } catch (final ExecutionException | InterruptedException e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
+      final Set<Integer> partitionCounts = descriptions.values().stream()
+          .map(d -> d.partitions().size())
+          .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+      if (partitionCounts.size() != 1) {
+        throw new TopologyTaskInfoException(
+            "unexpected topics with different partition counts");
+      }
+      final int nPartitions = partitionCounts.iterator().next();
+      for (int i = 0; i < nPartitions; i++) {
+        final var taskId = new TaskId(st.id(), i);
+        partitionsByTask.put(taskId, new ArrayList<>(nPartitions));
+        for (final var topic : topics) {
+          final var tp = new TopicPartition(topic, i);
+          tasksByPartition.put(tp, taskId);
+          partitionsByTask.get(taskId).add(tp);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return new TopologyTaskInfo(tasksByPartition, partitionsByTask);
+  }
+
+  private static Set<String> sinkTopics(TopologyDescription topology) {
+    final Set<String> sinkTopics = new HashSet<>();
+    for (final var st : topology.subtopologies()) {
+      for (final TopologyDescription.Node node : st.nodes()) {
+        if (node instanceof TopologyDescription.Sink) {
+          final String sinkTopic = ((TopologyDescription.Sink) node).topic();
+          if (sinkTopic == null) {
+            throw new TopologyTaskInfoException("non-explicit sink topics not yet supported");
+          }
+          sinkTopics.add(sinkTopic);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return sinkTopics;
+  }
+
+  public static class TopologyTaskInfoException extends RuntimeException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+
+    public TopologyTaskInfoException(final String message) {
+      super(message);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kafka-client/src/test/java/dev/responsive/kafka/internal/utils/TopologyTaskInfoTest.java b/kafka-client/src/test/java/dev/responsive/kafka/internal/utils/TopologyTaskInfoTest.java
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+package dev.responsive.kafka.internal.utils;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.Admin;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.DescribeTopicsResult;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.TopicDescription;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaFuture;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartitionInfo;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsBuilder;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.TopologyDescription;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Consumed;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Grouped;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.Named;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.TaskId;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class TopologyTaskInfoTest {
+  @Mock
+  private Admin admin;
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void setup() {
+    when(admin.describeTopics(any(Collection.class))).thenAnswer(
+        i -> {
+          final var topics = i.<Collection<String>>getArgument(0);
+          final Map<String, KafkaFuture<TopicDescription>> futures = topics.stream()
+              .collect(Collectors.toMap(
+                  t -> t,
+                  t -> KafkaFuture.completedFuture(new TopicDescription(
+                      t,
+                      false,
+                      List.of(
+                          new TopicPartitionInfo(0, null, List.of(), List.of()),
+                          new TopicPartitionInfo(1, null, List.of(), List.of())
+                      )
+                  ))
+              ));
+          return new TestDescribeTopicsResult(futures);
+        }
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldComputeTaskAndPartitionMappings() {
+    // given:
+    final StreamsBuilder builder = new StreamsBuilder();
+    builder.stream("source", Consumed.with(Serdes.Long(), Serdes.Long()))
+        .groupByKey(Grouped.as("groupBy"))
+        .count(Named.as("count"))
+        .toStream(Named.as("toStream"))
+        .to("sink");
+    final TopologyDescription description = builder.build().describe();
+
+    // when:
+    final var tti = TopologyTaskInfo.forTopology(description, admin);
+
+    // then:
+    assertThat(
+        tti.partitionsByTask(),
+        is(
+            Map.of(
+                new TaskId(0, 0), List.of(new TopicPartition("source", 0)),
+                new TaskId(0, 1), List.of(new TopicPartition("source", 1))
+            )
+        )
+    );
+    assertThat(
+        tti.tasksByPartition(),
+        is(
+            Map.of(
+                new TopicPartition("source", 0), new TaskId(0, 0),
+                new TopicPartition("source", 1), new TaskId(0, 1)
+            )
+        )
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldThrowIfRepartition() {
+    // given:
+    final StreamsBuilder builder = new StreamsBuilder();
+    builder.stream("source", Consumed.with(Serdes.Long(), Serdes.Long()))
+        .groupBy((k, v) -> v, Grouped.as("groupBy"))
+        .count(Named.as("count"))
+        .toStream(Named.as("toStream"))
+        .to("sink");
+    final TopologyDescription description = builder.build().describe();
+
+    // when/then:
+    assertThrows(
+        TopologyTaskInfo.TopologyTaskInfoException.class,
+        () -> TopologyTaskInfo.forTopology(description, admin)
+    );
+  }
+
+  private static class TestDescribeTopicsResult extends DescribeTopicsResult {
+    protected TestDescribeTopicsResult(
+        final Map<String, KafkaFuture<TopicDescription>> nameFutures
+    ) {
+      super(null, nameFutures);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kafka-client/src/test/java/dev/responsive/kafka/internal/utils/TopologyTaskInfoUtils.java b/kafka-client/src/test/java/dev/responsive/kafka/internal/utils/TopologyTaskInfoUtils.java
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+package dev.responsive.kafka.internal.utils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.TaskId;
+
+public final class TopologyTaskInfoUtils {
+  public static TopologyTaskInfo createWith(
+      final Map<TopicPartition, TaskId> tasksByPartition,
+      final Map<TaskId, List<TopicPartition>> partitionsByTask
+  ) {
+    return new TopologyTaskInfo(tasksByPartition, partitionsByTask);
+  }
+
+  private TopologyTaskInfoUtils() {
+  }
+}