diff --git a/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/NotVirtualThreadException.java b/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/NotVirtualThreadException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dad1b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/NotVirtualThreadException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.autonomouslogic.commons.concurrent;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when an operation requires a virtual thread but is executed on a platform thread.
+ */
+public class NotVirtualThreadException extends RuntimeException {
+	public NotVirtualThreadException() {
+		super("Current thread is not a virtual thread");
+	}
+
+	public NotVirtualThreadException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+	public NotVirtualThreadException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+	}
+
+	public NotVirtualThreadException(Throwable cause) {
+		super(cause);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreads.java b/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreads.java
index 2ad60ac..6f2fa16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreads.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreads.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorCompletionService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -262,6 +263,73 @@ public static <T> void runAll(@NonNull Stream<T> inputs, @NonNull Consumer<T> ac
 		runAll(inputs.map(input -> (Runnable) () -> action.accept(input)).iterator(), maxConcurrency);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the current thread is a virtual thread.
+	 *
+	 * @return true if the current thread is a virtual thread, false otherwise
+	 */
+	public static boolean isVirtual() {
+		return Thread.currentThread().isVirtual();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Asserts that the current thread is a virtual thread.
+	 *
+	 * @throws NotVirtualThreadException if the current thread is not a virtual thread
+	 */
+	public static void checkIsVirtual() {
+		if (!isVirtual()) {
+			throw new NotVirtualThreadException();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Executes a task on a virtual thread if the current thread is not virtual.
+	 * If the current thread is already virtual, the task is executed immediately.
+	 *
+	 * @param task the task to execute
+	 * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted while waiting for the task to complete
+	 */
+	public static void onVirtualThread(@NonNull Runnable task) throws InterruptedException {
+		if (isVirtual()) {
+			task.run();
+		} else {
+			var thread = Thread.ofVirtual().start(task);
+			thread.join();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Executes a callable task on a virtual thread if the current thread is not virtual.
+	 * If the current thread is already virtual, the task is executed immediately and the result is returned.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> the type of the result
+	 * @param task the callable task to execute
+	 * @return the result of the task
+	 * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted while waiting for the task to complete
+	 * @throws Exception if the task throws an exception
+	 */
+	public static <T> T onVirtualThread(@NonNull Callable<T> task) throws InterruptedException, Exception {
+		if (isVirtual()) {
+			return task.call();
+		} else {
+			var result = new AtomicReference<T>();
+			var exception = new AtomicReference<Exception>();
+			var thread = Thread.ofVirtual().start(() -> {
+				try {
+					result.set(task.call());
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					exception.set(e);
+				}
+			});
+			thread.join();
+			if (exception.get() != null) {
+				throw exception.get();
+			}
+			return result.get();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private static final class Result<T> {
 		private final int index;
 		private final T value;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreadsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreadsTest.java
index 3da6ac9..c418e49 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreadsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/autonomouslogic/commons/concurrent/VirtualThreadsTest.java
@@ -450,4 +450,115 @@ void shouldProcessInputsUsingIterable() throws Exception {
 			assertEquals(5, processed.get());
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Nested
+	class ThreadTypeTests {
+		@Test
+		void isVirtualShouldReturnFalseForPlatformThread() {
+			assertTrue(!VirtualThreads.isVirtual());
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void isVirtualShouldReturnTrueForVirtualThread() throws Exception {
+			var result = new AtomicInteger();
+			var virtualThread = Thread.ofVirtual().start(() -> {
+				result.set(VirtualThreads.isVirtual() ? 1 : 0);
+			});
+
+			virtualThread.join();
+
+			assertEquals(1, result.get());
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void checkIsVirtualShouldThrowForPlatformThread() {
+			assertThrows(NotVirtualThreadException.class, VirtualThreads::checkIsVirtual);
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void checkIsVirtualShouldNotThrowForVirtualThread() throws Exception {
+			var exceptionThrown = new AtomicInteger();
+			var virtualThread = Thread.ofVirtual().start(() -> {
+				try {
+					VirtualThreads.checkIsVirtual();
+				} catch (NotVirtualThreadException e) {
+					exceptionThrown.set(1);
+				}
+			});
+
+			virtualThread.join();
+
+			assertEquals(0, exceptionThrown.get());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Nested
+	class OnVirtualThreadTests {
+		@Test
+		void runnableShouldExecuteImmediatelyOnVirtualThread() throws Exception {
+			var executed = new AtomicInteger();
+			var virtualThread = Thread.ofVirtual().start(() -> {
+				try {
+					VirtualThreads.onVirtualThread(() -> executed.set(1));
+				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+					Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+				}
+			});
+
+			virtualThread.join();
+
+			assertEquals(1, executed.get());
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void runnableShouldCreateNewVirtualThreadFromPlatformThread() throws Exception {
+			var executed = new AtomicInteger();
+			var threadId = new AtomicInteger();
+
+			VirtualThreads.onVirtualThread(() -> {
+				executed.set(1);
+				threadId.set((int) Thread.currentThread().threadId());
+			});
+
+			assertEquals(1, executed.get());
+			assertTrue(Thread.currentThread().threadId() != threadId.get());
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void callableShouldReturnResultOnVirtualThread() throws Exception {
+			var result = new AtomicInteger();
+			var virtualThread = Thread.ofVirtual().start(() -> {
+				try {
+					var value = VirtualThreads.onVirtualThread(() -> 42);
+					result.set(value);
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+				}
+			});
+
+			virtualThread.join();
+
+			assertEquals(42, result.get());
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void callableShouldReturnResultFromCreatedVirtualThread() throws Exception {
+			var result = VirtualThreads.onVirtualThread(() -> 123);
+
+			assertEquals(123, result);
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		void callableShouldPropagateException() throws Exception {
+			var failureMessage = "Test failure";
+
+			var exception = assertThrows(
+					RuntimeException.class,
+					() -> VirtualThreads.onVirtualThread(() -> {
+						throw new RuntimeException(failureMessage);
+					}));
+
+			assertEquals(failureMessage, exception.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
 }