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| title: | In, Val, Out |
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| description: | Data input, enrichment val, data output |
| pubDate: | 2025-10-02:00:00.000Z |
| author: | Pete Millspaugh |
A common pattern in Val Town is to take data input from some external source, do something useful with that data in a val, and send output to another external source. Take I/O and stick a val in the middle: I/V/O.
In, val, out.
The canonical example is a user signup alert:
- Receive a webhook when a user signs up (e.g., from Supabase)
- Process or enrich the data in a val (e.g., with Clay)
- Notify your team (e.g., on Slack)
Dozens of examples are listed on the I/V/O docs, but the best examples will be the vals you create and use. Consider this a Call For Vals. To get your wheels turning...
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