diff --git a/.changeset/violet-bees-wait.md b/.changeset/violet-bees-wait.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb7aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-bees-wait.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@stevent-team/react-zoom-form": minor
+---
+
+Add helper functions for watching a value and directly setting a value
diff --git a/example/App.tsx b/example/App.tsx
index 1cc832f..6cd4ab5 100644
--- a/example/App.tsx
+++ b/example/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SubmitHandler, useForm, Field, controlled, fieldErrors, FieldControls } from '@stevent-team/react-zoom-form'
+import { SubmitHandler, useForm, Field, controlled, fieldErrors, FieldControls, getValue } from '@stevent-team/react-zoom-form'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 
 // Define the structure and validation of your form
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const initialValues = {
 }
 
 const App = () => {
-  const { fields, handleSubmit, isDirty, reset, value } = useForm({ schema, initialValues })
+  const { fields, handleSubmit, isDirty, reset } = useForm({ schema, initialValues })
 
   const onSubmit: SubmitHandler<typeof schema> = values => {
     console.log(values)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const App = () => {
     </label>
     <Error field={fields.condition} />
 
-    {value.condition && <>
+    {getValue(fields.condition) && <>
       <label htmlFor={fields.conditional.name()}>Conditional field</label>
       <input {...fields.conditional.register()} id={fields.conditional.name()} type="text" />
       <Error field={fields.conditional} />
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ const App = () => {
 
     <output>
       <div>isDirty: {isDirty ? 'true' : 'false'}</div>
-      <div>value: {JSON.stringify(value, null, 2)}</div>
+      <div>value: {JSON.stringify(getValue(fields), null, 2)}</div>
       <div>errors: {JSON.stringify(fieldErrors(fields), null, 2)}</div>
     </output>
   </form>
diff --git a/lib/field.ts b/lib/field.ts
index 7f8b11a..83f4298 100644
--- a/lib/field.ts
+++ b/lib/field.ts
@@ -103,3 +103,35 @@ export const controlled = <T>({ _field }: { _field: FieldControls<z.ZodType<NonN
  */
 export const fieldErrors = <T>({ _field: { formErrors, path } }: { _field: FieldControls<z.ZodType<T>> }): z.ZodIssue[] =>
   formErrors?.issues?.filter(issue => arrayStartsWith(issue.path, path.map(p => p.key))) ?? []
+
+/**
+ * Get the value of a field. You can also use the base `fields` object to
+ * watch all values in the form.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const myInputValue = getValue(fields.myInput)
+ * const formValue = getValue(fields)
+ * ```
+ */
+export const getValue = <T>({ _field: { formValue, path } }: { _field: FieldControls<z.ZodType<T>> }) =>
+  getDeepProp(formValue, path) as PartialObject<NonNullable<T>> | undefined
+
+/**
+ * Set the value of a field directly.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * setValue(fields.myInput, 'Hi there!')
+ * ```
+ */
+export const setValue = <T>(
+  { _field: { setFormValue, path } }: { _field: FieldControls<z.ZodType<T>> },
+  newValue: PartialObject<NonNullable<T>> | undefined | ((currentValue: PartialObject<NonNullable<T>> | undefined) => PartialObject<NonNullable<T>> | undefined)
+) => {
+  if (typeof newValue === 'function') {
+    setFormValue(v => setDeepProp(v, path, newValue(getDeepProp(v, path) as PartialObject<NonNullable<T>> | undefined)) as typeof v)
+  } else {
+    setFormValue(v => setDeepProp(v, path, newValue) as typeof v)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/useForm.ts b/lib/useForm.ts
index b3cf866..c9ec791 100644
--- a/lib/useForm.ts
+++ b/lib/useForm.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,5 @@ export const useForm = <Schema extends z.AnyZodObject>({
     isDirty,
     /** Reset the form with provided values, or with initialValues if nothing is passed. */
     reset,
-    value: formValue,
   }
 }