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You can't directly.. but what you can do is possibly this:
```myOutputString.apply(outputAsString =&gt; {
  if (outputAsString === "Potato") {
    // stuff you can do if Output&lt;string&gt; is a Potato
  }
})```

the apply function allows you to perform operations on the value of the Output&lt;string&gt; once it becomes resolved - i.e. operate on it as a string.  That can't happen outside that resolution function :slightly_smiling_face: