diff --git a/packages/nanoviews/.size-limit.json b/packages/nanoviews/.size-limit.json
index 2275901e..1f5e310c 100644
--- a/packages/nanoviews/.size-limit.json
+++ b/packages/nanoviews/.size-limit.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "name": "All publics (Brotli)",
     "path": "dist/index.js",
     "import": "*",
-    "limit": "6.6 kB"
+    "limit": "6.65 kB"
   },
   {
     "name": "Average usage (Gzip)",
diff --git a/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.spec.ts b/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.spec.ts
index bb1a9d6e..ee63fb5d 100644
--- a/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.spec.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 import { fragment } from '../elements/fragment.js'
 import {
   trackById,
+  as_,
   for_
 } from './for.js'
 import * as Stories from './for.stories.js'
@@ -1032,6 +1033,71 @@ describe('nanoviews', () => {
         expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div><ul><li>nobody</li></ul></div>')
       })
 
+      it('should hand the row through a transform with `as_`', () => {
+        const items = signal([
+          {
+            id: 1,
+            name: 'Yatoro'
+          },
+          {
+            id: 2,
+            name: 'Larl'
+          }
+        ])
+        const { container } = render(() => ul()(
+          for_(items, trackById)(
+            as_(record, ($player, $index) => li()($player.$name, ':', $index))
+          )
+        ))
+
+        expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div><ul><li>Yatoro:0</li><li>Larl:1</li></ul></div>')
+
+        // the transformed row is still the row: a write reaches the array
+        untracked(items)[0].name = 'x'
+        items([
+          {
+            id: 1,
+            name: 'Collapse'
+          },
+          {
+            id: 2,
+            name: 'Larl'
+          }
+        ])
+
+        expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div><ul><li>Collapse:0</li><li>Larl:1</li></ul></div>')
+      })
+
+      it('should keep a row written through `as_` writable', () => {
+        const items = signal([
+          {
+            id: 1,
+            name: '  Larl  '
+          }
+        ])
+
+        render(() => ul()(
+          for_(items, trackById)(
+            as_(record, ($player) => {
+              const name = untracked($player.$name)
+
+              if (name !== name.trim()) {
+                $player.$name(name.trim())
+              }
+
+              return li()($player.$name)
+            })
+          )
+        ))
+
+        expect(untracked(items)).toEqual([
+          {
+            id: 1,
+            name: 'Larl'
+          }
+        ])
+      })
+
       describe('fuzz', () => {
         // A named test pins a shape someone thought of; these walk sequences
         // nobody did. Both invariants are checked after every step: the rows
diff --git a/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.ts b/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.ts
index 168301fb..8474f2d6 100644
--- a/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.ts
+++ b/packages/nanoviews/src/flow/for.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ export function trackById(item: { id: unknown }) {
   return item.id
 }
 
+/**
+ * Hand the row through a transform before rendering it
+ * @param as - Function that transforms the row, eg `record`
+ * @param each_ - Function that renders the transformed row
+ * @returns Function to pass to `for_`
+ */
+/* @__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__ */
+export function as_<Item, Index, Value>(
+  as: (item: Item) => Value,
+  each_: (value: Value, index: Index) => Child
+) {
+  return (item: Item, index: Index) => each_(as(item), index)
+}
+
 type AnyEach = (
   item: Accessor<unknown>,
   index: ReadableSignal<number>
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 31e9e3cc..b3b46b8f 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -47,17 +47,8 @@
 - for_ duplicate track keys: unsupported by design, must keep failing loudly - the crash lands a step away from the cause, so it needs a clear throw at the point of detection
 - rework return slot$ to look like element/component? fn.prop is faster than {f,p}
 - util to transform static props to signal props?
-- additional arg for record in for$? as$
 - static index for untracked loop?
 
-for_($items)(
-  as_(record, ($item) => li()($item.$name))
-)
-
-for_($items)(
-  asRecord(($item) => li()($item.$name))
-)
-
 ## Perf
 
 - !== undefined is faster