diff --git a/include/glaze/json/json_t.hpp b/include/glaze/json/json_t.hpp
index 81e823c789..1d2c4fbc0e 100644
--- a/include/glaze/json/json_t.hpp
+++ b/include/glaze/json/json_t.hpp
@@ -23,31 +23,31 @@ namespace glz
       val_t data{};
 
       template <class T>
-      T& get()
+      [[nodiscard]] T& get()
       {
          return std::get<T>(data);
       }
 
       template <class T>
-      const T& get() const
+      [[nodiscard]] const T& get() const
       {
          return std::get<T>(data);
       }
 
       template <class T>
-      T* get_if() noexcept
+      [[nodiscard]] T* get_if() noexcept
       {
          return std::get_if<T>(&data);
       }
 
       template <class T>
-      const T* get_if() const noexcept
+      [[nodiscard]] const T* get_if() const noexcept
       {
          return std::get_if<T>(&data);
       }
 
       template <class T>
-      bool holds() const noexcept
+      [[nodiscard]] bool holds() const noexcept
       {
          return std::holds_alternative<T>(data);
       }
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ namespace glz
          return iter->second;
       }
 
-      json_t& at(std::convertible_to<std::string_view> auto&& key) { return operator[](key); }
+      [[nodiscard]] json_t& at(std::convertible_to<std::string_view> auto&& key) { return operator[](key); }
 
-      const json_t& at(std::convertible_to<std::string_view> auto&& key) const { return operator[](key); }
+      [[nodiscard]] const json_t& at(std::convertible_to<std::string_view> auto&& key) const { return operator[](key); }
 
-      bool contains(std::convertible_to<std::string_view> auto&& key) const
+      [[nodiscard]] bool contains(std::convertible_to<std::string_view> auto&& key) const
       {
          if (!holds<object_t>()) return false;
          auto& object = std::get<object_t>(data);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace glz
       }
 
       template <class T>
-      T as() const
+      [[nodiscard]] T as() const
       {
          // Prefer get becuase it returns a reference
          return get<T>();
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ namespace glz
 
       template <class T>
          requires std::convertible_to<double, T>
-      T as() const
+      [[nodiscard]] T as() const
       {
          // Can be used for int and the like
          return static_cast<T>(get<double>());
@@ -161,12 +161,78 @@ namespace glz
 
       template <class T>
          requires std::convertible_to<std::string, T>
-      T as() const
+      [[nodiscard]] T as() const
       {
          // Can be used for string_view and the like
          return get<std::string>();
       }
+      
+      [[nodiscard]] bool is_array() const noexcept {
+         return holds<json_t::array_t>();
+      }
+      
+      [[nodiscard]] bool is_object() const noexcept {
+         return holds<json_t::object_t>();
+      }
+      
+      [[nodiscard]] bool is_number() const noexcept {
+         return holds<double>();
+      }
+      
+      [[nodiscard]] bool is_string() const noexcept {
+         return holds<std::string>();
+      }
+      
+      [[nodiscard]] bool is_null() const noexcept {
+         return holds<std::nullptr_t>();
+      }
+      
+      // empty() returns true if the value is an empty JSON object, array, or string, or a null value
+      // otherwise returns false
+      [[nodiscard]] bool empty() const noexcept {
+         if (auto* v = get_if<object_t>(); v) {
+            return v->empty();
+         }
+         else if (auto* v = get_if<array_t>(); v) {
+            return v->empty();
+         }
+         else if (auto* v = get_if<std::string>(); v) {
+            return v->empty();
+         }
+         else if (is_null()) {
+            return true;
+         }
+         else {
+            return false;
+         }
+      }
+      
+      // returns the count of items in an object or an array, or the size of a string, otherwise returns zero
+      [[nodiscard]] size_t size() const noexcept {
+         if (auto* v = get_if<object_t>(); v) {
+            return v->size();
+         }
+         else if (auto* v = get_if<array_t>(); v) {
+            return v->size();
+         }
+         else if (auto* v = get_if<std::string>(); v) {
+            return v->size();
+         }
+         else {
+            return 0;
+         }
+      }
    };
+   
+   [[nodiscard]] inline bool is_array(const json_t& value) { return value.is_array(); }
+   
+   [[nodiscard]] inline bool is_object(const json_t& value) { return value.is_object(); }
+   
+   [[nodiscard]] inline bool is_number(const json_t& value) { return value.is_number(); }
+   
+   [[nodiscard]] inline bool is_string(const json_t& value) { return value.is_string(); }
+   
+   [[nodiscard]] inline bool is_null(const json_t& value) { return value.is_null(); }
 }
 
 template <>
diff --git a/tests/json_test/json_test.cpp b/tests/json_test/json_test.cpp
index 173c81c893..58eb3a60fe 100644
--- a/tests/json_test/json_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/json_test/json_test.cpp
@@ -3112,6 +3112,78 @@ suite generic_json_tests = [] {
       expect(not glz::write_json(glz::json_t(*(glz::read_json<glz::json_t>("{}"))), s));
       expect(s == "{}") << s;
    };
+   
+   "json_t is_object"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, "{}"));
+      expect(json.is_object());
+      expect(glz::is_object(json));
+      expect(json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 0);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_object"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, R"({"age":"22","name":"Noah"})"));
+      expect(json.is_object());
+      expect(glz::is_object(json));
+      expect(not json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 2);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_array"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, "[]"));
+      expect(json.is_array());
+      expect(glz::is_array(json));
+      expect(json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 0);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_array"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, "[1,2,3]"));
+      expect(json.is_array());
+      expect(glz::is_array(json));
+      expect(not json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 3);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_string"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, R"("")"));
+      expect(json.is_string());
+      expect(glz::is_string(json));
+      expect(json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 0);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_string"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, R"("Beautiful beginning")"));
+      expect(json.is_string());
+      expect(glz::is_string(json));
+      expect(not json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 19);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_number"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, "3.882e2"));
+      expect(json.is_number());
+      expect(glz::is_number(json));
+      expect(not json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 0);
+   };
+   
+   "json_t is_null"_test = [] {
+      glz::json_t json{};
+      expect(not glz::read_json(json, "null"));
+      expect(json.is_null());
+      expect(glz::is_null(json));
+      expect(json.empty());
+      expect(json.size() == 0);
+   };
 };
 
 struct holder0_t
@@ -4413,12 +4485,6 @@ suite validation_tests = [] {
       expect(ec_fail17 != glz::error_code::none);
       expect(glz::validate_json(fail17) != glz::error_code::none);
 
-      // JSON spec does not specify a nesting limit to my knowledge
-      // std::string fail18 = R"([[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[["Too deep"]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]])";
-      // auto ec_fail18 = glz::read<glz::opts{.force_conformance = true}>(json, fail18);
-      // expect(ec_fail18 != glz::error_code::none);
-      // expect(glz::validate_json(fail18) != glz::error_code::none);
-
       std::string fail19 = R"({"Missing colon" null})";
       auto ec_fail19 = glz::read<glz::opts{.force_conformance = true}>(json, fail19);
       expect(ec_fail19 != glz::error_code::none);