diff --git a/plugins/payload/src/plugin.js b/plugins/payload/src/plugin.js
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+import debug from './debug.js'
+
+export default {
+  //establish payload db
+  mutate: function (world) {
+    world.model.one.db = {}
+    world.methods.one.debug ||= {}
+    world.methods.one.debug.payload = debug
+  },
+
+  api: function (View) {
+    /** return any data on our given matches */
+    View.prototype.getPayloads = function () {
+      let res = []
+      const db = this.world.model.one.db || {}
+      this.fullPointer.forEach(ptr => {
+        const n = ptr[0]
+        if (Object.hasOwn(db, n)) {
+          // look at all vals for this sentence
+          const seeking = this.update([ptr])
+          db[n].forEach(obj => {
+            const m = this.update([obj.ptr])
+            if (seeking.has(m)) {
+              res = res.concat({
+                match: m,
+                val: obj.val,
+              })
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      })
+      return res
+    }
+
+    /** add data about our current matches */
+    View.prototype.addPayload = function (val) {
+      const db = this.world.model.one.db || {}
+      this.fullPointer.forEach(ptr => {
+        const n = ptr[0]
+        db[n] ||= []
+        if (typeof val === 'function') {
+          //push in whatever the callback wants
+          const m = this.update([ptr])
+          const res = val(m)
+          if (res !== null && res !== undefined) {
+            db[n].push({ ptr, val: res })
+          }
+        } else {
+          db[n].push({ ptr, val }) //push some static data
+        }
+      })
+      return this
+    }
+
+    /** remove all payloads in selection */
+    View.prototype.clearPayloads = function () {
+      const db = this.world.model.one.db || {}
+      // get each payload
+      const res = this.getPayloads()
+      res.forEach(obj => {
+        const ptr = obj.match.fullPointer[0] || []
+        const [n, start, end] = ptr
+        db[n] ||= []
+        // remove it from our list of payloads
+        db[n] = db[n].filter(r => {
+          if (r.ptr[1] === start && r.ptr[2] === end) {
+            return false
+          }
+          return true
+        })
+        // clean-up any empty arrays
+        if (db[n].length === 0) {
+          delete db[n]
+        }
+      })
+      return this
+    }
+  },
+}
diff --git a/plugins/payload/tests/payload.test.js b/plugins/payload/tests/payload.test.js
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+import test from 'tape'
+import nlp from './_lib.js'
+
+test('payload-misc', function (t) {
+  const doc = nlp('i saw John Lennon, and tom cruise.')
+
+  doc.match('(john lennon|tom cruise|johnny carson)').forEach(m => {
+    if (m.has('john lennon')) {
+      m.addPayload({ height: `5'11` })
+    }
+    if (m.has('tom cruise')) {
+      m.addPayload({ height: `5'8` })
+    }
+  })
+
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 2, 'full-doc-2')
+
+  const end = doc.match('and tom .')
+  t.equal(end.getPayloads().length, 1, 'end-1')
+
+  const tom = doc.match('tom')
+  t.equal(tom.getPayloads().length, 1, 'tom-0')
+
+  tom.clearPayloads()
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 1, 'now-1')
+  doc.clearPayloads()
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 0, 'now-0')
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('payload-fn', function (t) {
+  const doc = nlp('i saw John Lennon, and john smith and bob dylan')
+  doc.match('(john|bob|dave) .').addPayload(m => {
+    return /john/i.test(m.text()) ? { isjohn: true } : null
+  })
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 2, 'now-2')
+  t.equal(doc.match('john .').getPayloads().length, 2, 'double-match-still-2')
+
+  doc.match('bob .').clearPayloads()
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 2, 'still-2')
+
+  doc.match('john .').eq(1).clearPayloads()
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 1, 'now-1')
+  doc.match('john .').clearPayloads()
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 0, 'now-0')
+
+  // add two-payloads per match
+  doc.match('(john|bob|dave) .').addPayload(m => {
+    return { lastName: m.terms().last().text() }
+  })
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 3, '3-now')
+
+  doc.match('(john lennon|bob dylan)').addPayload(() => {
+    return { instrument: 'guitar' }
+  })
+  t.equal(doc.getPayloads().length, 5, '5-now')
+  t.end()
+})