diff --git a/.changeset/modern-moose-fold.md b/.changeset/modern-moose-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ed2d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-moose-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@marko/tags-api-preview": patch
+---
+
+Improve get tag type by accepting an optional type parameter that specifies the returned value type
diff --git a/src/components/get/index.d.marko b/src/components/get/index.d.marko
index 6ce1f50..9baee2c 100644
--- a/src/components/get/index.d.marko
+++ b/src/components/get/index.d.marko
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-export interface Input {
+// @ts-expect-error 'VariableType' is declared but its value is never read. (It is only used to set the type of the return)
+export interface Input<VariableType = unknown> {
   value: string;
 }
 
-// TODO: this could be better.
-return = 1 as unknown;
+return = 1 as VariableType;