diff --git a/checker/specification/staging.md b/checker/specification/staging.md
index 4739e695..4b6700fc 100644
--- a/checker/specification/staging.md
+++ b/checker/specification/staging.md
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
 Currently implementing:
 
 > This file is for work-in-progress and can help separating features that are being implemented to regressions
+
+### Narrowing
+
+#### Equality
+
+```ts
+declare let a: string;
+if (a === "hi") {
+	a satisfies "hello"
+}
+```
+
+- Expected "hello", found "hi"
+
+#### Condition as a function
+
+```ts
+declare let a: string;
+
+const equalsHi = (p: string) => p === "hi";
+
+if (equalsHi(a)) {
+	a satisfies "hello"
+}
+```
+
+- Expected "hello", found "hi"
+
+#### Passed around
+
+```ts
+declare let a: string;
+
+const b = a;
+if (b === "hi") {
+	a satisfies "hello"
+}
+```
+
+- Expected "hello", found "hi"
diff --git a/checker/specification/test.rs b/checker/specification/test.rs
index c597d974..ff854aef 100644
--- a/checker/specification/test.rs
+++ b/checker/specification/test.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ mod specification {
 // }
 
 // TODO under cfg
-// const SIMPLE_DTS: Option<&str> = Some(include_str!("../definitions/simple.d.ts"));
-const SIMPLE_DTS: Option<&str> = None;
+const SIMPLE_DTS: Option<&str> = Some(include_str!("../definitions/simple.d.ts"));
+// const SIMPLE_DTS: Option<&str> = None;
 
 /// Called by each test
 fn check_errors(
diff --git a/checker/specification/to_implement.md b/checker/specification/to_implement.md
index a4bbfa75..f255c057 100644
--- a/checker/specification/to_implement.md
+++ b/checker/specification/to_implement.md
@@ -633,44 +633,6 @@ function optionalNumber(n: number | undefined): string {
 
 - Cannot return string, found number | 2
 
-#### Equality
-
-```ts
-declare let a: string;
-if (a === "hi") {
-	a satisfies "hello"
-}
-```
-
-- Expected "hello", found "hi"
-
-#### Condition as a function
-
-```ts
-declare let a: string;
-
-const equalsHi = (p: string) => p === "hi";
-
-if (equalsHi(a)) {
-	a satisfies "hello"
-}
-```
-
-- Expected "hello", found "hi"
-
-#### Passed around
-
-```ts
-declare let a: string;
-
-const b = a;
-if (b === "hi") {
-	a satisfies "hello"
-}
-```
-
-- Expected "hello", found "hi"
-
 ### Mapped types
 
 #### Specialisation
diff --git a/checker/src/context/information.rs b/checker/src/context/information.rs
index 51212f22..556a8296 100644
--- a/checker/src/context/information.rs
+++ b/checker/src/context/information.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ pub struct LocalInformation {
 	/// *not quite the best place, but used in [`InformationChain`]*
 	pub(crate) object_constraints: HashMap<TypeId, TypeId>,
 
+	/// WIP narrowing
+	/// TODO how will chaining but not cycles work
+	pub(crate) narrowed_values: HashMap<TypeId, TypeId>,
+
 	/// For super calls etc
 	///
 	/// TODO not great that this has to be Option to satisfy Default
diff --git a/checker/src/context/mod.rs b/checker/src/context/mod.rs
index 5a9df5e4..a514d173 100644
--- a/checker/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/checker/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -1183,11 +1183,12 @@ pub(crate) fn get_value_of_variable(
 
 		let res = res.or_else(|| fact.variable_current_value.get(&on).copied());
 
-		// TODO WIP narrowing
-
 		// TODO in remaining info, don't loop again
 		if let Some(res) = res {
-			return Some(res);
+			let narrowed_value =
+				info.get_chain_of_info().find_map(|info| info.narrowed_values.get(&res).copied());
+
+			return Some(narrowed_value.unwrap_or(res));
 		}
 	}
 	None
diff --git a/checker/src/features/conditional.rs b/checker/src/features/conditional.rs
index 306de014..b73c7caa 100644
--- a/checker/src/features/conditional.rs
+++ b/checker/src/features/conditional.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ where
 		let mut truthy_environment = environment
 			.new_lexical_environment(Scope::Conditional { antecedent: condition, is_switch: None });
 
+		super::narrowing::narrow_based_on_expression(
+			condition,
+			&mut truthy_environment.info,
+			&checking_data.types,
+		);
+
 		let result = then_evaluate(&mut truthy_environment, checking_data);
 
 		let Context {
diff --git a/checker/src/features/mod.rs b/checker/src/features/mod.rs
index a8f608e3..8c6d8318 100644
--- a/checker/src/features/mod.rs
+++ b/checker/src/features/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub mod exceptions;
 pub mod functions;
 pub mod iteration;
 pub mod modules;
+pub mod narrowing;
 pub mod objects;
 pub mod operations;
 pub mod template_literal;
diff --git a/checker/src/features/narrowing.rs b/checker/src/features/narrowing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d65b1a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checker/src/features/narrowing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use crate::{
+	features::operations::CanonicalEqualityAndInequality,
+	types::{Constructor, PolyNature, TypeStore},
+	LocalInformation, Type, TypeId,
+};
+
+/// TODO
+/// - Ors and ands
+/// - Restrictions
+pub fn narrow_based_on_expression(
+	condition: TypeId,
+	into: &mut LocalInformation,
+	types: &TypeStore,
+) {
+	let r#type = types.get_type_by_id(condition);
+	if let Type::Constructor(Constructor::CanonicalRelationOperator {
+		lhs,
+		operator: CanonicalEqualityAndInequality::StrictEqual,
+		rhs,
+	}) = r#type
+	{
+		if let Type::RootPolyType(PolyNature::Parameter { .. }) = types.get_type_by_id(*lhs) {
+			crate::utilities::notify!("lhs is {:?} with {:?}", lhs, types.get_type_by_id(*rhs));
+		}
+
+		// TODO reflexive ?
+		into.narrowed_values.insert(*lhs, *rhs);
+	}
+}