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Validate with Zod

Zod v3.24+ implements the Standard Schema spec directly, so @antithrow/standard-schema works with Zod schemas without any adapter.

The recipe​

import { z } from "zod";
import { validate } from "@antithrow/standard-schema";

const UserSchema = z.object({
	id: z.string().uuid(),
	email: z.string().email(),
	age: z.number().int().min(0),
});

const result = await validate(UserSchema, input);

if (result.isOk()) {
	use(result.value); // z.infer<typeof UserSchema>
} else {
	for (const issue of result.error.issues) {
		console.error(issue.message, issue.path);
	}
}

Works the same with Valibot, ArkType, etc.​

Any validator implementing Standard Schema slots in unchanged:

import * as v from "valibot";

const UserSchema = v.object({ id: v.pipe(v.string(), v.uuid()) });
const result = await validate(UserSchema, input);

Sync vs async​

Zod supports async refinements (e.g. .refine(async (v) => ...)). validate handles both: sync schemas settle immediately, async schemas return Pending until awaited. If you know your schema has no async pieces, validateSync returns a settled result without the await.

See also​