diff --git a/src/backend/variables/builtin/metadata/effect-output.ts b/src/backend/variables/builtin/metadata/effect-output.ts
index 38f7c4798..43737064f 100644
--- a/src/backend/variables/builtin/metadata/effect-output.ts
+++ b/src/backend/variables/builtin/metadata/effect-output.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,65 @@ const model : ReplaceVariable = {
     definition: {
         handle: "effectOutput",
         usage: "effectOutput[name]",
+        examples: [
+            {
+                usage: "effectOutput[name, 1]",
+                description: "Get an array item by providing an array index as a second argument."
+            },
+            {
+                usage: "effectOutput[name, property]",
+                description: "Get a property by providing a property path (using dot notation) as a second argument."
+            },
+            {
+                usage: "effectOutput[name, null, exampleString]",
+                description: "Set a default value in case the effect output doesn't exist yet."
+            },
+            {
+                usage: "effectOutput[name, property, exampleString]",
+                description: "Set a default value in case the effect output doesn't have data at the specified property path."
+            }
+        ],
         description: "Get data that was outputted by a prior effect.",
         categories: [VariableCategory.ADVANCED],
         possibleDataOutput: [OutputDataType.NUMBER, OutputDataType.TEXT]
     },
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    evaluator: ({ effectOutputs }, name: string = "") => {
-        const output = (effectOutputs ?? {})[name];
-        return output || null;
+    evaluator: (
+        { effectOutputs },
+        name: string,
+        propertyPath: string,
+        defaultData: unknown = null
+    ) => {
+        let data = (effectOutputs ?? {})[name];
+
+        if (!data) {
+            return defaultData;
+        }
+
+        if (propertyPath == null || propertyPath === "null" || propertyPath === '') {
+            return data;
+        }
+
+        const nodes = propertyPath.split(".");
+
+        if (typeof data === "string") {
+            try {
+                data = JSON.parse(data as string);
+            } catch (_) { }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            for (const node of nodes) {
+                if (data == null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                data = data[node];
+            }
+            return data ?? defaultData;
+        } catch (error) {
+            return defaultData;
+        }
     }
 };