diff --git a/config/config.php b/config/config.php
index 455df96..58bb87e 100644
--- a/config/config.php
+++ b/config/config.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         'field' => 'border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-900 dark:text-gray-300 focus:border-indigo-500 dark:focus:border-indigo-600 focus:ring-indigo-500 dark:focus:ring-indigo-600 rounded-md shadow-sm block mt-1 w-full',
         'form_error' => 'mb-4 font-bold text-white bg-red-800 p-3 rounded-md',
         'group' => 'mb-4',
-        'label' => 'block font-medium text-sm text-gray-700',
+        'label' => 'block font-medium text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-white',
         'required' => 'text-red-800',
     ],
 ];
diff --git a/resources/views/components/field-errors.blade.php b/resources/views/components/field-errors.blade.php
index 12bb417..82e86bc 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/field-errors.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/field-errors.blade.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="{{ config('formulate.classes.field_error') }}">
+<div class="{{ config('formulate.classes.field_error') }}" {{ $attributes }}>
     @if (isset($errors))
         {{ $errors->first($field->name) }}
     @endif
diff --git a/resources/views/components/field-group.blade.php b/resources/views/components/field-group.blade.php
index a160ed2..1f7b076 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/field-group.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/field-group.blade.php
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 <div {!! $attributes !!}>
     <x-dynamic-component component="{{ Formulate::getDynamicComponentName('label') }}" :field="$field" />
 
+    @if ($field->multiple)
+    <template x-for="(_, index) in form.{{ $field->name }}" :key='index'>
+        <div>
+    @endif
+
     {{ $slot }}
 
     <x-dynamic-component component="{{ Formulate::getDynamicComponentName('field-errors') }}" :field="$field" />
+
+    @if ($field->multiple)
+        </div>
+    </template>
+
+    <button type="button" @click="form.{{ $field->name }}.push('')" class="inline-flex items-center px-4 py-2 bg-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-200 border border-transparent rounded-md font-semibold text-xs text-white dark:text-gray-800 uppercase tracking-widest hover:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:bg-white focus:bg-gray-700 dark:focus:bg-white active:bg-gray-900 dark:active:bg-gray-300 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-indigo-500 focus:ring-offset-2 dark:focus:ring-offset-gray-800 transition ease-in-out duration-150">Add Another</button>
+    @endif
 </div>
diff --git a/resources/views/components/input.blade.php b/resources/views/components/input.blade.php
index c6f1954..ab700b9 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/input.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/input.blade.php
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <x-dynamic-component component="{{ Formulate::getDynamicComponentName('field-group') }}" :field="$field">
-    <input type="{{ $type }}" name="{{ $name }}" id="{{ $id }}" value="{{ $value }}" {!! (($type == 'checkbox' || $type == 'radio') && $checked) ? 'checked="checked"' : '' !!} {!! ($required) ? 'required="required"' : '' !!} {!! $attributes !!} />
+    <input type="{{ $type }}" name="{{ $name }}{{ $multiple ? '[]' : '' }}" id="{{ $id }}" value="{{ is_string($value) ? $value: '' }}" {!! (($type == 'checkbox' || $type == 'radio') && $checked) ? 'checked="checked"' : '' !!} {!! ($required) ? 'required="required"' : '' !!} {!! $attributes !!} />
 </x-dynamic-component>
diff --git a/src/Components/BaseComponent.php b/src/Components/BaseComponent.php
index abd88fc..9e4eb36 100644
--- a/src/Components/BaseComponent.php
+++ b/src/Components/BaseComponent.php
@@ -37,4 +37,16 @@ public function render()
             return view($this->viewName(), Formulate::applyComponentMiddleware($this, $data))->render();
         };
     }
+
+    public function shouldRenderComponent()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function shouldRender()
+    {
+        $componentName = class_basename($this);
+
+        return Formulate::applyMiddleware($this->shouldRenderComponent(), 'shouldRender' . $componentName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Components/FieldErrorComponent.php b/src/Components/FieldErrorComponent.php
index d5883a5..917fe1b 100644
--- a/src/Components/FieldErrorComponent.php
+++ b/src/Components/FieldErrorComponent.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\ViewErrorBag;
 use Illuminate\View\Component;
 
-class FieldErrorComponent extends Component
+class FieldErrorComponent extends BaseComponent
 {
     public function __construct(public InputComponent $field)
     {
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ public function __construct(public InputComponent $field)
      *
      * @return \Illuminate\View\View|\Closure|string
      */
-    public function render()
+    public function viewName()
     {
-        return view('formulate::components.field-errors');
+        return 'formulate::components.field-errors';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public function render()
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function shouldRender()
+    public function shouldRenderComponent()
     {
         // get the errors that are being shared with the View
         $errors = View::shared('errors', new ViewErrorBag());
diff --git a/src/Components/FormComponent.php b/src/Components/FormComponent.php
index 6047c72..4fe87a1 100644
--- a/src/Components/FormComponent.php
+++ b/src/Components/FormComponent.php
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@
 
 class FormComponent extends Component
 {
+    public ?Route $routeDetails = null;
+
     public function __construct(
         public string $action = '',
         public ?string $method = null,
         public ?string $route = null,
+        public array $rules = [],
         ?array $routeParams = null,
         array | Model $data = []
     ) {
@@ -27,15 +30,27 @@ public function __construct(
 
         if (!empty($route)) {
             // get the route details
-            $routeDetails = new Route($route);
+            $this->routeDetails = new Route($route);
 
             // we have a route, lets get the action from the url
-            $this->action = $routeDetails->createRouteUrlWithPossibleDefaultBindings($routeParams, $data);
+            $this->action = $this->routeDetails->createRouteUrlWithPossibleDefaultBindings($routeParams, $data);
 
             // if we don't already have a method
             if (empty($this->method)) {
                 // use the first available method
-                $this->method = $routeDetails->getDefaultHttpMethod();
+                $this->method = $this->routeDetails->getDefaultHttpMethod();
+            }
+
+            if (empty($rules)) {
+                $requestClassName = $this->routeDetails->getRequestClass();
+
+                if ($requestClassName) {
+                    $requestClass = new $requestClassName;
+
+                    if (method_exists($requestClass, 'rules')) {
+                        $this->rules = $requestClass->rules();
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Components/InputComponent.php b/src/Components/InputComponent.php
index 18988db..4d5de0f 100644
--- a/src/Components/InputComponent.php
+++ b/src/Components/InputComponent.php
@@ -35,10 +35,14 @@ public function __construct(
         public string $type = 'text',
         public mixed $value = null,
         public bool $required = false,
+        public array $rules = [],
+        public bool $multiple = false
     ) {
         // store an instance of this class as the field, this is passed to child components
         $this->field = $this;
 
+        $this->form = Formulate::getForm();
+
         // create instances of the necessary attribute bags
         $this->groupAttributes = $this->newAttributeBag();
         $this->labelAttributes = $this->newAttributeBag();
@@ -79,6 +83,14 @@ public function __construct(
             // for all other fields, we just get the value from the service provider
             $this->value = Formulate::getFieldValue($this->name, $value);
         }
+
+        if (empty($this->rules) && !empty($this->form->rules) && array_key_exists($this->name, $this->form->rules)) {
+            $this->rules = $this->form->rules[$this->name];
+        }
+
+        if (!$this->required && in_array('required', $this->rules)) {
+            $this->required = true;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Formulate.php b/src/Formulate.php
index 5ea5202..2ea23e2 100644
--- a/src/Formulate.php
+++ b/src/Formulate.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Formulate
      * The current form
      * @var FormComponent
      */
-    protected FormComponent $form;
+    protected ?FormComponent $form = null;
 
     /**
      * A collection of fields that are used within the current form
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ public function populateFormData(array | Model $data)
         $this->formData = $data;
     }
 
+    public function getForm()
+    {
+        return $this->form;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the current form data
      *
@@ -157,9 +162,9 @@ public function getFields()
      * Get the current field
      *
      */
-    public function getCurrentField(): InputComponent
+    public function getCurrentField()
     {
-        return $this->currentField;
+        return $this->fields->where('name', $this->currentField)->first();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -280,7 +285,9 @@ public function applyMiddleware($passable, $method)
         $pipeline = new Pipeline(app());
 
         // we don't need all of the middleware to have each method, so we need to filter
-        $filteredMiddleware = collect($this->middleware)->filter(function ($middleware) use ($method) {
+        $filteredMiddleware = collect($this->middleware)->filter(function ($middleware) {
+            return app($middleware)->shouldApply();
+        })->filter(function ($middleware) use ($method) {
             return method_exists($middleware, $method);
         })->toArray();
 
diff --git a/src/FormulateComponentAttributeBag.php b/src/FormulateComponentAttributeBag.php
index f4722e1..1f5a486 100644
--- a/src/FormulateComponentAttributeBag.php
+++ b/src/FormulateComponentAttributeBag.php
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ class FormulateComponentAttributeBag extends ComponentAttributeBag
 {
     public function set($attribute, $value)
     {
-        if (is_object($value)) {
-            $value = Js::from($value, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
+        if (is_object($value) || is_array($value)) {
+            if (!count($value)) {
+                $value = Js::from($value, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
+            } else {
+                $value = Js::from($value);
+            }
         }
 
         $this->attributes[$attribute] = $value;
diff --git a/src/FormulateServiceProvider.php b/src/FormulateServiceProvider.php
index 3c3b3a2..090f4fe 100644
--- a/src/FormulateServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/FormulateServiceProvider.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use AppKit\Formulate\Facades\Formulate as FormulateFacade;
 use AppKit\Formulate\Middleware\ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes;
 use AppKit\Formulate\Middleware\ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware;
+use AppKit\Formulate\Middleware\PrecognitionMiddleware;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
@@ -45,5 +46,6 @@ public function register()
 
         FormulateFacade::registerMiddleware(ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware::class);
         FormulateFacade::registerMiddleware(ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes::class);
+        FormulateFacade::registerMiddleware(PrecognitionMiddleware::class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Helpers/Routing/Route.php b/src/Helpers/Routing/Route.php
index 9c43141..54cdf26 100644
--- a/src/Helpers/Routing/Route.php
+++ b/src/Helpers/Routing/Route.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Routing\Route as RoutingRoute;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route as RouteFacade;
 use ReflectionClass;
 
 class Route
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ class Route
      */
     protected Collection $params;
 
+    /**
+     * The middleware that are applied to the route
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected array $middleware = [];
+
     public function __construct(public string $routeName)
     {
         // create a collection to store the params
@@ -66,6 +74,9 @@ public function __construct(public string $routeName)
                     $parameter->isOptional(),
                 ));
             }
+
+            // gather the middleware that are applied to this route
+            $this->middleware = RouteFacade::gatherRouteMiddleware($this->route);
         }
     }
 
@@ -143,4 +154,15 @@ public function getDefaultHttpMethod()
     {
         return app('router')->getRoutes()->getByName($this->routeName)->methods[0];
     }
+
+    public function supportPrecognition()
+    {
+        $precognitionClass = 'Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\HandlePrecognitiveRequests';
+
+        if (class_exists($precognitionClass) && in_array($precognitionClass, $this->middleware)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Middleware/ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes.php b/src/Middleware/ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes.php
index 75bab6b..efbe0b7 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes.php
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 use AppKit\Formulate\Facades\Formulate;
 use AppKit\Formulate\FormulateComponentAttributeBag;
 use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Support\Js;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
-class ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes
+class ApplyAlpineJsFormAttributes extends BaseMiddleware
 {
     public function getFormComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attributes, Closure $next)
     {
@@ -14,14 +16,30 @@ public function getFormComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attri
         if ($attributes->has('x-data') && $attributes->get('x-data') === true) {
             // generate the x-data
             $data = Formulate::getFields()->mapWithKeys(function ($field) {
+                if ($field->multiple) {
+                    return [$field->name => $this->field->value ?? ['']];
+                }
+
                 return [$field->name => $field->value ?? ''];
             });
 
-            // add in the x-data
             $attributes->set('x-data', $data);
         }
 
         // pass onto the next middleware
         return $next($attributes);
     }
+
+    public function getInputComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attributes, Closure $next)
+    {
+        if ($this->form && $this->form->attributes->has('x-data') && !$attributes->has('x-model')) {
+            if ($this->field->multiple) {
+                $attributes->set('x-model', 'form.' . $this->field->name . '[index]');
+            } else {
+                $attributes->set('x-model', 'form.' . $this->field->name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $next($attributes);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Middleware/ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware.php
index 318a438..197566c 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use AppKit\Formulate\FormulateComponentAttributeBag;
 use Closure;
 
-class ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware
+class ApplyFormThemeClassesMiddleware extends BaseMiddleware
 {
     public function getInputComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attributes, Closure $next)
     {
diff --git a/src/Middleware/BaseMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/BaseMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61f2aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Middleware/BaseMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace AppKit\Formulate\Middleware;
+
+use AppKit\Formulate\Facades\Formulate;
+use AppKit\Formulate\FormulateComponentAttributeBag;
+use Closure;
+
+abstract class BaseMiddleware
+{
+    public $form;
+    public $field;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->form = Formulate::getForm();
+        $this->field = Formulate::getCurrentField();
+    }
+
+    public function shouldApply()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Middleware/PrecognitionMiddleware.php b/src/Middleware/PrecognitionMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8055106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Middleware/PrecognitionMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace AppKit\Formulate\Middleware;
+
+use AppKit\Formulate\FormulateComponentAttributeBag;
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
+use Illuminate\Support\Js;
+use Illuminate\Support\ViewErrorBag;
+
+class PrecognitionMiddleware extends BaseMiddleware
+{
+    public function shouldApply()
+    {
+        return $this->form && $this->form->routeDetails && $this->form->routeDetails->supportPrecognition() && $this->form->attributes->has('x-data');
+    }
+
+    public function getFormComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attributes, Closure $next)
+    {
+        $errors = View::shared('errors', new ViewErrorBag());
+
+        $precognitionXData = sprintf(
+            '{%s: $form(\'%s\', \'%s\', %s)%s}',
+            'form',
+            $this->form->method,
+            $this->form->action,
+            $attributes->get('x-data'),
+            $errors->isEmpty() ? '' : '.setErrors(' . Js::from($errors->messages()) . ')'
+        );
+
+        $attributes->set('x-data', $precognitionXData);
+
+        // pass onto the next middleware
+        return $next($attributes);
+    }
+
+    public function getInputComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attributes, Closure $next)
+    {
+        if ($this->field->multiple) {
+            $attributes->set('@change', 'form.validate(\'' . $this->field->name . '.\' + index)');
+            $attributes->set(':aria-invalid', 'form.invalid(\'' . $this->field->name . '.\' + index)');
+        } else {
+            $attributes->set('@change', 'form.validate(\'' . $this->field->name . '\')');
+            $attributes->set(':aria-invalid', 'form.invalid(\'' . $this->field->name . '\')');
+        }
+
+        return $next($attributes);
+    }
+
+    public function shouldRenderFieldErrorComponent($value, Closure $next)
+    {
+        return $next(true);
+    }
+
+    public function getFieldErrorComponentAttributes(FormulateComponentAttributeBag $attributes, Closure $next)
+    {
+        if ($this->field->multiple) {
+            $attributes->set('x-show', 'form.invalid(\'' . $this->field->name . '.\' + index)');
+            $attributes->set('x-text', 'form.errors[\'' . $this->field->name . '.\' + index]');
+        } else {
+            $attributes->set('x-show', 'form.invalid(\'' . $this->field->name . '\')');
+            $attributes->set('x-text', 'form.errors.' . $this->field->name);
+        }
+
+        return $next($attributes);
+    }
+}