diff --git a/pkg/template/template.go b/pkg/template/template.go
index a561ebb..7dfd89a 100644
--- a/pkg/template/template.go
+++ b/pkg/template/template.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package template
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/jq"
 	"github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/tableprinter"
 	"github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/text"
 	color "github.com/mgutz/ansi"
@@ -91,9 +93,24 @@ func (t *Template) Parse(tmpl string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Execute applies the parsed template to the input and writes result to the writer
+// Execute applies the parsed template to the input and writes the result to the writer
 // the template was initialized with.
 func (t *Template) Execute(input io.Reader) error {
+	return t.ExecuteFiltered(input, "")
+}
+
+// ExecuteFiltered filters the input using the `jq` package then applies the parsed template
+// to the input and writes the result to the writer the template was initialized with.
+func (t *Template) ExecuteFiltered(input io.Reader, filter string) error {
+	if filter != "" {
+		buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+		if err := jq.Evaluate(input, &buf, filter); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		input = io.Reader(&buf)
+	}
+
 	jsonData, err := io.ReadAll(input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/template/template_test.go b/pkg/template/template_test.go
index 9e5dcad..bc9af2b 100644
--- a/pkg/template/template_test.go
+++ b/pkg/template/template_test.go
@@ -397,6 +397,82 @@ func TestExecute(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExecuteFiltered(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		json     io.Reader
+		template string
+		filter   string
+		colorize bool
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		wantW   string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "without filter",
+			args: args{
+				json:     strings.NewReader(`[{"name":"b"},{"name":"a"}]`),
+				template: `{{range .}}{{.name}}{{end}}`,
+			},
+			wantW: "ba",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with filter",
+			args: args{
+				json:     strings.NewReader(`[{"name":"b"},{"name":"a"}]`),
+				filter:   `sort_by(.name)`,
+				template: `{{range .}}{{.name}}{{end}}`,
+			},
+			wantW: "ab",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "color with filter",
+			args: args{
+				json:     strings.NewReader(`{"error":"an error occurred"}`),
+				filter:   `{error: .error | ascii_upcase}`,
+				template: `{{color "red" .error}}`,
+			},
+			wantW: "\x1b[0;31mAN ERROR OCCURRED\x1b[0m",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "filter error",
+			args: args{
+				json:     strings.NewReader(`{}`),
+				filter:   "nofunc",
+				template: "{{.}}",
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "template error",
+			args: args{
+				json:     strings.NewReader(`{}`),
+				template: `{{ truncate }}`,
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			w := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			tmpl := New(w, 80, tt.args.colorize)
+			err := tmpl.Parse(tt.args.template)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = tmpl.ExecuteFiltered(tt.args.json, tt.args.filter)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = tmpl.Flush()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantW, w.String())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTruncateMultiline(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		max int