diff --git a/cmd/dagger/cmd/common/common.go b/cmd/dagger/cmd/common/common.go
index cac81e68..d2c041fb 100644
--- a/cmd/dagger/cmd/common/common.go
+++ b/cmd/dagger/cmd/common/common.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"go.dagger.io/dagger/client"
+	"go.dagger.io/dagger/compiler"
 	"go.dagger.io/dagger/environment"
 	"go.dagger.io/dagger/solver"
 	"go.dagger.io/dagger/state"
@@ -97,3 +99,43 @@ func EnvironmentUp(ctx context.Context, state *state.State, noCache bool) *envir
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+// ValueType returns the String representation of the cue value
+func ValueType(val *compiler.Value) string {
+	if val.HasAttr("artifact") {
+		return "dagger.#Artifact"
+	}
+	if val.HasAttr("secret") {
+		return "dagger.#Secret"
+	}
+	return val.Cue().IncompleteKind().String()
+}
+
+// ValueDocString returns the value doc from the comment lines
+func ValueDocString(val *compiler.Value) string {
+	docs := []string{}
+	for _, c := range val.Cue().Doc() {
+		docs = append(docs, strings.TrimSpace(c.Text()))
+	}
+	doc := strings.Join(docs, " ")
+
+	lines := strings.Split(doc, "\n")
+
+	// Strip out FIXME, TODO, and INTERNAL comments
+	docs = []string{}
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "FIXME: ") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(line, "TODO: ") ||
+			strings.HasPrefix(line, "INTERNAL: ") {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(line) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		docs = append(docs, line)
+	}
+	if len(docs) == 0 {
+		return "-"
+	}
+	return strings.Join(docs, " ")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/dagger/cmd/input/list.go b/cmd/dagger/cmd/input/list.go
index aae85878..7f23e167 100644
--- a/cmd/dagger/cmd/input/list.go
+++ b/cmd/dagger/cmd/input/list.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"go.dagger.io/dagger/client"
@@ -75,10 +74,10 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%t\t%s\n",
 					inp.Path(),
-					getType(inp),
+					common.ValueType(inp),
 					valStr,
 					isUserSet(st, inp),
-					getDocString(inp),
+					common.ValueDocString(inp),
 				)
 			}
 
@@ -103,44 +102,6 @@ func isUserSet(env *state.State, val *compiler.Value) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func getType(val *compiler.Value) string {
-	if val.HasAttr("artifact") {
-		return "dagger.#Artifact"
-	}
-	if val.HasAttr("secret") {
-		return "dagger.#Secret"
-	}
-	return val.Cue().IncompleteKind().String()
-}
-
-func getDocString(val *compiler.Value) string {
-	docs := []string{}
-	for _, c := range val.Cue().Doc() {
-		docs = append(docs, strings.TrimSpace(c.Text()))
-	}
-	doc := strings.Join(docs, " ")
-
-	lines := strings.Split(doc, "\n")
-
-	// Strip out FIXME, TODO, and INTERNAL comments
-	docs = []string{}
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "FIXME: ") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(line, "TODO: ") ||
-			strings.HasPrefix(line, "INTERNAL: ") {
-			continue
-		}
-		if len(line) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		docs = append(docs, line)
-	}
-	if len(docs) == 0 {
-		return "-"
-	}
-	return strings.Join(docs, " ")
-}
-
 func init() {
 	listCmd.Flags().BoolP("all", "a", false, "List all inputs (include non-overridable)")