diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index dbf6608c..2ccfb78b 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,8 @@ static const char* const jq_builtins[] = {
   "  | reduce range(0; $max) as $j"
   "      ([]; . + [reduce range(0;$length) as $i ([]; . + [ $in[$i][$j] ] )] )"
 	      "  end;",
+  "def in(xs): . as $x | xs | has($x)",
+  "def inside(xs): . as $x | xs | contains($x)",
 };
 #undef LIBM_DD
 
diff --git a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
index cd2b34e5..8087d8b6 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/3.manual/manual.yml
@@ -653,6 +653,22 @@ sections:
             input: '[[0,1], ["a","b","c"]]'
             output: ['[false, true]']
 
+      - title: `in`
+        body: |
+          
+          The builtin function `in` returns the input key is in the
+          given object, or the input index corresponds to an element
+          in the given array. It is, essentially, an inversed version
+          of `has`.
+      
+        examples:
+          - program: 'in({"foo": 42})'
+            input: '"foo", "bar"'
+            output: ['true', 'false']
+          - program: 'map(in([0,1]))'
+            input: '[2, 0]'
+            output: ['false', 'true']
+            
       - title: "`path(path_expression)`"
         body: |
 
@@ -1175,6 +1191,30 @@ sections:
             input: '"a,b, cd, efg, hijk"'
             output: ['12']
 
+      - title: `inside`
+        body: |
+
+          The filter `inside(b)` will produce true if the input is
+          completely contained within b. It is, essentially, an
+          inversed version of `contains`.
+
+        examples:
+          - program: 'inside("foobar")'
+            input: '"bar"'
+            output: ['true']
+          - program: 'inside(["foobar", "foobaz", "blarp"])'
+            input: '["baz", "bar"]'
+            output: ['true']
+          - program: 'inside(["foobar", "foobaz", "blarp"])'
+            input: '["bazzzzz", "bar"]'
+            output: ['false']
+          - program: 'inside({"foo": 12, "bar":[1,2,{"barp":12, "blip":13}]})'
+            input: '{foo: 12, bar: [{barp: 12}]}'
+            output: ['true']
+          - program: 'inside({"foo": 12, "bar":[1,2,{"barp":12, "blip":13}]})'
+            input: '{foo: 12, bar: [{barp: 15}]}'
+            output: ['false']
+
       - title: "`startswith(str)`"
         body: |