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    <h1 id="node">Node</h1>
<p>A <strong>Node</strong> is the smallest building block. Each Node (in TypeScript, commonly extending <code>BaseNode</code>) has three main <strong>method overrides</strong> (all optional):</p>
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<li><code>prepAsync(sharedState)</code>  </li>
<li>A reliable step for <strong>preprocessing</strong> data from the <code>sharedState</code>.  </li>
<li>Examples: <em>query a DB, read files, or serialize data in