diff --git a/lib/rackstash/filters.rb b/lib/rackstash/filters.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright 2017 Holger Just
+#
+# This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+# of the MIT license. See the LICENSE.txt file for details.
+
+require 'rackstash/filters/skip_event'
+
+module Rackstash
+  # Filters are part of a {Flow} where they can alter the log event before it is
+  # passed to the encoder and finally to the adapter. With filters, you can add,
+  # change or delete fields. Since each flow uses its own copy of a log event,
+  # you can use a different set of filters per flow and can adapt the event
+  # anyway you require.
+  #
+  # You can e.g. remove unenessary fields, anonymize logged IP addresses or
+  # filter messages. In its `call` method, the passed event hash can be mutated
+  # in any way. Since the event hash includes an array of {Message} objects in
+  # `event["messages"]` which provide the original severity and timestamp of
+  # each logged message, you can also retrospectively filter the logged messages.
+  #
+  # A filter can be any object responding to `call`, e.g. a Proc or a concrete
+  # class inside this module.
+  module Filters
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rackstash/filters/skip_event.rb b/lib/rackstash/filters/skip_event.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright 2017 Holger Just
+#
+# This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+# of the MIT license. See the LICENSE.txt file for details.
+
+module Rackstash
+  module Filters
+    # Skip the further processing of the event of the condition is `true`.
+    #
+    # This filter is a basic example of how you can write filters which abort
+    # further processing of an event. You can write your own filters which
+    # provide similar (but probably more useful) behavior.
+    class SkipEvent
+      # @param skip_if [#call] a callable object (e.g. a `Proc`) which returns a
+      #  truethy or falsey value on `call` with an `event` hash. If it returns
+      #  something truethy, we abort any further processing of the event. If the
+      #  `skip_if` filter is not given, we expect a block to be provided which
+      #  is used instead.
+      def initialize(skip_if = nil, &block)
+        if skip_if.respond_to?(:call)
+          @skip_if = skip_if
+        elsif block_given?
+          @skip_if = block
+        else
+          raise TypeError, 'must provide a skip condition'
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Run the filter against the passed `event` hash.
+      #
+      # We fill call the `skip_if` object with the passed event. If the return
+      # value is truethy, we abort any further processing of the event. This
+      # filter does not change the `event` hash in any way on its own.
+      #
+      # @param event [Hash] an event hash
+      # return [Hash, false] the given `event` or `false` if the `skip_if`
+      #   condition was evaluated
+      def call(event)
+        return false if @skip_if.call(event)
+        event
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/rackstash/filters/skip_event_spec.rb b/spec/rackstash/filters/skip_event_spec.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright 2017 Holger Just
+#
+# This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+# of the MIT license. See the LICENSE.txt file for details.
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+require 'rackstash/filters/skip_event'
+
+describe Rackstash::Filters::SkipEvent do
+  describe '#initialize' do
+    it 'expects a condition' do
+      expect { described_class.new }.to raise_error TypeError
+    end
+
+    it 'accepts a callable object' do
+      expect { described_class.new(->(event) {}) }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    it 'accepts a block' do
+      expect { described_class.new { } }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#call' do
+    it 'returns the event if the condition is falsey' do
+      event = {'foo' => 'bar'}
+
+      expect(described_class.new(->(_event) { false }).call(event)).to equal event
+      expect(described_class.new(->(_event) { nil }).call(event)).to equal event
+      expect(described_class.new { |_event| false }.call(event)).to equal event
+      expect(described_class.new { |_event| nil }.call(event)).to equal event
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the condition is truethy' do
+      event = {'foo' => 'bar'}
+
+      expect(described_class.new(->(_event) { true }).call(event)).to be false
+      expect(described_class.new(->(_event) { event }).call(event)).to be false
+      expect(described_class.new { |_event| true }.call(event)).to be false
+      expect(described_class.new { |_event| event }.call(event)).to be false
+    end
+  end
+end