# Is it possible to disable param validation?

**URL:** <https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-param-validation/5989>\
**Category:** Param\
**Tags:** param\
**Created:** [September 8, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-param-validation/5989 "2023-09-08T02:06:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/ahuang11/32/4947_2.png) [@ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/ahuang11)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-param-validation/5989/1 "2023-09-08T02:06:44Z")

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The use case I’m thinking of is when AI is generating output for a selector; sometimes it chooses a value that is invalid, but I still want to see the `to_spec` from Lumen and correct it manually.

Ideally I’m looking for:

```python
with param.disable_validation():
    ai_output.to_spec()

```