diff --git a/examples/python/fastapi/app.py b/examples/python/fastapi/app.py
index 3b313867..d90479bb 100644
--- a/examples/python/fastapi/app.py
+++ b/examples/python/fastapi/app.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import asyncio
 from datetime import datetime
 
+import uvicorn
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 
 from datastar_py.fastapi import DatastarStreamingResponse, ServerSentEventGenerator
+from datastar_py.starlette import sse_generator
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@
 		<head>
 			<title>DATASTAR on FastAPI</title>
 			<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
-            <script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar/bundles/datastar.js"></script>
+            <script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar@v1.0.0-beta.11/bundles/datastar.js"></script>
 			<style>
             html, body { height: 100%; width: 100%; }
             body { background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, oklch(0.424958 0.052808 253.972015), oklch(0.189627 0.038744 264.832977)); }
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@
         <div class="container">
             <div
             class="time"
-            data-on-load="@get('/updates')"
+            data-on-load="@get('/updates3')"
             >
             Current time from fragment: <span id="currentTime">CURRENT_TIME</span>
             </div>
@@ -64,3 +66,35 @@ async def time_updates():
 @app.get("/updates")
 async def updates():
     return DatastarStreamingResponse(time_updates())
+
+
+# This is identical to the /updates endpoint, but uses a convenience decorator
+@app.get("/updates2")
+@sse_generator
+async def updates2():
+    while True:
+        yield ServerSentEventGenerator.merge_fragments(
+            f"""<span id="currentTime">{datetime.now().isoformat()}"""
+        )
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        yield ServerSentEventGenerator.merge_signals({"currentTime": f"{datetime.now().isoformat()}"})
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+
+# This is also identical, but yielding a string of fragments automatically calls merge_fragments
+# and dicts automatically calls merge_signals
+@app.get("/updates3")
+# Wraps the resulting async generator in a DatastarStreamingResponse
+@sse_generator
+async def updates3():
+    while True:
+        # Implicit merge_fragments
+        yield f"""<span id="currentTime">{datetime.now().isoformat()}"""
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        # Implicit merge_signals
+        yield {"currentTime": f"{datetime.now().isoformat()}"}
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    uvicorn.run(app)
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diff --git a/examples/python/quart/app.py b/examples/python/quart/app.py
index 87e3e3a0..a80afa88 100644
--- a/examples/python/quart/app.py
+++ b/examples/python/quart/app.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from quart import Quart
 
-from datastar_py.quart import make_datastar_response, ServerSentEventGenerator
+from datastar_py.quart import make_datastar_response, ServerSentEventGenerator, sse_generator
 
 app = Quart(__name__)
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<head>
 			<title>DATASTAR on Quart</title>
 			<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
-            <script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar/bundles/datastar.js"></script>
+            <script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar@v1.0.0-beta.11/bundles/datastar.js"></script>
 			<style>
             html, body { height: 100%; width: 100%; }
             body { background-image: linear-gradient(to right bottom, oklch(0.424958 0.052808 253.972015), oklch(0.189627 0.038744 264.832977)); }
@@ -43,18 +43,13 @@
 
 
 @app.route("/updates")
+@sse_generator
 async def updates():
-    async def time_updates():
-        while True:
-            yield ServerSentEventGenerator.merge_fragments(
-                f"""<span id="currentTime">{datetime.now().isoformat()}"""
-            )
-            await asyncio.sleep(1)
-            yield ServerSentEventGenerator.merge_signals({"currentTime": f"{datetime.now().isoformat()}"})
-            await asyncio.sleep(1)
-
-    response = await make_datastar_response(time_updates())
-    return response
+    while True:
+        yield f"""<span id="currentTime">{datetime.now().isoformat()}"""
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        yield {"currentTime": f"{datetime.now().isoformat()}"}
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
 
 
 @app.route("/")
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/django.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/django.py
index 12d8597d..52c38ebe 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/django.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/django.py
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
+import typing
 from functools import wraps
 
 from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse as _StreamingHttpResponse
 
-from .sse import SSE_HEADERS, ServerSentEventGenerator
+from .sse import SSE_HEADERS, ServerSentEventGenerator, _sse_iterable_wrapper
 
 
 class DatastarStreamingHttpResponse(_StreamingHttpResponse):
     @wraps(_StreamingHttpResponse.__init__)
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, streaming_content=(), *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs["headers"] = {**SSE_HEADERS, **kwargs.get("headers", {})}
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        streaming_content = _sse_iterable_wrapper(streaming_content)
+        super().__init__(streaming_content, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def sse_generator(generator_func):
+    @wraps(generator_func)
+    def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        content = generator_func(*args, **kwargs)
+        return DatastarStreamingHttpResponse(content)
+    return _wrapper
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fastapi.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fastapi.py
index e487a660..3dd22c50 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fastapi.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fastapi.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .starlette import DatastarStreamingResponse, ServerSentEventGenerator
+from .starlette import DatastarStreamingResponse, ServerSentEventGenerator, sse_generator
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fasthtml.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fasthtml.py
index 6d7701da..7710abb6 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fasthtml.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/fasthtml.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 from .sse import ServerSentEventGenerator
-from .starlette import DatastarStreamingResponse
+from .starlette import DatastarStreamingResponse, sse_generator
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/quart.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/quart.py
index 5cccac69..d02cb1e3 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/quart.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/quart.py
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
+from functools import wraps
+
 from quart import make_response as _make_response
 
-from .sse import ServerSentEventGenerator, SSE_HEADERS
+from .sse import ServerSentEventGenerator, SSE_HEADERS, _sse_iterable_wrapper
 
 
 async def make_datastar_response(async_generator):
-    response = await _make_response(async_generator, SSE_HEADERS)
+    response = await _make_response(_sse_iterable_wrapper(async_generator), SSE_HEADERS)
     response.timeout = None
     return response
+
+
+def sse_generator(generator_func):
+    @wraps(generator_func)
+    async def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        return await make_datastar_response(generator_func(*args, **kwargs))
+    return _wrapper
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sanic.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sanic.py
index 29c81e35..e170bc42 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sanic.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sanic.py
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, AnyStr
 
-from .sse import SSE_HEADERS, ServerSentEventGenerator
+from sanic.response import HTTPResponse as _HTTPResponse
+
+from .sse import SSE_HEADERS, ServerSentEventGenerator, _wrap_event
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from sanic import Request, HTTPResponse
+    from sanic import Request
+
+
+class DatastarResponse(_HTTPResponse):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs["headers"] = {**SSE_HEADERS, **kwargs.get("headers", {})}
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def send(
+        self,
+        data: Optional[AnyStr] = None,
+        end_stream: Optional[bool] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        data = _wrap_event(data)
+        await super().send(data, end_stream)
 
 
-async def datastar_respond(request: "Request") -> "HTTPResponse":
-    response = await request.respond(headers=SSE_HEADERS)
+# TODO: Deprecate this in favor of `request.respond(DatastarResponse())`?
+async def datastar_respond(request: "Request", *args, **kwargs) -> "_HTTPResponse":
+    response = await request.respond(DatastarResponse(*args, **kwargs))
     return response
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sse.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sse.py
index 52a3ba44..f8f2f40c 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sse.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/sse.py
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import json
 from itertools import chain
-from typing import Optional, Protocol, Union, runtime_checkable
+from typing import (
+    Optional,
+    Protocol,
+    Union,
+    runtime_checkable,
+    Callable,
+    AsyncIterable,
+    TypeVar,
+    Iterable,
+)
 
 import datastar_py.consts as consts
 
@@ -176,3 +187,31 @@ def execute_script(
     @classmethod
     def redirect(cls, location: str):
         return cls.execute_script(f"setTimeout(() => window.location = '{location}')")
+
+
+def _wrap_event(event: str | _HtmlProvider | dict) -> str:
+    if isinstance(event, _HtmlProvider) or (
+        isinstance(event, str) and event.startswith("<")
+    ):
+        return ServerSentEventGenerator.merge_fragments(event)
+    elif isinstance(event, dict):
+        return ServerSentEventGenerator.merge_signals(event)
+    else:
+        return event
+
+
+async def _async_map(func: Callable, async_iter: AsyncIterable) -> AsyncIterable:
+    async for item in async_iter:
+        yield func(item)
+
+
+SyncOrAsyncIterable = TypeVar("SyncOrAsyncIterable", AsyncIterable, Iterable)
+
+
+def _sse_iterable_wrapper(iterable: SyncOrAsyncIterable) -> SyncOrAsyncIterable:
+    """Wraps an iterable to allow implicitly turning fragments and dictionaries
+    into merge-fragments and merge-signals events."""
+    if isinstance(iterable, AsyncIterable):
+        return _async_map(_wrap_event, iterable)
+    else:
+        return map(_wrap_event, iterable)
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/starlette.py b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/starlette.py
index f1a2bc76..b54cce54 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/starlette.py
+++ b/sdk/python/src/datastar_py/starlette.py
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
+import typing
 from functools import wraps
 
 from starlette.responses import StreamingResponse as _StreamingResponse
 
-from .sse import SSE_HEADERS, ServerSentEventGenerator
+from .sse import SSE_HEADERS, ServerSentEventGenerator, _wrap_event, _async_map, _sse_iterable_wrapper
+
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from starlette.responses import ContentStream
 
 
 class DatastarStreamingResponse(_StreamingResponse):
     @wraps(_StreamingResponse.__init__)
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, content: ContentStream, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs["headers"] = {**SSE_HEADERS, **kwargs.get("headers", {})}
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        content = _sse_iterable_wrapper(content)
+        super().__init__(content, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def sse_generator(generator_func):
+    @wraps(generator_func)
+    def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        content = generator_func(*args, **kwargs)
+        return DatastarStreamingResponse(content)
+    return _wrapper
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