I couldn't find any examples. Here is what I have so far.
1. Go to https://ifttt.com/myrecipes/personal and create a new recipe
2. For 'this' select the 'Maker' channel
3. Choose the only trigger: "Receive a web request"
4. Name it "my_test"
5. For 'that' select what you would like to have happen. I picked email.
6. Set it up.
Then on the Bone run:
#!/usr/bin/env node
var request = require('request');
var qs = require('querystring');
var event = 'my_test';
var key = XXXXX;
var string = {value1: 'My', value2: 'Test', value3: 'BeagleBone'};
After a couple of minutes an email should show up in response to the script. You can pass three values. They have to be named value1, value2 and value3.