diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
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+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 Sky Examples
 ============
 
-This directory contains several examples of using Sky.
+This directory contains several examples of using Sky.  Each of these is an
+individual Dart application package.  If you wish to run them with `sky_tool`
+then you will want to run `pub get` inside their directory before running
+`./packages/sky/sky_tool start`.
 
 1. *Hello, world.* The [hello world app](hello_world) is a basic app that shows
    the text "hello, world."
diff --git a/examples/color/pubspec.yaml b/examples/color/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3320617b1
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+++ b/examples/color/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: color
+dependencies:
+ sky: any
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/pubspec.yaml b/examples/hello_world/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/examples/hello_world/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: hello_world
+dependencies:
+ sky: any
diff --git a/examples/raw/pubspec.yaml b/examples/raw/pubspec.yaml
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+++ b/examples/raw/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: raw
+dependencies:
+ sky: any
diff --git a/examples/widgets/pubspec.yaml b/examples/widgets/pubspec.yaml
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+++ b/examples/widgets/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: widgets
+dependencies:
+ sky: any