diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93bd71413f9d050fdcdf58a15946f13eb6b65d7c..4d52c6abe64f1542b41af19dd43a14ab6e2d7eee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Use your own data with large language models (LLMs, OpenAI ChatGPT and others) i
 
 Documentation: https://ts.llamaindex.ai/
 
+Try examples online:
+
+[![Open in Stackblitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/run-llama/LlamaIndexTS/tree/main/examples)
+
 ## What is LlamaIndex.TS?
 
 LlamaIndex.TS aims to be a lightweight, easy to use set of libraries to help you integrate large language models into your applications with your own data.
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index eb16a1088305b7bf908ffc732f4122bc43eb7926..2b4fc0db5b1712aad5f17f064717f260442e5e9f 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
-# Simple Examples
+# LlamaIndexTS Examples
 
-Before running any of the examples, make sure to set your OpenAI environment variable:
+Before running any of the code examples,
+make sure you have basic knowledge of the [LlamaIndexTS](https://ts.llamaindex.ai/).
 
-```bash
-export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
-```
-
-There are two ways to run the examples, using the latest published version of `llamaindex` or using a local build.
-
-## Using the latest published version
+## Usage
 
-Make sure to call `npm install` before running these examples:
+```shell
+# export your API key
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."
 
-```bash
-npm install
+npx ts-node ./chatEngine.ts
 ```
 
-Then run the examples with `ts-node`, for example `npx ts-node vectorIndex.ts`
-
-## Using the local build
+## Build your own RAG app
 
-```bash
-pnpm install
-pnpm --filter llamaindex build
-pnpm link ../packages/core
+```shell
+npx create llama
 ```
-
-Then run the examples with `ts-node`, for example `pnpx ts-node vectorIndex.ts`
diff --git a/examples/chatEngine.ts b/examples/chatEngine.ts
index eb7580ac75086723a587cc80658ca4383d2395c9..52538944b5f95c9f6de426841590d5e0599a9c4a 100644
--- a/examples/chatEngine.ts
+++ b/examples/chatEngine.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   VectorStoreIndex,
 } from "llamaindex";
 
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 async function main() {
   const document = new Document({ text: essay });
diff --git a/examples/keywordIndex.ts b/examples/keywordIndex.ts
index edca73fbc18ee5de4df02836333311232b498cff..ad6c7b1d3642083fd67be9b6790c68d164a85f8f 100644
--- a/examples/keywordIndex.ts
+++ b/examples/keywordIndex.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   KeywordTableIndex,
   KeywordTableRetrieverMode,
 } from "llamaindex";
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 async function main() {
   const document = new Document({ text: essay, id_: "essay" });
diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index b0c8fcc53dd2ddf9c0b4ac011003d1c2ecb5cb48..66bec6144fddf465406388a0b5a58d659773f76b 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.0.3",
-  "private": true,
   "name": "examples",
+  "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@datastax/astra-db-ts": "^0.1.2",
     "@notionhq/client": "^2.2.14",
diff --git a/examples/sentenceWindow.ts b/examples/sentenceWindow.ts
index 63c303faaef7b2688459bf470d206e7fda0047f6..fcb89d99d7b946cf0f08da381f3b6bff76b80d72 100644
--- a/examples/sentenceWindow.ts
+++ b/examples/sentenceWindow.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   VectorStoreIndex,
   serviceContextFromDefaults,
 } from "llamaindex";
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 async function main() {
   const document = new Document({ text: essay, id_: "essay" });
diff --git a/examples/storageContext.ts b/examples/storageContext.ts
index 9f62f8f7372e0af121662aa4f183aac4fe6d8bb5..74fbd43fba868bb46ba11edf8347e1e6a6d97548 100644
--- a/examples/storageContext.ts
+++ b/examples/storageContext.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   storageContextFromDefaults,
   VectorStoreIndex,
 } from "llamaindex";
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 async function main() {
   // Create Document object with essay
diff --git a/examples/subquestion.ts b/examples/subquestion.ts
index 772447581411e5c233efa40b7436e7585474b151..b1e692e1f305668a21f8ac12076ea247cc7046e8 100644
--- a/examples/subquestion.ts
+++ b/examples/subquestion.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Document, SubQuestionQueryEngine, VectorStoreIndex } from "llamaindex";
 
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 (async () => {
   const document = new Document({ text: essay, id_: essay });
diff --git a/examples/summaryIndex.ts b/examples/summaryIndex.ts
index 9f7b6c8238de14bb3a8e445ed81e90435be7c394..d11a47031af81146ba8a3b45fc8250d82f4b4614 100644
--- a/examples/summaryIndex.ts
+++ b/examples/summaryIndex.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   SummaryRetrieverMode,
   serviceContextFromDefaults,
 } from "llamaindex";
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 async function main() {
   const serviceContext = serviceContextFromDefaults({
diff --git a/examples/tsconfig.json b/examples/tsconfig.json
index 05ebd271f69172732a92bb211a4e97c3b03e12ec..289a2d66dc6a249aeca758ac7f1da6504e38e67e 100644
--- a/examples/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2016",
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "outDir": "./lib",
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "./lib/.tsbuildinfo",
+    "incremental": true,
+    "composite": true,
+  },
   "ts-node": {
     "files": true,
     "compilerOptions": {
diff --git a/examples/vectorIndexCustomize.ts b/examples/vectorIndexCustomize.ts
index 48175f2afa62242b0458b427df7cb6d8a0be6a8b..e9013a0e6510b0cea292b53bd959bbcc787132b3 100644
--- a/examples/vectorIndexCustomize.ts
+++ b/examples/vectorIndexCustomize.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   SimilarityPostprocessor,
   VectorStoreIndex,
 } from "llamaindex";
-import essay from "./essay.js";
+import essay from "./essay";
 
 // Customize retrieval and query args
 async function main() {