diff --git a/.github/workflows/everything.yml b/.github/workflows/everything.yml
index 706b3a4645..ae00aaddbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/everything.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/everything.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Note the use of multiple checkout actions in most jobs.  This has been
 # implemented to allow the use of CI scripts at a different ref or sha than
 # the source code they're evaluating.  For push events (when a pull_request is
-# merged) ther is no difference.  However, for pull_request events this allows
+# merged) there is no difference.  However, for pull_request events this allows
 # us test code at the head of a pull_request using the CI scripts from the
 # prospectively merged pull_request, which will include any CI updates that
 # may have made it to the target branch after the pull_request was started.
@@ -451,8 +451,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        code: [lammps, tau]
+        code: [examples, lammps, tau]
         include:
+          - code: examples
           - code: lammps
             repo: pnorbert/lammps
             ref: fix-deprecated-adios-init
diff --git a/testing/contract/examples/build.sh b/testing/contract/examples/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..03aa992829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/examples/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+cmake --build ${build_dir} -j8
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diff --git a/testing/contract/examples/config.sh b/testing/contract/examples/config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f605011237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/examples/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+mkdir -p ${build_dir}
+cd ${build_dir}
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${install_dir} ${source_dir}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/contract/examples/depends.sh b/testing/contract/examples/depends.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8c3cbfc39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/examples/depends.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/testing/contract/examples/install.sh b/testing/contract/examples/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f319d25356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/examples/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+cmake --install ${build_dir}
diff --git a/testing/contract/examples/setup.sh b/testing/contract/examples/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ef8eb01db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/examples/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+source_dir="/opt/adios2/source/examples"
+build_dir=$(readlink -f "${PWD}")/build
+install_dir=$(readlink -f "${PWD}")/install
+
+echo "source_dir  = \"${source_dir}\""
+echo "build_dir   = \"${build_dir}\""
+echo "install_dir = \"${install_dir}\""
diff --git a/testing/contract/examples/test.sh b/testing/contract/examples/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..816c244883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/contract/examples/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+source $(dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE}))/setup.sh
+
+${install_dir}/bin/adios2_hello_helloWorld