diff --git a/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml b/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb6d933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Format check
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    tags: [v*]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  format:
+    name: "Format Check"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
+        with:
+          version: 1
+      - name: Install JuliaFormatter and format
+        run: |
+          julia  -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="JuliaFormatter"))'
+          julia  -e 'using JuliaFormatter; format(".", verbose=true)'
+      - name: Check format
+        run: |
+          julia -e '
+          out = Cmd(`git diff --name-only`) |> read |> String
+          if out == ""
+              exit(0)
+          else
+              @error "The following files have not been formatted:"
+              write(stdout, out)
+              out_diff = Cmd(`git diff`) |> read |> String
+              @error "Diff:"
+              write(stdout, out_diff)
+              exit(1)
+              @error ""
+          end'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4fbdec0..b8f9c0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 Manifest.toml
 benchmark/*.json
 docs/build/
+test/LocalPreferences.toml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 78020a7..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl
-
-[![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/stable/)
-[![Dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/dev/)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
-[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl)
-[![Code Style: Blue](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-blue-4495d1.svg)](https://github.com/invenia/BlueStyle)
-[![Aqua](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl)
-
-```julia
-using ITensorPkgSkeleton: ITensorPkgSkeleton
-# This step might be required to circumvent issues with
-# the version of git installed by `Git.jl`.
-ITensorPkgSkeleton.use_system_git!()
-ITensorPkgSkeleton.generate("NewPkg")
-```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..8785db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs/src/index.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/Project.toml b/docs/Project.toml
index 40e65f5..07dd32d 100644
--- a/docs/Project.toml
+++ b/docs/Project.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [deps]
 Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
+Git_jll = "f8c6e375-362e-5223-8a59-34ff63f689eb"
 ITensorPkgSkeleton = "3d388ab1-018a-49f4-ae50-18094d5f71ea"
diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md
index 1acba50..1438199 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/index.md
@@ -1,14 +1,56 @@
 ```@meta
-CurrentModule = ITensorPkgSkeleton
+EditURL = "../../examples/README.jl"
 ```
 
-# ITensorPkgSkeleton
+# ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl
 
-Documentation for [ITensorPkgSkeleton](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl).
+[![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/stable/)
+[![Dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/dev/)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl)
+[![Code Style: Blue](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-blue-4495d1.svg)](https://github.com/invenia/BlueStyle)
+[![Aqua](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl)
 
-```@index
+## Installation instructions
+
+```julia
+julia> using Pkg: Pkg
+
+julia> Pkg.add("https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl")
 ```
 
-```@autodocs
-Modules = [ITensorPkgSkeleton]
+## Examples
+
+````@example index
+using ITensorPkgSkeleton: ITensorPkgSkeleton
+````
+
+This step might be required to circumvent issues with
+the version of git installed by `Git.jl`.
+
+````@example index
+ITensorPkgSkeleton.use_system_git!()
+````
+
+If `path` isn't specified, it defaults to `~/.julia/dev`.
+
+````@example index
+ITensorPkgSkeleton.generate("NewPkg"; path=tempdir())
+````
+
+You can generate this README with:
+```julia
+using Literate: Literate
+using ITensorPkgSkeleton: ITensorPkgSkeleton
+Literate.markdown(
+  joinpath(pkgdir(ITensorPkgSkeleton), "examples", "README.jl"),
+  joinpath(pkgdir(ITensorPkgSkeleton), "docs", "src");
+  flavor=Literate.DocumenterFlavor(),
+  name="index",
+)
 ```
+
+---
+
+*This page was generated using [Literate.jl](https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl).*
+
diff --git a/examples/Project.toml b/examples/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..668a5cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[deps]
+ITensorPkgSkeleton = "3d388ab1-018a-49f4-ae50-18094d5f71ea"
diff --git a/examples/README.jl b/examples/README.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f801d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/README.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# # ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl
+# 
+# [![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/stable/)
+# [![Dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/dev/)
+# [![Build Status](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+# [![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl)
+# [![Code Style: Blue](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-blue-4495d1.svg)](https://github.com/invenia/BlueStyle)
+# [![Aqua](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl)
+
+# ## Installation instructions
+
+#=
+```julia
+julia> using Pkg: Pkg
+
+julia> Pkg.add("https://github.com/ITensor/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl")
+```
+=#
+
+# ## Examples
+
+using ITensorPkgSkeleton: ITensorPkgSkeleton
+# This step might be required to circumvent issues with
+# the version of git installed by `Git.jl`.
+ITensorPkgSkeleton.use_system_git!()
+# If `path` isn't specified, it defaults to `~/.julia/dev`.
+ITensorPkgSkeleton.generate("NewPkg"; path=tempdir())
+
+# You can generate this README with:
+#=
+```julia
+using Literate: Literate
+using ITensorPkgSkeleton: ITensorPkgSkeleton
+Literate.markdown(
+  joinpath(pkgdir(ITensorPkgSkeleton), "examples", "README.jl"),
+  joinpath(pkgdir(ITensorPkgSkeleton), "docs", "src");
+  flavor=Literate.DocumenterFlavor(),
+  name="index",
+)
+```
+=#
diff --git a/src/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl b/src/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl
index 5c9a833..74af47b 100644
--- a/src/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl
+++ b/src/ITensorPkgSkeleton.jl
@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ function generate(pkg_name; path=default_path())
     "USERNAME" => "ITensor developers",
     "USEREMAIL" => "support@itensor.org",
   ])
-  PkgSkeleton.generate(
-    pkg_path;
-    templates=[template_dir],
-    user_replacements,
-  )
+  PkgSkeleton.generate(pkg_path; templates=[template_dir], user_replacements)
 
   # Change the default branch.
   change_branch_name(pkg_path, branch_name)
diff --git a/templates/default/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml b/templates/default/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb6d933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Format check
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    tags: [v*]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  format:
+    name: "Format Check"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
+        with:
+          version: 1
+      - name: Install JuliaFormatter and format
+        run: |
+          julia  -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="JuliaFormatter"))'
+          julia  -e 'using JuliaFormatter; format(".", verbose=true)'
+      - name: Check format
+        run: |
+          julia -e '
+          out = Cmd(`git diff --name-only`) |> read |> String
+          if out == ""
+              exit(0)
+          else
+              @error "The following files have not been formatted:"
+              write(stdout, out)
+              out_diff = Cmd(`git diff`) |> read |> String
+              @error "Diff:"
+              write(stdout, out_diff)
+              exit(1)
+              @error ""
+          end'
diff --git a/templates/default/README.md b/templates/default/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b20e374..0000000
--- a/templates/default/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# {PKGNAME}.jl
-
-[![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/{PKGNAME}.jl/stable/)
-[![Dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/{PKGNAME}.jl/dev/)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
-[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl)
-[![Code Style: Blue](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-blue-4495d1.svg)](https://github.com/invenia/BlueStyle)
-[![Aqua](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl)
diff --git a/templates/default/README.md b/templates/default/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..8785db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs/src/index.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/default/docs/src/index.md b/templates/default/docs/src/index.md
index d5c66cf..88245eb 100644
--- a/templates/default/docs/src/index.md
+++ b/templates/default/docs/src/index.md
@@ -1,14 +1,45 @@
 ```@meta
-CurrentModule = {PKGNAME}
+EditURL = "../../examples/README.jl"
 ```
 
-# {PKGNAME}
+# {PKGNAME}.jl
 
-Documentation for [{PKGNAME}](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl).
+[![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/{PKGNAME}.jl/stable/)
+[![Dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/{PKGNAME}.jl/dev/)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+[![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl)
+[![Code Style: Blue](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-blue-4495d1.svg)](https://github.com/invenia/BlueStyle)
+[![Aqua](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl)
 
-```@index
+## Installation instructions
+
+```julia
+julia> using Pkg: Pkg
+
+julia> Pkg.add("https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl")
 ```
 
-```@autodocs
-Modules = [{PKGNAME}]
+## Examples
+
+````@example index
+using {PKGNAME}: {PKGNAME}
+````
+
+Show examples of using {PKGNAME}.jl
+
+You can generate this README with:
+```julia
+using Literate: Literate
+using {PKGNAME}: {PKGNAME}
+Literate.markdown(
+  joinpath(pkgdir({PKGNAME}), "examples", "README.jl"),
+  joinpath(pkgdir({PKGNAME}), "docs", "src");
+  flavor=Literate.DocumenterFlavor(),
+  name="index",
+)
 ```
+
+---
+
+*This page was generated using [Literate.jl](https://github.com/fredrikekre/Literate.jl).*
+
diff --git a/templates/default/examples/Project.toml b/templates/default/examples/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..668a5cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/examples/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[deps]
+ITensorPkgSkeleton = "3d388ab1-018a-49f4-ae50-18094d5f71ea"
diff --git a/templates/default/examples/README.jl b/templates/default/examples/README.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bbcf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/examples/README.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# # {PKGNAME}.jl
+# 
+# [![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/{PKGNAME}.jl/stable/)
+# [![Dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue.svg)](https://ITensor.github.io/{PKGNAME}.jl/dev/)
+# [![Build Status](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/actions/workflows/CI.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
+# [![Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl)
+# [![Code Style: Blue](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-blue-4495d1.svg)](https://github.com/invenia/BlueStyle)
+# [![Aqua](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl)
+
+# ## Installation instructions
+
+#=
+```julia
+julia> using Pkg: Pkg
+
+julia> Pkg.add("https://github.com/ITensor/{PKGNAME}.jl")
+```
+=#
+
+# ## Examples
+
+using {PKGNAME}: {PKGNAME}
+# Show examples of using {PKGNAME}.jl
+
+# You can generate this README with:
+#=
+```julia
+using Literate: Literate
+using {PKGNAME}: {PKGNAME}
+Literate.markdown(
+  joinpath(pkgdir({PKGNAME}), "examples", "README.jl"),
+  joinpath(pkgdir({PKGNAME}), "docs", "src");
+  flavor=Literate.DocumenterFlavor(),
+  name="index",
+)
+```
+=#
diff --git a/templates/default/test/test_examples.jl b/templates/default/test/test_examples.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c513f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/test/test_examples.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@eval module $(gensym())
+using {PKGNAME}: {PKGNAME}
+using Test: @test, @testset
+
+@testset "examples" begin
+  include(joinpath(pkgdir({PKGNAME}), "examples", "README.jl"))
+end
+end
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index ba6da5f..615e420 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [deps]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
+Git_jll = "f8c6e375-362e-5223-8a59-34ff63f689eb"
 ITensorPkgSkeleton = "3d388ab1-018a-49f4-ae50-18094d5f71ea"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
diff --git a/test/test_examples.jl b/test/test_examples.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b73f3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_examples.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@eval module $(gensym())
+using ITensorPkgSkeleton: ITensorPkgSkeleton
+using Test: @test, @testset
+
+@testset "examples" begin
+  include(joinpath(pkgdir(ITensorPkgSkeleton), "examples", "README.jl"))
+end
+end