diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
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--- a/examples/README.md
+++ 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 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3320617b1338ad61b4078fd66d207403b916989
--- /dev/null
+++ 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
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb27d11e6b76a59ed510ec7da09967e2807e357f
--- /dev/null
+++ 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
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ 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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f45fe870a60af58ed8e39ccf141acfb1ffc0a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/widgets/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name: widgets
+dependencies:
+ sky: any
diff --git a/sdk/README.md b/sdk/README.md
index e27175d141239bc18d14d10a4c4725bcec8492b3..7ff1c5859a4fdac5b41bfd5fbbbb764b89ea382f 100644
--- a/sdk/README.md
+++ b/sdk/README.md
@@ -131,13 +131,23 @@ Running a Sky application
 -------------------------
 
 The `sky` pub package includes a `sky_tool` script to assist in running
-Sky applications inside the `SkyDemo.apk` harness.
+Sky applications inside the `SkyDemo.apk` harness.  The sky_tool script expects
+to be run from the root directory of your application pub package.  To run
+one of the examples in this SDK, try:
 
-1. ``packages/sky/sky_tool start --install examples/stocks/main.sky``
+1. ``cd examples/stocks``
+
+2. ``pub get`` to set up a copy of the sky package in the app directory.
+
+3. ``./packages/sky/sky_tool start --install``
    The --install flag is only necessary to install SkyDemo.apk if not already
-   installed from the Google Play store.
+   installed on the device.
 
-2.  Use ``adb logcat`` to view any errors or Dart print() output from the app.
+4. Use ``adb logcat`` to view any errors or Dart print() output from the app.
+   ``adb logcat -s chromium`` can be used to filter only adb messages from
+   `SkyDemo.apk` (which for
+   [legacy reasons](https://github.com/domokit/mojo/issues/129) still uses the
+   android log tag 'chromium').
 
 Measuring Performance
 ---------------------