diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52fcd2e..bda0dea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,10 +32,23 @@ echo "ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=..." > .env    # read from the environment or ./.env
 ## Command line
 
 ```sh
-npx avatarscript make --avatar avatars/ani \
-  --script examples/hello-ja.avs --tts elevenlabs -o out/hello-ja.mp4
+npx avatarscript make --avatar https://raw.githubusercontent.com/receptron/mulmocast-media/main/avatars/ani \
+  --script example:hello-ja --tts elevenlabs -o out/hello-ja.mp4
 ```
 
+`--script example:<name>` reads a sample script shipped with the package
+([`examples/*.avs`](examples): `hello-ja`, `hello-en`, `subtitles-ja`); `--script` otherwise takes
+your own `.avs` or plain `.txt` file.
+
+> **`npx avatarscript` does not work inside a clone of this repository.** npx finds the project
+> itself instead of the published package, and a package is never linked into its own
+> `node_modules/.bin`, so it fails with `sh: avatarscript: command not found`, even after
+> `npm run build`. Run it from any other folder, or in the clone use one of:
+>
+> - `npm run avatarscript -- make ...`: the CLI from source
+> - `node dist/cli.js make ...`: the built CLI, after `npm run build`
+> - `npx avatarscript@latest make ...`: the published package, fetched from npm
+
 This writes `out/hello-ja.wav`, `out/hello-ja.score.json` and `out/hello-ja.mp4`. Synthesized
 speech is cached per segment in `out/.tts-cache/`, so changing motions or one sentence does not
 request the whole script again. `--tts mock` runs the pipeline offline with a buzzing stand-in
@@ -44,14 +57,9 @@ voice. The steps can also be run separately with `compile` and `render`; run
 
 `--avatar` takes a mesh-avatar-studio project folder (`rig.json` + `built/`) or a folder with an
 `avatar.json` manifest, on disk or at an http(s) URL. The repository includes one sample avatar,
-[`avatars/ani`](avatars/ani) (not in the npm package). It is also published in
+[`avatars/ani`](avatars/ani) (not in the npm package); the URL above is the same avatar, published in
 [mulmocast-media](https://github.com/receptron/mulmocast-media/tree/main/avatars), so it works
-without a clone:
-
-```sh
-npx avatarscript make --avatar https://raw.githubusercontent.com/receptron/mulmocast-media/main/avatars/ani \
-  --script hello.avs --tts elevenlabs -o out/hello.mp4
-```
+without a clone.
 
 From a URL, the package's small JSON files are fetched each time and its images are cached in
 `~/.cache/avatarscript/avatars/` (or `$AVATARSCRIPT_AVATAR_DIR`), per build of the avatar, so an
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2d7f3c..8d2e344 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
   "files": [
     "dist",
     "README.md",
-    "LICENSE"
+    "LICENSE",
+    "examples/*.avs"
   ],
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=22.18"
diff --git a/plans/feat-bundled-example-scripts.md b/plans/feat-bundled-example-scripts.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02889c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plans/feat-bundled-example-scripts.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Bundled example scripts (`--script example:<name>`)
+
+Issue: #7
+
+## Problem
+
+`npx avatarscript make --avatar avatars/ani --script examples/hello-ja.avs ...` (the README's first
+example) fails inside a clone (npx resolves to the project itself, which has no `.bin` entry) and
+outside one (the relative paths are not in the npm package). Nothing lets a user try the CLI with
+npx alone.
+
+## Change
+
+- `package.json` `files`: add `examples/*.avs`, so the sample scripts ship with the package.
+- `src/examples.ts` (pure, no fs): `exampleNames(files)` lists bundled names from a directory
+  listing; `scriptSource(arg, examplesDir, names)` maps a `--script` value to the file to read —
+  `example:<name>` → `<examplesDir>/<name>.avs`, anything else unchanged; an unknown name throws
+  with the list.
+- `src/cli.ts`: read the `examples/` folder next to `dist/` (or `src/`), route `--script` through
+  `scriptSource`, list the examples in `--help`, and record `example:<name>` (not a path into the
+  npx cache) as the score's script provenance.
+- README: the first command-line example becomes npx-only (avatar URL + `example:hello-ja`), followed
+  by a prominent note that `npx avatarscript` fails inside a clone, even after `npm run build`, and
+  the three commands that work there instead.
+
+## Not in scope
+
+A default `--avatar`; fetching scripts from URLs (see the issue for why).
+
+## Verification
+
+Unit tests for `src/examples.ts`; `scripts/smoke.sh avatars/ani` extended to compile
+`--script example:hello-en` from the installed tarball, so the packaging is checked, not assumed.
diff --git a/scripts/smoke.sh b/scripts/smoke.sh
index 62176b8..cc0a103 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Package smoke test: pack the exact tarball (prepack builds dist/ and bundles the engine),
 # install it into an empty folder with no mesh-avatar package and no esbuild beside it,
-# and make a video through both the CLI and the library with the offline mock voice.
+# and make a video through both the CLI and the library with the offline mock voice, and compile
+# a bundled example script (--script example:<name>).
 # Then check the video is real: an H.264 + AAC MP4 of the expected length whose frames show
 # the avatar, not a blank canvas.
 #
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ fi
 printf '[emotion:happy] こんにちは！<nod> Hello from the package.\n' > story.avs
 node_modules/.bin/avatarscript make --avatar "$AVATAR" --script story.avs --tts mock \
   --size 640x360 -o out/cli.mp4
+# compile only: enough to show the bundled script shipped and resolves from the installed package
+node_modules/.bin/avatarscript compile --avatar "$AVATAR" --script example:hello-en --tts mock \
+  -o out/example.score.json
+grep -q '"script": "example:hello-en"' out/example.score.json \
+  || { echo "bundled example: provenance missing from out/example.score.json"; exit 1; }
 
 cat > lib.mjs <<EOF
 import { loadAvatar, parseScript, compile, render, createTts, toWav } from 'avatarscript';
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 5a908fd..7c6b104 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { basename, dirname, extname, join, relative, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
 import { toWav } from "./audio.ts";
 import { loadAvatar, type Avatar } from "./avatar.ts";
 import { compile, detectLang } from "./compile.ts";
+import { EXAMPLE_PREFIX, exampleNames, scriptSource } from "./examples.ts";
 import { render } from "./render.ts";
 import { parseJson } from "./json.ts";
 import { ScoreSchema, type Score } from "./score.ts";
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@ import { parseScript, plainScript, type Script } from "./script.ts";
 import { createTts, isTtsProvider, TTS_PROVIDERS, type TextToSpeech } from "./tts/index.ts";
 
 const USAGE = `Usage:
-  avatarscript make    --avatar <dir|url> --script <file.avs|file.txt> -o <video.mp4|.webm|.mov> [options]
-  avatarscript compile --avatar <dir|url> --script <file.avs|file.txt> -o <name.score.json> [options]
+  avatarscript make    --avatar <dir|url> --script <file.avs|file.txt|example:name> -o <video.mp4|.webm|.mov> [options]
+  avatarscript compile --avatar <dir|url> --script <file.avs|file.txt|example:name> -o <name.score.json> [options]
   avatarscript render  --avatar <dir|url> --score <name.score.json> -o <video.mp4> [options]
 
 Speech (make, compile):
@@ -42,6 +43,16 @@ Video (make, render):
 API keys are read from the environment or a .env file.`;
 
 const repoRoot = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
+const examplesDir = join(repoRoot, "examples");
+
+function bundledExamples(): string[] {
+  try {
+    return exampleNames(readdirSync(examplesDir));
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
 for (const file of [resolve(".env"), join(repoRoot, ".env")]) {
   if (existsSync(file)) {
     process.loadEnvFile(file);
@@ -102,7 +113,8 @@ async function loadScript(path: string): Promise<Script> {
 }
 
 async function compileStep(avatar: Avatar, scorePath: string): Promise<Score> {
-  const scriptPath = need("script");
+  const scriptArg = need("script");
+  const scriptPath = scriptSource(scriptArg, examplesDir, bundledExamples());
   const script = await loadScript(scriptPath);
   const lang = args.lang ?? script.meta.lang ?? detectLang(script.plain);
   const tts = textToSpeech(avatar, join(dirname(scorePath), ".tts-cache"));
@@ -110,7 +122,7 @@ async function compileStep(avatar: Avatar, scorePath: string): Promise<Score> {
   const { score, audio } = await compile(script, tts, {
     lang,
     subtitles: args.subtitles,
-    scriptName: relative(dirname(scorePath), scriptPath),
+    scriptName: scriptArg.startsWith(EXAMPLE_PREFIX) ? scriptArg : relative(dirname(scorePath), scriptPath),
     baseDir: dirname(resolve(scriptPath)),
     audioName: basename(audioPath),
     onSegment: (i, n, text) => console.log(`speech ${i + 1}/${n}: ${text.length > 40 ? text.slice(0, 40) + "…" : text}`),
@@ -158,7 +170,8 @@ async function renderStep(avatar: Avatar, score: Score, scorePath: string, out:
 async function main() {
   const command = positionals[0];
   if (args.help || !command) {
-    console.log(USAGE);
+    const examples = bundledExamples();
+    console.log(examples.length ? `${USAGE}\n\nBundled scripts: ${examples.map((n) => EXAMPLE_PREFIX + n).join(", ")}` : USAGE);
     return;
   }
   const avatar = await loadAvatar(need("avatar"));
diff --git a/src/examples.ts b/src/examples.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e6dac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+/** `--script example:<name>` reads the sample script `examples/<name>.avs` shipped with the package. */
+export const EXAMPLE_PREFIX = "example:";
+const EXAMPLE_EXTENSION = ".avs";
+
+/** The bundled example names in a listing of the examples folder. */
+export function exampleNames(files: readonly string[]): string[] {
+  return files
+    .filter((file) => file.endsWith(EXAMPLE_EXTENSION) && file.length > EXAMPLE_EXTENSION.length)
+    .map((file) => file.slice(0, -EXAMPLE_EXTENSION.length))
+    .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
+}
+
+/** The file a `--script` value refers to: a bundled example's path, or the value itself. */
+export function scriptSource(arg: string, examplesDir: string, names: readonly string[]): string {
+  if (!arg.startsWith(EXAMPLE_PREFIX)) return arg;
+  const name = arg.slice(EXAMPLE_PREFIX.length);
+  if (!names.includes(name)) {
+    const known = names.length ? names.map((n) => EXAMPLE_PREFIX + n).join(", ") : "none are bundled";
+    throw new Error(`unknown example "${name}" (examples: ${known})`);
+  }
+  return join(examplesDir, name + EXAMPLE_EXTENSION);
+}
diff --git a/tests/examples.test.ts b/tests/examples.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe83078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/examples.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { exampleNames, scriptSource } from "../src/examples.ts";
+
+describe("exampleNames", () => {
+  it("lists the .avs files by name, sorted, and skips everything else", () => {
+    const files = ["subtitles-ja.avs", "make-video.ts", "hello-en.avs", "hello-ja.avs", "notes.avs.bak", ".avs"];
+    expect(exampleNames(files)).toEqual(["hello-en", "hello-ja", "subtitles-ja"]);
+  });
+
+  it("is empty for an empty folder", () => {
+    expect(exampleNames([])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("scriptSource", () => {
+  const names = ["hello-en", "hello-ja"];
+
+  it("maps example:<name> to the bundled file", () => {
+    expect(scriptSource("example:hello-ja", "/pkg/examples", names)).toBe(join("/pkg/examples", "hello-ja.avs"));
+  });
+
+  it("passes any other value through unchanged", () => {
+    for (const arg of ["story.avs", "examples/hello-ja.avs", "/abs/notes.txt", "hello-ja", "Example:hello-ja"]) {
+      expect(scriptSource(arg, "/pkg/examples", names)).toBe(arg);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an unknown, empty or path-like name and lists the bundled ones", () => {
+    for (const arg of ["example:nope", "example:", "example:../package", "example:hello-ja.avs"]) {
+      expect(() => scriptSource(arg, "/pkg/examples", names)).toThrow(/examples: example:hello-en, example:hello-ja/);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("says when nothing is bundled", () => {
+    expect(() => scriptSource("example:hello-ja", "/pkg/examples", [])).toThrow(/none are bundled/);
+  });
+});