diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
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@@ -6,17 +6,26 @@ The examples show the smallest installer primitive integration: pass `appId`, `s
 
 The temporary `HOME` wrapper keeps the demos from writing to your real user skill directory and provides a Codex detection path for the SDK's default auto agent selection.
 
+Run these commands from the repository root. Each directory change runs in a
+subshell so the next example also starts from the root.
+
 ```bash
 tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && HOME="$tmp" pnpm --dir examples/ts install-skill
 
-cd examples/go
-tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && HOME="$tmp" go run .
+(
+  cd examples/go &&
+  tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && HOME="$tmp" go run .
+)
 
-cd examples/rust
-tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && CARGO_HOME="${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}" RUSTUP_HOME="${RUSTUP_HOME:-$HOME/.rustup}" HOME="$tmp" cargo run --quiet
+(
+  cd examples/rust &&
+  tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && CARGO_HOME="${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}" RUSTUP_HOME="${RUSTUP_HOME:-$HOME/.rustup}" HOME="$tmp" cargo run --quiet
+)
 
-cd examples/python
-tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && HOME="$tmp" uv run python main.py
+(
+  cd examples/python &&
+  tmp="$(mktemp -d)" && mkdir -p "$tmp/.codex" && HOME="$tmp" uv run python main.py
+)
 ```
 
 Production CLIs should call the workflow API before installing so explicit agents, `*`, `--yes`, TTY, non-TTY, summary confirmation, scope prompting, and cancellation behavior stay aligned across languages.