diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6512330..f6ee542 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,8 +126,17 @@ Use `base_bash_libs_require_version` to require a minimum library version:
 base_bash_libs_require_version 1.1.0
 ```
 
-See `examples/std-usage.sh` for a small standalone script that sources the
-stdlib, imports the file helpers, logs progress, and runs a checked command.
+## Examples
+
+- [`examples/std-usage.sh`](examples/std-usage.sh)
+  Small standalone script that sources the stdlib, imports the file helpers,
+  logs progress, and runs a checked command.
+- [`examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh`](examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh)
+  Cleanup hooks, temp paths, version checks, command resolution, and timeout
+  command execution.
+- [`examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh`](examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh)
+  Argument parsing, list helpers, and in-place string transformations working
+  together.
 
 ## Versioning
 
diff --git a/examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh b/examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8b5d8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd -P)" || exit 1
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$repo_root/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh"
+
+import "$repo_root/lib/bash/arg/lib_arg.sh"
+import "$repo_root/lib/bash/list/lib_list.sh"
+import "$repo_root/lib/bash/str/lib_str.sh"
+
+declare -A options=()
+declare -a positionals=()
+declare -a specs=(
+    "verbose|flag|--verbose|-v"
+    "tag|value|--tag|-t"
+)
+
+arg_parse options positionals specs -- --tag "  Release Candidate  " --verbose alpha beta
+
+tag="${options[tag]-default}"
+str_trim tag
+str_lower tag
+
+declare -a values=()
+declare -a unique_values=()
+summary=""
+count=""
+
+list_append values "$tag" "${positionals[@]}" "$tag"
+list_unique unique_values values
+list_length count unique_values
+str_join summary "," unique_values
+
+if [[ "${options[verbose]-}" == "1" ]]; then
+    log_info "Cookbook parsed $count unique values."
+fi
+
+print_message "summary=$summary"
diff --git a/examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh b/examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4909517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd -P)" || exit 1
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$repo_root/lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh"
+
+base_bash_libs_require_version 1.0.0
+
+workspace_dir=""
+report_file=""
+
+std_make_temp_dir workspace_dir "base-cookbook"
+std_make_temp_file report_file "base-cookbook"
+
+cleanup_marker() {
+    log_debug "cleaning cookbook workspace: $workspace_dir"
+}
+
+std_register_cleanup_hook cleanup_marker
+
+printf 'workspace=%s\n' "$workspace_dir" >"$report_file"
+std_run_with_timeout --no-exit --quiet 5 test -s "$report_file"
+
+printf_path=""
+if std_command_path printf_path printf; then
+    std_run --no-exit --quiet "$printf_path" 'report_file=%s\n' "$report_file"
+fi
+
+if std_function_exists cleanup_marker; then
+    log_info "Registered cleanup hook for cookbook example."
+fi
diff --git a/tests/validate.sh b/tests/validate.sh
index 1f462eb..33787bc 100755
--- a/tests/validate.sh
+++ b/tests/validate.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ required_files=(
   .github/workflows/project-intake.yml
   .github/workflows/tests.yml
   examples/std-usage.sh
+  examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh
+  examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh
   lib/bash/README.md
   lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh
   lib/bash/std/tests/lib_std.bats
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ done
 shellcheck --severity=error \
   tests/validate.sh \
   examples/std-usage.sh \
+  examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh \
+  examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh \
   lib/bash/std/lib_std.sh \
   lib/bash/file/lib_file.sh \
   lib/bash/git/lib_git.sh \
@@ -107,5 +111,7 @@ bats \
   lib/bash/list/tests/lib_list.bats
 
 examples/std-usage.sh >/dev/null
+examples/cookbook-cleanup-temp.sh >/dev/null
+examples/cookbook-args-lists-strings.sh >/dev/null
 
 printf 'Bash library validation passed.\n'