diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ node.js is required to build the viewer.
    
 6. See [package.json](/package.json) for other commands available.
 
+# Creating a dependent project
+
+See [examples/dependent-project](/examples/dependent-project).
+
 # License
 
 Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/.gitignore b/examples/dependent-project/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/examples/dependent-project/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/node_modules/
+/dist/
+/npm-debug.log
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/README.md b/examples/dependent-project/README.md
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+++ b/examples/dependent-project/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+This example provides a template for making a package that depends on
+neuroglancer.
+
+It simply binds the `o` key to set the position to the origin.
+
+# Setup
+
+This project is set up to treat the `src/neuroglancer` directory of the
+neuroglancer package as if it were a part of this package.  This is convenient
+for simultaneous development of this project along with Neuroglancer, as it
+allows standard TypeScript tooling to find definitions in Neuroglancer without
+the need to regenerate `.d.ts` files.
+
+In [tsconfig.json](tsconfig.json), we define two module resolution aliases:
+- `neuroglancer/*` maps to `src/neuroglancer` in the Neuroglancer package;
+- `my-neuroglancer-project/*` maps to `src/my-neuroglancer-project/*` in this package.
+
+This allows any of the modules within this project to refer to other modules
+using a project-relative path, as is done in neuroglancer.
+
+The typings file in `typings/index.d.ts` currently just includes all of the
+typings for Neuroglancer dependencies by reference.  If additional typings are
+required, they can also be referenced from that file.
+
+The symbolic link from `third_party/neuroglancer` with the path
+`../node_modules/neuroglancer/src/neuroglancer` is a workaround for the lack of
+support for more sophisticated exclusion rules in tools like `tsserver` (used
+for editor integration).  It allows us to exclude `node_modules` but still
+include the main neuroglancer source based on definitions in `tsconfig.json`.
+
+# Building
+
+1. If you would like this to depend on a local version of neuroglancer, you can use
+   the standard `link` mechanism of npm:
+
+   - From within the neuroglancer root directory, type:
+     `npm link`
+  
+   - From within this directory, type:
+     `npm link neuroglancer`
+
+2. To install dependencies, run:
+   `npm i`
+
+3. To run the development server:
+   `npm run dev-server`
+
+4. To build minified output:
+   `npm run build-min`
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack.config.js b/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c4bac17b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const path = require('path');
+const webpack_helpers = require('./webpack_helpers');
+module.exports = webpack_helpers.getViewerConfig(
+    {outputPath: path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist/dev')});
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack.min.js b/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8612d091d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const path = require('path');
+const webpack_helpers = require('./webpack_helpers');
+module.exports = webpack_helpers.getViewerConfig(
+    {outputPath: path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist/min'), minify: true});
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack_helpers.js b/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack_helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dadd16ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/config/webpack_helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const path = require('path');
+const original_webpack_helpers = require('neuroglancer/config/webpack_helpers');
+
+function modifyViewerOptions(options) {
+  options = options || {};
+  options.resolveLoaderRoots = [
+      ...(options.resolveLoaderRoots || []),
+
+    // Allow loader modules to be resolved from node_modules directory of this
+    // project in addition to the node_modules directory of neuroglancer.
+    path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules')
+  ];
+
+  // This references the tsconfig.json file of this project, rather than of
+  // neuroglancer.
+  options.tsconfigPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json');
+
+  // This references the main.ts of this project, rather than of
+  // neuroglancer.
+  options.frontendModules = [path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/main.ts')];
+  return options;
+}
+
+exports.getViewerConfig = function (options) {
+  return original_webpack_helpers.getViewerConfig(modifyViewerOptions(options));
+};
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/package.json b/examples/dependent-project/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42df4a2186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "my-neuroglancer-project",
+  "description": "Example project that depends on neuroglancer.",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build-min": "webpack --config ./config/webpack.min.js",
+    "build": "webpack --config ./config/webpack.config.js",
+    "dev-server": "webpack-dev-server --config ./config/webpack.config.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "neuroglancer": "^0.0.0-beta.0",
+    "webpack": "^1.13.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "tslint-eslint-rules": "^1.2.0",
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^1.14.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/src/main.ts b/examples/dependent-project/src/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1149fc3074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/src/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {makeDefaultViewer} from 'neuroglancer/default_viewer';
+import {makeDefaultKeyBindings} from 'neuroglancer/default_key_bindings';
+import {navigateToOrigin} from 'my-neuroglancer-project/navigate_to_origin';
+import {makeExtraKeyBindings} from 'my-neuroglancer-project/extra_key_bindings';
+
+window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+  let viewer = (<any>window)['viewer'] = makeDefaultViewer();
+  makeDefaultKeyBindings(viewer.keyMap);
+  makeExtraKeyBindings(viewer.keyMap);
+  viewer.keyCommands.set('navigate-to-origin', navigateToOrigin);
+});
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/src/my-neuroglancer-project/extra_key_bindings.ts b/examples/dependent-project/src/my-neuroglancer-project/extra_key_bindings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac71bc0d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/src/my-neuroglancer-project/extra_key_bindings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {KeySequenceMap} from 'neuroglancer/util/keyboard_shortcut_handler';
+
+export function makeExtraKeyBindings(keyMap: KeySequenceMap) {
+  keyMap.bind('keyo', 'navigate-to-origin');
+}
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/src/my-neuroglancer-project/navigate_to_origin.ts b/examples/dependent-project/src/my-neuroglancer-project/navigate_to_origin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89f046ad12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/src/my-neuroglancer-project/navigate_to_origin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {kZeroVec} from 'neuroglancer/util/geom';
+import {Viewer} from 'neuroglancer/viewer';
+
+export function navigateToOrigin(this: Viewer) {
+  let {position} = this.navigationState.pose;
+  if (position.valid) {
+    position.setVoxelCoordinates(kZeroVec);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/third_party/neuroglancer b/examples/dependent-project/third_party/neuroglancer
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..be2958a384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/third_party/neuroglancer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../node_modules/neuroglancer/src/neuroglancer
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/tsconfig.json b/examples/dependent-project/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a749390ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "preserveConstEnums": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": false,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "target": "ES2015",
+    "newLine": "LF",
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "*": ["*"],
+      "neuroglancer/*": ["third_party/neuroglancer/*"],
+      "my-neuroglancer-project/*": ["src/my-neuroglancer-project/*"]
+    }
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "dist"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/tslint.json b/examples/dependent-project/tslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1669edc18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/tslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  "rulesDirectory": "node_modules/tslint-eslint-rules/dist/rules",
+  "rules": {
+    "align": [
+      true,
+      "parameters",
+      "statements"
+    ],
+    "class-name": true,
+    "comment-format": [
+      true,
+      "check-space"
+    ],
+    "eofline": [
+      true
+    ],
+    "indent": [
+      true,
+      "spaces"
+    ],
+    "jsdoc-format": true,
+    "no-duplicate-key": true,
+    "no-duplicate-variable": true,
+    "no-eval": true,
+    "no-internal-module": true,
+    "no-trailing-whitespace": true,
+    "no-unused-variable": true,
+    "no-var-keyword": false,
+    "one-line": [
+      true,
+      "check-open-brace",
+      "check-whitespace"
+    ],
+    "quotemark": [
+      true,
+      "single"
+    ],
+    "radix": true,
+    "semicolon": [
+      true,
+      "always"
+    ],
+    "triple-equals": [
+      true,
+      "allow-null-check"
+    ],
+    "typedef-whitespace": [
+      true,
+      {
+        "call-signature": "nospace",
+        "index-signature": "nospace",
+        "parameter": "nospace",
+        "property-declaration": "nospace",
+        "variable-declaration": "nospace"
+      }
+    ],
+    "variable-name": [
+      true,
+      "ban-keywords"
+    ],
+    "whitespace": [
+      true,
+      "check-branch",
+      "check-decl",
+      "check-module",
+      "check-operator",
+      "check-separator",
+      "check-type"
+    ],
+    "no-conditional-assignment": true,
+    "no-duplicate-key": true,
+    "no-duplicate-case": true,
+    "no-empty-character-class": true,
+    "no-extra-boolean-cast": true,
+    "no-inner-declarations": [
+      true,
+      "both"
+    ],
+    "no-invalid-regexp": true,
+    "no-irregular-whitespace": true,
+    "no-unexpected-multiline": true,
+    "no-unreachable": true,
+    "use-isnan": true,
+    "valid-typeof": true,
+    "curly": true,
+    "radix": true,
+    "no-shadowed-variable": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/dependent-project/typings/index.d.ts b/examples/dependent-project/typings/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2452393330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dependent-project/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/// <reference path="../node_modules/neuroglancer/typings/index.d.ts" />
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 77dd3ba528..20c6646487 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "node_modules",
     "dist",
     "third_party/typings_sources",
-    "templates"
+    "templates",
+    "examples"
   ]
 }