diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a46e4d..48f15ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -170,4 +170,5 @@ cython_debug/
 /config.yml
 
 /user/*
+!/user/example/
 !/user/.gitkeep
diff --git a/config.example.yml b/config.example.yml
index 108d0c4..6c7a388 100644
--- a/config.example.yml
+++ b/config.example.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 user_dir: ./user
 labs:
-  - lab1
-  - lab2
+  - multiplication_lab
 experiments:
-  - experiment1
-  - experiment2
+  - optimize_multiplication
+
 log_level: INFO
 
 # EOS orchestrator's internal web API server configuration
@@ -12,14 +11,14 @@ web_api:
   host: localhost
   port: 8070
 
-# EOS database configuration
+# EOS database (MongoDB) configuration
 db:
   host: localhost
   port: 27017
   username: ""
   password: ""
 
-# EOS file database configuration
+# EOS file database (MinIO) configuration
 file_db:
   host: localhost
   port: 9004
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/configuration.rst b/docs/user-guide/configuration.rst
index eed2eb0..62fde96 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/user-guide/configuration.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ After installation, you need to configure external services such as MongoDB and
 
 1. Configure External Services
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-We provide a Docker Compose file that can run the external services.
+We provide a Docker Compose file that can run the external services. You do not need to install external services
+manually, just provide configuration values and Docker Compose will take care of the rest.
 
 Copy the example environment file:
 
@@ -26,3 +27,6 @@ Copy the example configuration file:
     cp config.example.yml config.yml
 
 Edit `config.yml`. Ensure that credentials are provided for the MongoDB and MinIO services.
+
+By default, EOS loads the "multiplication_lab" laboratory and the "optimize_multiplication" experiment from an example
+EOS package. Feel free to change this.
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/installation.rst b/docs/user-guide/installation.rst
index bc0e74d..6fd7aa0 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/user-guide/installation.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ We provide a Docker Compose file that can set up all of these services for you.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 PDM is used as the project manager for EOS, making it easier to install dependencies and build it.
 
+See the `PDM documentation <https://pdm-project.org/en/latest/>`_ for more information or if you encounter any issues.
+
 .. tab-set::
 
     .. tab-item:: Linux/Mac
@@ -40,6 +42,11 @@ PDM is used as the project manager for EOS, making it easier to install dependen
 
 3. Make a Virtual Environment
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+We create a virtual environment to isolate the dependencies of EOS from the rest of the system. The virtual environment
+is created in a ``env`` directory inside the EOS repository directory. Feel free to use PDM to manage the virtual
+environment instead. Other sections of the documentation will assume that you are using a virtual environment located
+inside the EOS repository directory.
+
 .. code-block:: shell
 
     cd eos # Navigate to the cloned repository
diff --git a/eos/cli/pkg_cli.py b/eos/cli/pkg_cli.py
index 50bff34..0300c18 100644
--- a/eos/cli/pkg_cli.py
+++ b/eos/cli/pkg_cli.py
@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ def create_package(
 ) -> None:
     """Create a new package with the specified name in the user directory."""
     package_dir = Path(user_dir) / name
-    subdirs = ["common", "devices", "tasks", "labs", "experiments"]
+    subdirs = ["devices", "tasks", "labs", "experiments"]
 
     try:
         package_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=False)
         for subdir in subdirs:
             (package_dir / subdir).mkdir()
+
+        # Create README.md with just the package name
+        readme_content = f"# {name}"
+        readme_path = package_dir / "README.md"
+        readme_path.write_text(readme_content)
+
         typer.echo(f"Successfully created package '{name}' in {package_dir}")
     except FileExistsError:
         typer.echo(f"Error: Package '{name}' already exists in {user_dir}", err=True)
diff --git a/eos/tasks/entities/test.py b/eos/tasks/entities/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2470b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eos/tasks/entities/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import asyncio
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from eos.persistence.async_db_interface import AsyncDbInterface
+from eos.persistence.service_credentials import ServiceCredentials
+from eos.tasks.entities.task import Task, TaskInput, TaskOutput, TaskStatus, TaskDeviceConfig, TaskModel
+from eos.experiments.entities.experiment import (
+    Experiment,
+    ExperimentStatus,
+    ExperimentExecutionParameters,
+    ExperimentModel,
+)
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+
+async def main():
+    # Initialize the database interface
+    db = AsyncDbInterface(
+        db_credentials=ServiceCredentials(
+            host="localhost",
+            port=5432,
+            username="eos-user",
+            password="eos-password",
+        ),
+        db_name="eos",
+    )
+
+    # Create tables
+    await db.create_tables()
+
+    async with db.session_provider.get_session() as session:
+        # Create a pydantic Experiment
+        pydantic_experiment = Experiment(
+            id="exp-001",
+            type="analysis_experiment",
+            execution_parameters=ExperimentExecutionParameters(resume=False),
+            status=ExperimentStatus.CREATED,
+            labs=["lab-001"],
+            dynamic_parameters={"param1": {"value": "test"}},
+            metadata={"created_by": "user123"},
+            created_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        )
+
+        print("Pydantic Experiment:")
+        print(pydantic_experiment.model_dump())
+
+        # Convert pydantic Experiment to ExperimentModel
+        experiment_model = ExperimentModel(
+            id=pydantic_experiment.id,
+            type=pydantic_experiment.type,
+            execution_parameters=pydantic_experiment.execution_parameters.model_dump(),
+            status=pydantic_experiment.status,
+            labs=pydantic_experiment.labs,
+            running_tasks=pydantic_experiment.running_tasks,
+            completed_tasks=pydantic_experiment.completed_tasks,
+            dynamic_parameters=pydantic_experiment.dynamic_parameters,
+            experiment_metadata=pydantic_experiment.metadata,
+            start_time=pydantic_experiment.start_time,
+            end_time=pydantic_experiment.end_time,
+            created_at=pydantic_experiment.created_at,
+        )
+
+        # Add experiment to session and flush
+        session.add(experiment_model)
+        await session.flush()
+
+        print(f"Experiment {experiment_model.id} has been created and stored in the database.")
+
+        # Create a pydantic Task associated with the experiment
+        pydantic_task = Task(
+            id="task-001",
+            type="analysis",
+            experiment_id=pydantic_experiment.id,
+            devices=[TaskDeviceConfig(id="device-001", lab_id="lab-001")],
+            input=TaskInput(parameters={"param1": "value1"}),
+            output=TaskOutput(),
+            status=TaskStatus.CREATED,
+            metadata={"created_by": "user123"},
+            created_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        )
+
+        print("\nPydantic Task:")
+        print(pydantic_task.model_dump())
+
+        # Convert pydantic Task to TaskModel
+        task_model = TaskModel(
+            id=pydantic_task.id,
+            type=pydantic_task.type,
+            experiment_id=pydantic_task.experiment_id,
+            devices=[asdict(device) for device in pydantic_task.devices],
+            input=pydantic_task.input.model_dump(),
+            output=pydantic_task.output.model_dump(),
+            status=pydantic_task.status.value,
+            task_metadata=pydantic_task.metadata,
+            start_time=pydantic_task.start_time,
+            end_time=pydantic_task.end_time,
+            created_at=pydantic_task.created_at,
+        )
+
+        # Add task to session and flush
+        session.add(task_model)
+        await session.flush()
+
+        print(f"Task {task_model.id} has been created and stored in the database.")
+
+        # Verify that both experiment and task were stored by querying them
+        stored_experiment = await session.get(ExperimentModel, experiment_model.id)
+        print(f"\nRetrieved experiment: {stored_experiment.id}, status: {stored_experiment.status}")
+
+        stored_task = await session.get(TaskModel, task_model.id)
+        print(f"Retrieved task: {stored_task.id}, status: {stored_task.status}")
+
+        # Commit the transaction
+        await session.commit()
+
+    # Close the database connection
+    await db.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/user/example/README.md b/user/example/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbc06ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Example EOS Package
+This is a very simple EOS package that implements an experiment for finding the smallest number that when multiplied by 
+two factors is as close as possible to 1024.
+
+## Experiments
+The package contains the **optimize_multiplication** experiment which works as explained above.
+
+## Laboratories
+The package defines a very basic laboratory containing a "multiplier" and an "analyzer" device.
+
+## Devices
+1. **Multiplier**: Provides a function for multiplying two numbers.
+2. **Analyzer**: Provides a function for producing a score on how close we are to the objective of the experiment.
+
+## Tasks
+1. **Multiply**: Multiplies two numbers using the multiplier device.
+2. **Score Multiplication**: Scores the multiplication using the analyzer device.
diff --git a/user/example/devices/analyzer/device.py b/user/example/devices/analyzer/device.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d43be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/devices/analyzer/device.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from eos.devices.base_device import BaseDevice
+
+
+class AnalyzerDevice(BaseDevice):
+    """Analyzes the multiplication result to produce a loss."""
+
+    async def _initialize(self, initialization_parameters: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    async def _cleanup(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    async def _report(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        pass
+
+    def analyze_result(self, number: int, product: int) -> int:
+        return number + 100 * abs(product - 1024)
diff --git a/user/example/devices/analyzer/device.yml b/user/example/devices/analyzer/device.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a214e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/devices/analyzer/device.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+type: analyzer
+description: A device for analyzing the result of the multiplication of some numbers and computing a loss.
diff --git a/user/example/devices/multiplier/device.py b/user/example/devices/multiplier/device.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eed5905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/devices/multiplier/device.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from eos.devices.base_device import BaseDevice
+
+
+class MultiplierDevice(BaseDevice):
+    """Multiplies two numbers."""
+
+    async def _initialize(self, initialization_parameters: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    async def _cleanup(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    async def _report(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        pass
+
+    def multiply(self, a: int, b: int) -> int:
+        return a * b
diff --git a/user/example/devices/multiplier/device.yml b/user/example/devices/multiplier/device.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efe0ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/devices/multiplier/device.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+type: multiplier
+description: A device for multiplying two numbers
diff --git a/user/example/experiments/optimize_multiplication/experiment.yml b/user/example/experiments/optimize_multiplication/experiment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f91aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/experiments/optimize_multiplication/experiment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+type: optimize_multiplication
+description: An experiment for finding the smallest number that when multiplied by two factors yields 1024
+
+labs:
+  - multiplication_lab
+
+tasks:
+  - id: mult_1
+    type: Multiplication
+    devices:
+      - lab_id: multiplication_lab
+        id: multiplier
+    parameters:
+      number: eos_dynamic
+      factor: eos_dynamic
+
+  - id: mult_2
+    type: Multiplication
+    devices:
+      - lab_id: multiplication_lab
+        id: multiplier
+    dependencies: [ mult_1 ]
+    parameters:
+      number: mult_1.product
+      factor: eos_dynamic
+
+  - id: score_multiplication
+    type: Score Multiplication
+    devices:
+      - lab_id: multiplication_lab
+        id: analyzer
+    dependencies: [ mult_1, mult_2 ]
+    parameters:
+      number: mult_1.number
+      product: mult_2.product
diff --git a/user/example/experiments/optimize_multiplication/optimizer.py b/user/example/experiments/optimize_multiplication/optimizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa96a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/experiments/optimize_multiplication/optimizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from bofire.data_models.acquisition_functions.acquisition_function import qLogNEI
+from bofire.data_models.enum import SamplingMethodEnum
+from bofire.data_models.features.continuous import ContinuousOutput
+from bofire.data_models.features.discrete import DiscreteInput
+from bofire.data_models.objectives.identity import MinimizeObjective
+
+from eos.optimization.abstract_sequential_optimizer import AbstractSequentialOptimizer
+from eos.optimization.sequential_bayesian_optimizer import BayesianSequentialOptimizer
+
+
+def eos_create_campaign_optimizer() -> tuple[dict, type[AbstractSequentialOptimizer]]:
+    constructor_args = {
+        "inputs": [
+            DiscreteInput(key="mult_1.number", values=list(range(2, 34))),
+            DiscreteInput(key="mult_1.factor", values=list(range(2, 18))),
+            DiscreteInput(key="mult_2.factor", values=list(range(2, 18))),
+        ],
+        "outputs": [
+            ContinuousOutput(key="score_multiplication.loss", objective=MinimizeObjective(w=1.0)),
+        ],
+        "constraints": [],
+        "acquisition_function": qLogNEI(),
+        "num_initial_samples": 5,
+        "initial_sampling_method": SamplingMethodEnum.SOBOL,
+    }
+
+    return constructor_args, BayesianSequentialOptimizer
diff --git a/user/example/labs/multiplication_lab/lab.yml b/user/example/labs/multiplication_lab/lab.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c4ccf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/labs/multiplication_lab/lab.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+type: multiplication_lab
+description: An example laboratory for testing multiplication
+
+devices:
+  multiplier:
+    type: multiplier
+    computer: eos_computer
+  analyzer:
+    type: analyzer
+    computer: eos_computer
diff --git a/user/example/tasks/multiplication/task.py b/user/example/tasks/multiplication/task.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e18aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/tasks/multiplication/task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from eos.tasks.base_task import BaseTask
+
+
+class MultiplicationTask(BaseTask):
+    async def _execute(
+        self,
+        devices: BaseTask.DevicesType,
+        parameters: BaseTask.ParametersType,
+        containers: BaseTask.ContainersType,
+    ) -> BaseTask.OutputType:
+        multiplier = devices.get_all_by_type("multiplier")[0]
+        product = multiplier.multiply(parameters["number"], parameters["factor"])
+        output_parameters = {"product": product}
+
+        return output_parameters, None, None
diff --git a/user/example/tasks/multiplication/task.yml b/user/example/tasks/multiplication/task.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f78d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/tasks/multiplication/task.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+type: Multiplication
+description: This task takes a number and a factor and multiplies them together using a "multiplier" device.
+
+device_types:
+  - multiplier
+
+input_parameters:
+  number:
+    type: integer
+    unit: none
+    description: The number to multiply.
+  factor:
+    type: integer
+    unit: none
+    description: The factor to multiply the number by.
+
+output_parameters:
+  product:
+    type: integer
+    unit: none
+    description: The product of the number and the factor.
diff --git a/user/example/tasks/score_multiplication/task.py b/user/example/tasks/score_multiplication/task.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6f4046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/tasks/score_multiplication/task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from eos.tasks.base_task import BaseTask
+
+
+class ScoreMultiplicationTask(BaseTask):
+    async def _execute(
+        self,
+        devices: BaseTask.DevicesType,
+        parameters: BaseTask.ParametersType,
+        containers: BaseTask.ContainersType,
+    ) -> BaseTask.OutputType:
+        analyzer = devices.get_all_by_type("analyzer")[0]
+        loss = analyzer.analyze_result(parameters["number"], parameters["product"])
+        output_parameters = {"loss": loss}
+
+        return output_parameters, None, None
diff --git a/user/example/tasks/score_multiplication/task.yml b/user/example/tasks/score_multiplication/task.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0080e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/example/tasks/score_multiplication/task.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+type: Score Multiplication
+description: Scores multiplication based on how close the product is to 1024 and how small the initial number is using an "analyzer" device.
+
+device_types:
+  - analyzer
+
+input_parameters:
+  number:
+    type: integer
+    unit: none
+    description: The number that was multiplied with some factors.
+  product:
+    type: integer
+    unit: none
+    description: The final product after multiplying with some factors.
+
+output_parameters:
+  loss:
+    type: integer
+    unit: none
+    description: The multiplication loss. Captures how far the product is from 1024 and how large the initial number is.