diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d0485fd..2320d605 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ An "alpha" version of a generated Go SDK from [GitHub's OpenAPI spec](https://gi
 
 ## How do I use it?
 
-For now, see instructions in [this gist](https://gist.github.com/kfcampbell/0214851ce0ee9844f957cdbfb06910d4).
+See example client instantiations and requests in [example_test.go](pkg/authentication/example_test.go).
 
 ⚠️ **Note**: This SDK is not yet stable. Breaking changes may occur at any time.
 
diff --git a/pkg/authentication/example_test.go b/pkg/authentication/example_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9b9baec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/authentication/example_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package authentication_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
+	http "github.com/microsoft/kiota-http-go"
+	auth "github.com/octokit/go-sdk/pkg/authentication"
+	"github.com/octokit/go-sdk/pkg/github"
+	"github.com/octokit/go-sdk/pkg/github/octocat"
+)
+
+func ExampleUnauthenticatedRequest() {
+	tokenProvider := auth.NewTokenProvider(
+		// to create an authenticated provider, uncomment the below line and pass in your token
+		// auth.WithAuthorizationToken("ghp_your_token"),
+		auth.WithUserAgent("octokit/go-sdk.example-functions"),
+	)
+	adapter, err := http.NewNetHttpRequestAdapter(tokenProvider)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error creating request adapter: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	client := github.NewApiClient(adapter)
+
+	// unauthenticated request
+	s := "Salutations"
+
+	// create headers that accept json back; our spec says octet-stream
+	// but that's not actually what the API returns in this case
+	headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
+	_ = headers.TryAdd("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3+json")
+
+	octocatRequestConfig := &octocat.OctocatRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
+		QueryParameters: &octocat.OctocatRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
+			S: &s,
+		},
+		Headers: headers,
+	}
+	cat, err := client.Octocat().Get(context.Background(), octocatRequestConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error getting octocat: %v", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", string(cat))
+	// Output:
+	// MMM.           .MMM
+	//                MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
+	//                MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM      _____________
+	//               MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM    |             |
+	//              MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM   | Salutations |
+	//             MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM   |_   _________|
+	//             MMMM::- -:::::::- -::MMMM    |/
+	//              MM~:~ 00~:::::~ 00~:~MM
+	//         .. MMMMM::.00:::+:::.00::MMMMM ..
+	//               .MM::::: ._. :::::MM.
+	//                  MMMM;:::::;MMMM
+	//           -MM        MMMMMMM
+	//           ^  M+     MMMMMMMMM
+	//               MMMMMMM MM MM MM
+	//                    MM MM MM MM
+	//                    MM MM MM MM
+	//                 .~~MM~MM~MM~MM~~.
+	//              ~~~~MM:~MM~~~MM~:MM~~~~
+	//             ~~~~~~==~==~~~==~==~~~~~~
+	//              ~~~~~~==~==~==~==~~~~~~
+	//                  :~==~==~==~==~~
+
+}