diff --git a/examples/tools/main.go b/examples/tools/main.go
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+++ b/examples/tools/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ftlops/ftl"
+	"github.com/ftlops/ftl/ops"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	ftl.Step("install tools", func() ftl.State {
+		missing := ops.MissingPackages("gnupg", "tree", "htop")
+		if len(missing) == 0 {
+			return ftl.StateUnchanged
+		}
+		ops.UpdateRepos()
+		ops.Install(missing...)
+		return ftl.StateChanged
+	})
+}