diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 56f72f3..ef5d8e7 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ Merging a release-please PR (`chore(<component>): release X.Y.Z`) tags
 (`.github/workflows/release-please.yml`). No manual publishing; release-please
 owns `CHANGELOG.md` (excluded from oxfmt) — never hand-edit it.
 
+- Release-please ignores `packages/*/examples` because examples are unpublished,
+  so commits that only touch a package's examples do not cut a release for it.
+
 Known quirks when several release PRs are open:
 
 - Merging one release PR makes release-please force-refresh the sibling
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 95ea3d0..c39b5ed 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@
   "packages": {
     "packages/sandbox": {
       "package-name": "@coder/ai-sdk-sandbox",
-      "component": "sandbox"
+      "component": "sandbox",
+      "exclude-paths": ["packages/sandbox/examples"]
     },
     "packages/agent": {
       "package-name": "@coder/ai-sdk-agent",
-      "component": "agent"
+      "component": "agent",
+      "exclude-paths": ["packages/agent/examples"]
     },
     "packages/provider": {
       "package-name": "@coder/ai-sdk-provider",
-      "component": "provider"
+      "component": "provider",
+      "exclude-paths": ["packages/provider/examples"]
     }
   }
 }