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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Macro strings
 - Function parameters/arguments
+- Example: barebones compiler
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/examples/compiler.rs b/examples/compiler.rs
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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//! This example demonstrates how to compile a shulkerscript file into a datapack using the shulkerscript compiler.
+//! Most basic version of a shulkerscript compiler, which takes a single input file and places the resulting datapack in the specified output directory.
+//!
+//! For a ready-to-use compiler, see the `shulkerscript-cli` crate.
+
+use shulkerscript::{
+    base::{FsProvider, PrintHandler},
+    compile,
+};
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "shulkerbox"))]
+compile_error!("Need feature 'shulkerbox' to compile this example");
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut args = std::env::args();
+    let _ = args.next().unwrap();
+    let input = args.next().expect("Expect path to shulkerscript file");
+
+    let output = args.next().expect("Expect path to output directory");
+
+    let code = compile(
+        &PrintHandler::new(),
+        &FsProvider::default(),
+        shulkerbox::datapack::Datapack::LATEST_FORMAT,
+        &[("main".to_string(), &input)],
+    )
+    .expect("failed to compile");
+
+    code.place(output).expect("failed to place datapack");
+}