diff --git a/syndicate-examples/.gitignore b/syndicate-examples/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c75f615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syndicate-examples/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+schemas/
diff --git a/syndicate-examples/chat.rkt b/syndicate-examples/chat.rkt
index 3058975..7ce1e88 100644
--- a/syndicate-examples/chat.rkt
+++ b/syndicate-examples/chat.rkt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   (require syndicate/distributed/tcp)
   (require syndicate/driver-support)
   (require syndicate/gensym)
-  (require syndicate/schemas/simpleChatProtocol)
+  (require "schemas/simpleChatProtocol.rkt")
   (require syndicate/sturdy)
   (require (only-in file/sha1 hex-string->bytes))
 
diff --git a/syndicate-examples/info.rkt b/syndicate-examples/info.rkt
index 46ce2bd..49aef01 100644
--- a/syndicate-examples/info.rkt
+++ b/syndicate-examples/info.rkt
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@
                ))
 
 ;; (define build-deps '("rackunit-lib"))
+
+(define pre-install-collection "private/install.rkt")
diff --git a/syndicate-examples/private/install.rkt b/syndicate-examples/private/install.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25da276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syndicate-examples/private/install.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#lang racket/base
+;;; SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+;;; SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2021-2023 Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>
+
+(provide pre-installer)
+
+(require racket/runtime-path)
+(require preserves-schema/bin/preserves-schema-rkt)
+(require (only-in racket/file delete-directory/files))
+
+(require (only-in syndicate/schema-compiler schema-compiler-plugin))
+
+(define (pre-installer _collects-path our-path)
+  (define output-directory (build-path our-path "schemas"))
+  (delete-directory/files output-directory #:must-exist? #f)
+  (batch-compile #:inputs (list (build-path our-path "private/schemas/**.prs"))
+                 #:output-directory output-directory
+                 #:plugins (list schema-compiler-plugin)))
+
+(define-runtime-path our-path "..")
+(define (regenerate!)
+  (void (pre-installer 'not-bothering-to-figure-this-out-since-we-do-not-need-it
+                       our-path)))
+
+(module+ main
+  (regenerate!))
diff --git a/syndicate-examples/private/schemas/simpleChatProtocol.prs b/syndicate-examples/private/schemas/simpleChatProtocol.prs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..997901d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syndicate-examples/private/schemas/simpleChatProtocol.prs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version 1 .
+
+Present = <Present @username string>.
+Says = <Says @who string @what string>.