diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index d4b77a6..7e8b9c9 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 templated_files = gcp.CommonTemplates().py_library(microgenerator=True)
+python.py_samples(skip_readmes=True)
 s.move(templated_files, excludes=[".coveragerc"]) # the microgenerator has a good coveragerc file
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------