diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 459d75f90..57ade6530 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ Individual tests can be run in the following manner (replace `GraphsTest` with t
 
     ./gradlew marklogic-client-api:test --tests GraphsTest
 
-Tests for the ml-development-tools Gradle plugin can be run via:
+Tests for the `ml-development-tools` Gradle plugin can be run via:
 
     ./gradlew ml-development-tools:test
 
 You can also undeploy the test application if you do not wish to keep it around on your MarkLogic instance:
 
     ./gradlew mlUndeploy -i -Pconfirm=true
+
+To test the `ml-development-tools` Gradle plugin, see the README.md file located at 
+`ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project`.
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/README.md b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a230fb5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This is a simple project for testing out the ml-development-tools Gradle plugin.
+
+To try this out, first run `./gradlew publishToMavenLocal` from the root directory of your clone of this
+repository. Then update the `build.gradle` file in this directory to reference the version number of the 
+plugin you published. You can then try each of the tasks in the `build.gradle` file to verify that Data Services
+Java classes are generated correctly.
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/build.gradle b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dc3c3622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+buildscript {
+	repositories {
+		mavenLocal()
+		mavenCentral()
+	}
+	dependencies {
+		classpath "com.marklogic:ml-development-tools:6.3-SNAPSHOT"
+	}
+}
+
+plugins {
+	id 'java'
+}
+
+apply plugin: "com.marklogic.ml-development-tools"
+
+
+group 'org.example'
+version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	implementation 'com.marklogic:marklogic-client-api:6.3-SNAPSHOT'
+}
+
+task testFullPath(type: com.marklogic.client.tools.gradle.EndpointProxiesGenTask) {
+	serviceDeclarationFile = "/Users/rrudin/workspace/java-client-api/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/service.json"
+}
+
+task testProjectPath(type: com.marklogic.client.tools.gradle.EndpointProxiesGenTask) {
+	serviceDeclarationFile = "src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/service.json"
+}
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/settings.gradle b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/lookup.api b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/lookup.api
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48dd4d5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/lookup.api
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "functionName": "lookup",
+  "params": [
+    {
+      "name": "productCode",
+      "datatype": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "customerId",
+      "datatype": "unsignedLong"
+    }
+  ],
+  "return": {
+    "datatype": "jsonDocument"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/lookup.sjs b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/lookup.sjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a61e9cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/lookup.sjs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+// declareUpdate(); // Note: uncomment if changing the database state
+
+var productCode; // instanceof xs.string
+var customerId; // instanceof xs.unsignedLong
+
+// Doesn't matter what happens next, this file just needs to exist so that
+// Data Services Java classes can be generated from it.
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/service.json b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/service.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87ab8d7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/ml-modules/root/inventory/service.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "endpointDirectory" : "/inventory/",
+  "$javaClass"        : "org.example.inventory.DynamicPricer"
+}
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/service.json b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/service.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87ab8d7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ml-development-tools/src/test/example-project/src/main/service.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "endpointDirectory" : "/inventory/",
+  "$javaClass"        : "org.example.inventory.DynamicPricer"
+}