diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index e1aa4289..92cb41e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -20,162 +20,195 @@ env:
   PACKAGE_NAME: 'ansys-modelcenter-workflow'
   PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: 'ansys.modelcenter.workflow'
   DOCUMENTATION_CNAME: 'modelcenter.docs.pyansys.com'
+  #ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE: ${{ format('1055@{0}', secrets.LICENSE_SERVER) }}
   
 jobs:
-  doc-style:
-    name: "Documentation Style Check"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: PyAnsys documentation style checks
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-style@v8
-        with:
-         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
 
-  smoke-tests:
-    name: "Build and Smoke tests"
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
-        # Only perform wheelhouse builds for Windows and macOS when releasing
-        should-release:
-          - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}
-        exclude:
-          - should-release: false
-            os: macos-latest
-          - should-release: false
-            os: windows-latest
+  debugging:
+    name: "Debugging"
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, pymodelcenter]
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: powershell
     steps:
-      - name: Build wheelhouse and perform smoke test
-        uses: ansys/actions/build-wheelhouse@v8
-        with:
-          library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          operating-system: ${{ matrix.os }}
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
+      - name: "Checkout project"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-  build-tests:
-    name: "Build and unit testing"
-    needs: [smoke-tests]
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
-        should-release:
-          - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}
-    steps:
-      - name: "Install Git and checkout project"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: "Setup Python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: "Setup Python via UV"
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: "Install packages for testing"
+      - name: "Install project"
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install .[tests]
-
-      - name: "Testing"
-        run: pytest -v
-  
-      - name: "Upload coverage artifacts"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        if: matrix.python-version == env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION
-        with:
-          name: coverage-html
-          path: .cov/html
-          retention-days: 7
-
-      - name: "Upload coverage to Codecov"
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        if: matrix.python-version == env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-          files: .cov/xml
-
-
-  doc-build:
-    name: "Documentation building"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [doc-style]
-    steps:
-      - name: Temporary handle broken package dependencies
-        shell: bash
+          uv venv --seed --python ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          .venv\Scripts\activate
+          #uv pip install --editable .
+          uv pip install ansys-modelcenter-workflow
+
+      - name: "Run basic example"
+        env:
+          AWP_ROOT: 'C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc'
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -y
-          sudo apt-get install -y texlive-latex-extra latexmk texlive-fonts-extra
-
-      - name: "Run Ansys documentation building action"
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@21c9de9bee9692173780696d4a39964f20b9cfa3 # v10.1.5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-          skip-install: true
-          #dependencies: "texlive-fonts-extra"
-
-  package:
-    name: "Package library"
-    needs: [build-tests, doc-build]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: "Build library source and wheel artifacts"
-        uses: ansys/actions/build-library@v8
-        with:
-          library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
-          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-
-
-  doc-deploy-dev:
-    name: "Deploy developers documentation"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Deploy development only when merging to main
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    needs: [package]
-    steps:
-      - name: "Deploy the latest documentation"
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-dev@v8
-        with:
-          cname: ${{ env.DOCUMENTATION_CNAME }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          bot-user: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_USERNAME }}
-          bot-email: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_EMAIL }}
-
-
-  release:
-    name: "Release project to public PyPI and GitHub"
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-    needs: [package]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: "Release to the public PyPI repository"
-      uses: ansys/actions/release-pypi-public@v8
-      with:
-        library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
-        twine-username: "__token__"
-        twine-token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: "Release to GitHub"
-      uses: ansys/actions/release-github@v8
-      with:
-        library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
-
-
-  doc-deploy-stable:
-    name: "Deploy stable documentation"
-    # Deploy release documentation when creating a new tag
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [release]
-    steps:
-      - name: "Deploy the stable documentation"
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-stable@v8
-        with:
-          cname: ${{ env.DOCUMENTATION_CNAME }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          bot-user: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_USERNAME }}
-          bot-email: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_EMAIL }}
+          .venv\Scripts\activate
+          python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"
+          python examples/BasicExample.py
+          
+  # doc-style:
+  #   name: "Documentation Style Check"
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: PyAnsys documentation style checks
+  #       uses: ansys/actions/doc-style@v8
+  #       with:
+  #        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #
+  #
+  # smoke-tests:
+  #   name: "Build and Smoke tests"
+  #   runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+  #   strategy:
+  #     fail-fast: false
+  #     matrix:
+  #       os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+  #       python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+  #       # Only perform wheelhouse builds for Windows and macOS when releasing
+  #       should-release:
+  #         - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}
+  #       exclude:
+  #         - should-release: false
+  #           os: macos-latest
+  #         - should-release: false
+  #           os: windows-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Build wheelhouse and perform smoke test
+  #       uses: ansys/actions/build-wheelhouse@v8
+  #       with:
+  #         library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+  #         operating-system: ${{ matrix.os }}
+  #         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  #
+  #
+  # build-tests:
+  #   name: "Build and unit testing"
+  #   needs: [smoke-tests]
+  #   runs-on: windows-latest
+  #   strategy:
+  #     matrix:
+  #       python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+  #       should-release:
+  #         - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: "Install Git and checkout project"
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  #
+  #     - name: "Setup Python"
+  #       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+  #       with:
+  #         python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+  #
+  #     - name: "Install packages for testing"
+  #       run: |
+  #         pip install --upgrade pip
+  #         pip install .[tests]
+  #
+  #     - name: "Testing"
+  #       run: pytest -v
+  #
+  #     - name: "Upload coverage artifacts"
+  #       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+  #       if: matrix.python-version == env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION
+  #       with:
+  #         name: coverage-html
+  #         path: .cov/html
+  #         retention-days: 7
+  #
+  #     - name: "Upload coverage to Codecov"
+  #       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+  #       if: matrix.python-version == env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION
+  #       with:
+  #         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+  #         files: .cov/xml
+  #
+  #
+  # doc-build:
+  #   name: "Documentation building"
+  #   runs-on: [self-hosted, Windows, pymodelcenter]
+  #   needs: [doc-style]
+  #   steps:
+  #     # - name: Temporary handle broken package dependencies
+  #     #   shell: bash
+  #     #   run: |
+  #     #     sudo apt-get update
+  #     #     sudo apt-get --fix-broken install -y
+  #     #     sudo apt-get install -y texlive-latex-extra latexmk texlive-fonts-extra
+  #
+  #     - name: "Run Ansys documentation building action"
+  #       uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@21c9de9bee9692173780696d4a39964f20b9cfa3 # v10.1.5
+  #       with:
+  #         python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+  #         # skip-install: true
+  #         #dependencies: "texlive-fonts-extra"
+  #
+  # package:
+  #   name: "Package library"
+  #   needs: [build-tests, doc-build]
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: "Build library source and wheel artifacts"
+  #       uses: ansys/actions/build-library@v8
+  #       with:
+  #         library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+  #         python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+  #
+  #
+  # doc-deploy-dev:
+  #   name: "Deploy developers documentation"
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   # Deploy development only when merging to main
+  #   if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+  #   needs: [package]
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: "Deploy the latest documentation"
+  #       uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-dev@v8
+  #       with:
+  #         cname: ${{ env.DOCUMENTATION_CNAME }}
+  #         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #         bot-user: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_USERNAME }}
+  #         bot-email: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_EMAIL }}
+  #
+  #
+  # release:
+  #   name: "Release project to public PyPI and GitHub"
+  #   if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+  #   needs: [package]
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #   - name: "Release to the public PyPI repository"
+  #     uses: ansys/actions/release-pypi-public@v8
+  #     with:
+  #       library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+  #       twine-username: "__token__"
+  #       twine-token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+  #
+  #   - name: "Release to GitHub"
+  #     uses: ansys/actions/release-github@v8
+  #     with:
+  #       library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+  #
+  #
+  # doc-deploy-stable:
+  #   name: "Deploy stable documentation"
+  #   # Deploy release documentation when creating a new tag
+  #   if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   needs: [release]
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: "Deploy the stable documentation"
+  #       uses: ansys/actions/doc-deploy-stable@v8
+  #       with:
+  #         cname: ${{ env.DOCUMENTATION_CNAME }}
+  #         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #         bot-user: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_USERNAME }}
+  #         bot-email: ${{ secrets.PYANSYS_CI_BOT_EMAIL }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c303bdc..a08f16cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@ doc/_build/
 doc/source/api/
 
 # Files generated by running example scripts
-examples/Example*.pxcz
\ No newline at end of file
+examples/Example*.pxcz
+doc/source/examples/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 59c70aa7..ca6d0ac7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 repos:
 
 - repo: https://github.com/ansys/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v0.4.4
+  rev: v0.5.2
   hooks:
   - id: add-license-headers
     args:
     - --start_year=2022
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 24.10.0  # IF VERSION CHANGES --> MODIFY "blacken-docs" MANUALLY AS WELL!!
+  rev: 25.9.0  # IF VERSION CHANGES --> MODIFY "blacken-docs" MANUALLY AS WELL!!
   hooks:
   - id: black
 
 - repo: https://github.com/adamchainz/blacken-docs
-  rev: 1.19.1
+  rev: 1.20.0
   hooks:
   - id: blacken-docs
     additional_dependencies: [black==24.10.0]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 5.13.2
+  rev: 7.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: isort
 
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-  rev: 7.1.1
+  rev: 7.3.0
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repos:
 #     language: python
 
 - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-  rev: v2.3.0
+  rev: v2.4.1
   hooks:
   - id: codespell
     args: ["--ignore-words", "doc/styles/config/vocabularies/ANSYS/accept.txt"]
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ repos:
 
 # this validates our github workflow files
 - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-  rev: 0.30.0
+  rev: 0.34.1
   hooks:
     - id: check-github-workflows
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 68a4ab51..e8a6cd9e 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     pyansys_logo_black,
     watermark,
 )
+from sphinx_gallery.sorting import FileNameSortKey
 
 from ansys.modelcenter.workflow import __version__
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
     ],
 }
 
+
 html_context = {
     "display_github": True,  # Integrate GitHub
     "github_user": USERNAME,
@@ -81,6 +83,27 @@
     "sphinx_design",
 ]
 
+BUILD_EXAMPLES = True if os.environ.get("BUILD_EXAMPLES", "true") == "true" else False
+if BUILD_EXAMPLES is True:
+    # Necessary for pyvista when building the sphinx gallery
+    extensions.append("sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery")
+    sphinx_gallery_conf = {
+        # convert rst to md for ipynb
+        "pypandoc": True,
+        # path to your examples scripts
+        "examples_dirs": ["../../examples/"],
+        # path where to save gallery generated examples
+        "gallery_dirs": ["examples"],
+        # Pattern to search for examples files
+        "filename_pattern": r"\.py",
+        # Sort gallery examples by file name instead of number of lines (default)
+        "within_subsection_order": FileNameSortKey,
+        # Modules for which function level galleries are created.  In
+        "doc_module": "ansys-modelcenter-workflow",
+        "thumbnail_size": (600, 300),
+        "remove_config_comments": True,
+    }
+
 # Intersphinx mapping
 intersphinx_mapping = {
     "python": ("https://docs.python.org/dev", None),
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 8b2fc3a8..ef147469 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -52,4 +52,5 @@ engineering workflows.
    getting_started/index
    user_guide/index
    api/index
-   contributing/index
\ No newline at end of file
+   contributing/index
+   examples/index
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/BasicExample.py b/examples/BasicExample.py
index c9860951..8c252b7c 100644
--- a/examples/BasicExample.py
+++ b/examples/BasicExample.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Basic example of using the Ansys ModelCenter Workflow API."""
+
 import os
 
 from ansys.tools.variableinterop.scalar_values import RealValue
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@
 workflow_path = os.path.join(cwd, workflow_filename)
 
 print("Initializing workflow engine...")
-with Engine() as mc:
+with Engine(heartbeat_interval=60 * 1_000) as mc:
     print("Loading workflow: " + workflow_path)
     with mc.load_workflow(workflow_path) as workflow:
         print("Loaded: " + workflow_filename)
diff --git a/examples/CreateWorkflow.py b/examples/CreateWorkflow.py
index d0e4a306..85076994 100644
--- a/examples/CreateWorkflow.py
+++ b/examples/CreateWorkflow.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+"""Create a new workflow in Ansys ModelCenter Workflow."""
+
 import os
 
 import ansys.modelcenter.workflow.api as mcapi
diff --git a/examples/Datapins.py b/examples/Datapins.py
index e5a60d54..85b576fb 100644
--- a/examples/Datapins.py
+++ b/examples/Datapins.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
+"""Datapins example for Ansys ModelCenter Workflow."""
 
 import os
 
diff --git a/examples/NewComponentsAndLinks.py b/examples/NewComponentsAndLinks.py
index 4b78ab45..c35d1ab0 100644
--- a/examples/NewComponentsAndLinks.py
+++ b/examples/NewComponentsAndLinks.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
-
+"""New components and links example."""
 import os
 
 #############################################################
diff --git a/examples/README.txt b/examples/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f0cbcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Examples
+========
+
+This folder contains example scripts and workflows that show how to work with
+various aspects of Ansys ModelCenter Workflow.
+
+| File                      | Description                                                                       |
+|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| BasicExample.py           | Shows how to set and get values from the workflow and from datapins.              |
+| NewComponentsAndLinks.py  | Shows how to add a new component to a workflow and link it to other elements.     |
+| WorkingWithNames.py       | Shows how to reference elements by name, and how to rename elements.              |
+| Datapins.py               | Shows how to interact with datapin values and states.                             |
+| CreateWorkflow.py         | Shows how to create a new workflow.                                               |
+| WorkflowTraversal.py      | Shows how to traverse the workflow tree by getting element groups and children.   |
+| SequencesAndArrays.py     | Shows how to add new sequences to a workflow and how to work with array datapins. |
diff --git a/examples/SequencesAndArrays.py b/examples/SequencesAndArrays.py
index b44af4a5..dd4be6f9 100644
--- a/examples/SequencesAndArrays.py
+++ b/examples/SequencesAndArrays.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
-
+"""Example of how to create new sequences and arrays."""
 ############################################
 # Example of how to create new sequences and arrays
 ############################################
diff --git a/examples/WorkflowTraversal.py b/examples/WorkflowTraversal.py
index b72d2098..16e86fcf 100644
--- a/examples/WorkflowTraversal.py
+++ b/examples/WorkflowTraversal.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
+"""Workflow traversal example for Ansys ModelCenter Workflow."""
 
 import os
 
diff --git a/examples/WorkingWithNames.py b/examples/WorkingWithNames.py
index 91e66e6f..3d86e94d 100644
--- a/examples/WorkingWithNames.py
+++ b/examples/WorkingWithNames.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
-
+"""Working with element names example for Ansys ModelCenter Workflow."""
 import os
 
 ##############################################
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d11f8b66..b0efa9fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ doc=[
     "sphinx-autoapi==3.6.1",
     "sphinx-gallery==0.19.0",
     "sphinx-notfound-page==1.1.0",
+    "matplotlib>=3.10.7",
 ]
 tests = [
     "ansys-engineeringworkflow-api==0.1.0",