diff --git a/wdl/Cargo.toml b/wdl/Cargo.toml
index 504c1ab28..9dc662ce6 100644
--- a/wdl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wdl/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ core = ["dep:wdl-core"]
 grammar = ["dep:wdl-grammar"]
 
 [[example]]
-name = "wdl_view"
+name = "wdl_explore"
+required-features = ["ast", "grammar"]
+
+[[example]]
+name = "wdl_parse"
 required-features = ["ast", "grammar"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-all-features = true
\ No newline at end of file
+all-features = true
diff --git a/wdl/examples/wdl_explore.rs b/wdl/examples/wdl_explore.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b48e617cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wdl/examples/wdl_explore.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+//! Some basic exploration of various parts of a WDL document.
+//!
+//! This is intended to be a simple example that, generally speaking, is easy to
+//! understand for newcomers to Rust—in a mature application, you definitely
+//! want to handle things a bit differently (particularly with regard to error
+//! handling!)
+
+use ast::v1::document::Task;
+use ast::v1::document::Workflow;
+use wdl::ast;
+use wdl::grammar;
+
+pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let src = std::env::args().nth(1).expect("missing src");
+    let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(src).expect("could not read file contents");
+
+    // Generate the parse tree from the document source.
+    let parse_tree = grammar::v1::parse(&contents)
+        .expect("creating parse tree from WDL document failed")
+        .into_tree()
+        .expect("could not convert to parse tree");
+
+    // Generate the abstract syntax tree from the parse tree.
+    let syntax_tree = ast::v1::parse(parse_tree)
+        .expect("creating abstract syntax tree from WDL document failed")
+        .into_tree()
+        .expect("could not convert to abstract syntax tree");
+
+    // Print details for all of the tasks in the WDL document, if any exist.
+    let tasks = syntax_tree.tasks();
+
+    if !tasks.is_empty() {
+        println!("# Tasks\n");
+
+        for task in tasks {
+            explore_task(task);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Print details for the workflow in the document, if it exists.
+    if let Some(workflow) = syntax_tree.workflow() {
+        if !tasks.is_empty() {
+            println!();
+        }
+
+        println!("# Workflow\n");
+        explore_workflow(workflow);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Prints the metadata, input, and output block from a WDL task.
+fn explore_task(task: &Task) {
+    println!("## `{}`", task.name());
+
+    if let Some(metadata) = task.metadata() {
+        println!();
+        debug_block("Metadata", metadata);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(input) = task.input() {
+        println!();
+        debug_block("Input", input);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(output) = task.output() {
+        println!();
+        debug_block("Output", output);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Prints the metadata, input, and output block from a WDL workflow.
+fn explore_workflow(workflow: &Workflow) {
+    println!("## `{}`", workflow.name());
+
+    if let Some(metadata) = workflow.metadata() {
+        println!();
+        debug_block("Metadata", metadata);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(input) = workflow.input() {
+        println!();
+        debug_block("Input", input);
+    }
+
+    if let Some(output) = workflow.output() {
+        println!();
+        debug_block("Output", output);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Prints a particular WDL block as Markdown.
+fn debug_block(title: &'static str, block: impl std::fmt::Debug) {
+    println!("### {}\n", title);
+    println!("```rust");
+    println!("{:#?}", block);
+    println!("```");
+}
diff --git a/wdl/examples/wdl_view.rs b/wdl/examples/wdl_parse.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from wdl/examples/wdl_view.rs
rename to wdl/examples/wdl_parse.rs