diff --git a/examples/kubernetes-resources-high.yml b/examples/kubernetes-resources-high.yml
index ed520f4..6addd2e 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes-resources-high.yml
+++ b/examples/kubernetes-resources-high.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+# test exit-status 0
+
 metadata:
   name: example
+  labels: {}
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
diff --git a/scripts/test-examples.sh b/scripts/test-examples.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..703ff96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-examples.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# for each file in examples
+EXAMPLES="$(find examples -name '*.yml')"
+
+while read  -r example;
+do
+  EXPECTED_STATUS="$(grep '# test exit-status' "${example}" | sed 's/# test exit-status \([0-9]*\)/\1/')"
+
+  echo "Testing: ${example} (should be ${EXPECTED_STATUS})"
+
+  node out/index.js --rules rules/kubernetes.yml --tag kubernetes --source ${example}
+
+  ACTUAL_STATUS=$?
+
+  if [[ ${ACTUAL_STATUS} != ${EXPECTED_STATUS} ]];
+  then
+    echo "Status does not match!"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done <<< "${EXAMPLES}"
+# read pragmas:
+#   rules
+#   tags
+
+# run
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