diff --git a/example/c-vt-encode-focus/README.md b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/README.md
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index 000000000..f433e8808
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+++ b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Example: `ghostty-vt` Encode Focus
+
+This contains a simple example of how to use the `ghostty-vt` focus
+encoding API to encode focus gained/lost events into escape sequences.
+
+This uses a `build.zig` and `Zig` to build the C program so that we
+can reuse a lot of our build logic and depend directly on our source
+tree, but Ghostty emits a standard C library that can be used with any
+C tooling.
+
+## Usage
+
+Run the program:
+
+```shell-session
+zig build run
+```
diff --git a/example/c-vt-encode-focus/build.zig b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/build.zig
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index 000000000..2904371fb
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+++ b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+
+    const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
+
+    const exe_mod = b.createModule(.{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+    exe_mod.addCSourceFiles(.{
+        .root = b.path("src"),
+        .files = &.{"main.c"},
+    });
+
+    // You'll want to use a lazy dependency here so that ghostty is only
+    // downloaded if you actually need it.
+    if (b.lazyDependency("ghostty", .{
+        // Setting simd to false will force a pure static build that
+        // doesn't even require libc, but it has a significant performance
+        // penalty. If your embedding app requires libc anyway, you should
+        // always keep simd enabled.
+        // .simd = false,
+    })) |dep| {
+        exe_mod.linkLibrary(dep.artifact("ghostty-vt"));
+    }
+
+    // Exe
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "c_vt_encode_focus",
+        .root_module = exe_mod,
+    });
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+
+    // Run
+    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+    run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
+    if (b.args) |args| run_cmd.addArgs(args);
+    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+}
diff --git a/example/c-vt-encode-focus/build.zig.zon b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/build.zig.zon
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index 000000000..0da20475c
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+++ b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.{
+    .name = .c_vt_encode_focus,
+    .version = "0.0.0",
+    .fingerprint = 0x89f01fd829fcc550,
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.15.1",
+    .dependencies = .{
+        // Ghostty dependency. In reality, you'd probably use a URL-based
+        // dependency like the one showed (and commented out) below this one.
+        // We use a path dependency here for simplicity and to ensure our
+        // examples always test against the source they're bundled with.
+        .ghostty = .{ .path = "../../" },
+
+        // Example of what a URL-based dependency looks like:
+        // .ghostty = .{
+        //     .url = "https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/archive/COMMIT.tar.gz",
+        //     .hash = "N-V-__8AAMVLTABmYkLqhZPLXnMl-KyN38R8UVYqGrxqO36s",
+        // },
+    },
+    .paths = .{
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+        "src",
+    },
+}
diff --git a/example/c-vt-encode-focus/src/main.c b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/src/main.c
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index 000000000..15854792f
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+++ b/example/c-vt-encode-focus/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ghostty/vt.h>
+
+//! [focus-encode]
+int main() {
+  char buf[8];
+  size_t written = 0;
+
+  GhosttyResult result = ghostty_focus_encode(
+      GHOSTTY_FOCUS_GAINED, buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
+
+  if (result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS) {
+    printf("Encoded %zu bytes: ", written);
+    fwrite(buf, 1, written, stdout);
+    printf("\n");
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+//! [focus-encode]
diff --git a/include/ghostty/vt/focus.h b/include/ghostty/vt/focus.h
index ea3618bc8..e29fe6a66 100644
--- a/include/ghostty/vt/focus.h
+++ b/include/ghostty/vt/focus.h
@@ -20,26 +20,7 @@
  *
  * ## Example
  *
- * @code{.c}
- * #include <stdio.h>
- * #include <ghostty/vt.h>
- *
- * int main() {
- *   char buf[8];
- *   size_t written = 0;
- *
- *   GhosttyResult result = ghostty_focus_encode(
- *       GHOSTTY_FOCUS_GAINED, buf, sizeof(buf), &written);
- *
- *   if (result == GHOSTTY_SUCCESS) {
- *     printf("Encoded %zu bytes: ", written);
- *     fwrite(buf, 1, written, stdout);
- *     printf("\n");
- *   }
- *
- *   return 0;
- * }
- * @endcode
+ * @snippet c-vt-encode-focus/src/main.c focus-encode
  *
  * @{
  */