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diff --git a/packages/db-example/.swcrc b/examples/db-example/.swcrc
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diff --git a/packages/db-example/README.md b/examples/db-example/README.md
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index 5c14ab52f7..e1a6b17863 100644
--- a/packages/db-example/README.md
+++ b/examples/db-example/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 - [Main Repository](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload)
 - [Payload Docs](https://payloadcms.com/docs)
 
+To build a fully working database adapter for Payload you must implement the database adapter interface. There is a mix
+of required and not required methods depending on the areas you need to support. Payload will call the adapter's `init`
+function followed by the `connect` method if it exists. The adapter must create any schema necessary on the target
+database in the init function. The adapter can be extended as needed to keep track of models for collections and other
+artifacts necessary to perform all the needed operations.
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/packages/db-example/package.json b/examples/db-example/package.json
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--- a/packages/db-example/package.json
+++ b/examples/db-example/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/payloadcms/payload.git",
-    "directory": "packages/db-example"
+    "directory": "examples/db-example"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://payloadcms.com",
@@ -25,34 +25,16 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bson-objectid": "2.0.4",
-    "deepmerge": "4.3.1",
-    "get-port": "5.1.1",
-    "mongoose": "6.12.3",
-    "mongoose-aggregate-paginate-v2": "1.0.6",
-    "mongoose-paginate-v2": "1.7.22",
-    "prompts": "2.4.2",
-    "http-status": "1.6.2",
-    "uuid": "9.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@types/mongoose-aggregate-paginate-v2": "1.0.9",
-    "mongodb": "4.17.1",
-    "mongodb-memory-server": "^9",
-    "payload": "workspace:*"
+    "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "^1.1.1",
+    "payload": "^2.18.3",
+    "rimraf": "^4.1.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "payload": "^2.0.0"
   },
-  "publishConfig": {
-    "main": "./dist/index.js",
-    "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
-    "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
-  },
   "files": [
-    "dist",
-    "mock.js",
-    "predefinedMigrations"
+    "dist"
   ]
 }
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