diff --git a/tools/build b/tools/build
index 829edcb..3c07db8 100755
--- a/tools/build
+++ b/tools/build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+tools/test
 tools/format
 tools/measure
 tools/generate
diff --git a/tools/test b/tools/test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c0c9c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Sanity testing of the examples.
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# go vet will attempt to build each example, making sure it compiles. It will
+# also report known issues with the code. Disabling the -unreachable check
+# because it will fire false positives for some examples demonstrating panics.
+go vet -unreachable=false ./examples/...