diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/.gitignore b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f00ef2307
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+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/.gitignore
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+node_modules
+.env
+dist
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diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/README.md b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/README.md
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index 0000000000..bf97609d4d
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+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Setup and Tear Down of Tracetest Tests
+
+> Read the detailed blog post [Enabling Programatic Setup and Tear Down of Tracetest Tests](https://tracetest.io/blog/enabling-programatic-setup-and-tear-down-of-tracetest-tests) that describes two methods to run setup steps before executing a test:
+- via a test suite
+- via the @tracetest/client NPM package
+
+The article contains the complete instructions on how to run this example.
+
+Feel free to check out the [docs](https://docs.tracetest.io/), and join our [Slack Community](https://dub.sh/tracetest-community) for more info!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_pokemon.yaml b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_pokemon.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25118c751c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_pokemon.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+type: Test
+spec:
+  id: delete-pokemon
+  name: Delete Pokemon
+  trigger:
+    type: http
+    httpRequest:
+      method: DELETE
+      url: https://demo-pokeshop.tracetest.io/pokemon/${env:pokemon_id}
+      headers:
+      - key: Content-Type
+        value: application/json
+  specs:
+  - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="general" name="Tracetest trigger"]
+    name: Delete returns a 200 status code
+    assertions:
+    - attr:tracetest.response.status = 200
+  - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="database" db.system="redis" db.operation="del" db.redis.database_index="0"]
+    name: Ensure we are deleting from the redis cache also
+    assertions:
+    - attr:tracetest.selected_spans.count = 1
+  - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="database"]
+    name: "All Database Spans: Processing time is less than 10ms"
+    assertions:
+    - attr:tracetest.span.duration < 10ms
+  - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="database" name="delete pokeshop.pokemon" db.system="postgres" db.name="pokeshop" db.user="ashketchum" db.operation="delete" db.sql.table="pokemon"]
+    name: Check that number of deleted rows from Postgres is one
+    assertions:
+    - attr:db.result = 1
diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_test.ts b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f9c80721d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { Pokemon } from './types';
+import Tracetest from '@tracetest/client';
+
+// To use the @tracetest/client, you must have a token for the environment. This is created on the Settings 
+// page under Tokens by the administrator for the environment. The token below has been given the 'engineer'
+// role in the pokeshop-demo env in the tracetest-demo org so you can create and run tests in this environment.
+// Want to read more about setting up tokens? https://docs.tracetest.io/concepts/environment-tokens
+
+const TRACETEST_API_TOKEN = 'tttoken_4fea89f6e7fa1500';
+const baseUrl = 'https://demo-pokeshop.tracetest.io/pokemon';
+
+// json for the body of the POST to create a pokemon
+const setupPokemon = `{
+    "name": "fearow",  
+    "imageUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/sprites/pokemon/22.png",
+    "isFeatured": false,
+    "type": "normal,flying"
+}`
+
+const main = async () => {
+    console.log('Lets use the TRACETEST_API_TOKEN to authenticate the @tracetest/client module...')
+    const tracetest = await Tracetest(TRACETEST_API_TOKEN);
+    
+
+    //execute setup by adding a Pokemon with a REST POST api call directly
+    const createPokemon = async (): Promise<Pokemon> => {
+        const response = await fetch(baseUrl,{
+            method: 'POST',
+            body: setupPokemon,
+            headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'} 
+        });
+        return await response.json() as Pokemon;
+    };
+
+    console.log('Adding the Pokemon - this is the setup action we need before running a Tracetest test')
+    const pokemon = await createPokemon();
+
+    // Get the id of the pokemon that we created in the setup step
+    let pokemonId = pokemon.id;
+    console.log('The Pokemon id we created was ', pokemonId);
+
+    
+    // Lets pull in the delete-pokemon test from a file
+    let deleteTest = fs.readFileSync('delete_pokemon.yaml', 'utf-8');
+
+    // Lets setup the variables we will be passing into the test (ie the pokemon_id)
+    const getVariables = (id: string) => [
+        { key: 'pokemon_id', value: id }
+    ];
+
+    const deletePokemon = async () => {
+        console.log('Creating the delete-pokemon test based on the test in delete_pokemon.yaml...');
+        const test = await tracetest.newTest(deleteTest);
+
+
+        // run deletes pokemon test
+        console.log('Running the delete-pokemon test...');
+        const run = await tracetest.runTest(test, { variables: getVariables(String(pokemonId)) });
+        await run.wait();
+    };
+
+    await deletePokemon();
+    
+    console.log(await tracetest.getSummary());
+};
+
+main();
diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_test_suite.yaml b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_test_suite.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3045167f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/delete_test_suite.yaml
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+type: TestSuite
+spec:
+  id: bS4cix2IR
+  name: Delete with Setup
+  description: A test of the deletion end point with setup test which adds the pokemon as a setup step.
+  steps:
+  - setup-pokemon
+  - delete-pokemon
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+      "dev": true,
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diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/package.json b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ef6505759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "test-setup",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "delete_test.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "start": "ts-node delete_test"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "tracetest",
+    "typescript",
+    "@tracetest/core"
+  ],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^20.11.17",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@tracetest/client": "^0.0.27"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/setup_pokemon.yaml b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/setup_pokemon.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c88e79988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/setup_pokemon.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+type: Test
+spec:
+  id: setup-pokemon
+  name: Setup Pokemon
+  trigger:
+    type: http
+    httpRequest:
+      method: POST
+      url: https://demo-pokeshop.tracetest.io/pokemon
+      body: "{\n  \"name\": \"fearow\",\n  \"type\":\"normal,flying\",\n  \"imageUrl\":\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/sprites/pokemon/22.png\",\n  \"isFeatured\": false\n}\n"
+      headers:
+      - key: Content-Type
+        value: application/json
+  specs:
+  - selector: span[tracetest.span.type="general" name="Tracetest trigger"]
+    name: Check to see the post worked
+    assertions:
+    - attr:tracetest.response.status = 201
+  outputs:
+  - name: pokemon_id
+    selector: span[tracetest.span.type="general" name="Tracetest trigger"]
+    value: attr:tracetest.response.body| json_path '$.id'
+  skipTraceCollection: true
+
+
+  
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diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/tsconfig.json b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f291f03fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "target": "es2016",
+      "module": "commonjs",
+      "outDir": "./dist",
+      "esModuleInterop": true,
+      "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+      "strict": true,
+      "skipLibCheck": true
+    }
+  }
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diff --git a/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/types.ts b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d2223bc3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-of-tracetest-tests/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// type definition needed for the json returned from creating a new pokemon
+
+export type Pokemon = {
+    id: number;
+    imageUrl: string;
+    isFeatured: boolean;
+    type: string;
+    name: string;
+  };
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