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+# Example configs
+
+Complete pipeline YAML for each analysis mode, pulled live from the
+[`examples/`](https://github.com/lg345/XSpect/tree/master/examples) directory.
+Each one runs end to end with `Pipeline.from_yaml(...)`. Read the
+[YAML pipeline guide](YAML_PIPELINE_GUIDE.md) for the section-by-section
+reference and the [step reference](steps/index.md) for what each step does.
+
+## Static XES
+
+Single-state emission spectra, no time or energy axis. Loads the ePix, filters
+to x-ray shots, patches dead columns, rotates the dispersion axis, and sums to
+one spectrum per run. `examples/mfx101080524_static_xes.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+--8<-- "examples/mfx101080524_static_xes.yaml"
+```
+
+## Time-resolved (pump-probe) XES
+
+Laser-on minus laser-off emission, binned by pump-probe delay. Adds
+`time_binning` and the laser masks, then `reduce_detector_temporal` and the
+`combine_runs` reduction to build the transient.
+`examples/mfxl1027922_ultrafast_xes.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+--8<-- "examples/mfxl1027922_ultrafast_xes.yaml"
+```
+
+## 2D XAS (energy × delay)
+
+Simultaneous incident-energy scan and pump-probe delay, producing a transient
+absorption map Δμ(E, t). Uses `make_ccm_axis`, `ccm_binning`, `time_binning`,
+and `reduce_detector_ccm_temporal`. `examples/xcs101591326_2d_xas.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+--8<-- "examples/xcs101591326_2d_xas.yaml"
+```
+
+## Temporal XAS
+
+Fluorescence-detected XAS at a fixed incident energy, scanned over delay
+(I_f / I_0). `examples/xcs101591326_temporal_xas.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+--8<-- "examples/xcs101591326_temporal_xas.yaml"
+```
+
+## Droplet / photon-counting XES
+
+Per-shot XES from the MFX droplet2photon sparse layout. `droplet_reconstruction`
+rebuilds dense frames from photon positions before the usual XES chain.
+`examples/mfx101609126_droplet_pershot_xes.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+--8<-- "examples/mfx101609126_droplet_pershot_xes.yaml"
+```
+
+## RIXS
+
+Incident-energy scan with 2D emission images, giving a RIXS plane (incident
+energy from DCCM, emission energy from the von Hamos spectrometer).
+`examples/mfx101609126_static_rixs.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+--8<-- "examples/mfx101609126_static_rixs.yaml"
+```
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 nav:
   - Home: index.md
   - Overview: Overview.md
-  - YAML pipeline guide: YAML_PIPELINE_GUIDE.md
-  - Step reference:
-    - Overview: steps/index.md
-    - Loading & filtering: steps/loading_filtering.md
-    - Detector & spatial: steps/detector.md
-    - Binning: steps/binning.md
-    - Spectra & reductions: steps/spectra.md
-  - Examples:
+  - YAML pipeline:
+    - Guide: YAML_PIPELINE_GUIDE.md
+    - Example configs: example_configs.md
+    - Step reference:
+      - Overview: steps/index.md
+      - Loading & filtering: steps/loading_filtering.md
+      - Detector & spatial: steps/detector.md
+      - Binning: steps/binning.md
+      - Spectra & reductions: steps/spectra.md
+    - Source:
+      - Model: source_model.md
+      - Controller: source_controller.md
+      - Analysis steps: source_analysis.md
+  - Getting started:
     - XAS: Getting_started_XAS.md
     - XES: Getting_started_XES.md
     - Post-processing: Post_Processing.md
-  - Source (YAML pipeline):
-    - Model: source_model.md
-    - Controller: source_controller.md
-    - Analysis steps: source_analysis.md
   - Source (legacy):
     - XSpect_Analysis: XSpect_Analysis.md
     - XSpect_Controller: XSpect_Controller.md
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