diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66a7711..1ad201f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dream-cli"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "dream-core",
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dream-core"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "dream-gate",
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dream-gate"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "failure-fingerprint",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 312fded..b6ba8d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ rust-version = "1.89"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/DreamLab-AI/dream-engine"
 authors = ["DreamLab AI"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/crates/dream-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/dream-cli/Cargo.toml
index e5050f4..84834bb 100644
--- a/crates/dream-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dream-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ name = "dream_cli"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-dream-gate = { path = "../dream-gate", version = "0.1.0" }
-dream-core = { path = "../dream-core", version = "0.1.0" }
+dream-gate = { path = "../dream-gate", version = "0.1.1" }
+dream-core = { path = "../dream-core", version = "0.1.1" }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "2"
diff --git a/crates/dream-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/dream-core/Cargo.toml
index 198ae84..8f34c27 100644
--- a/crates/dream-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dream-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories = ["development-tools", "development-tools::testing"]
 authors.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-dream-gate = { path = "../dream-gate", version = "0.1.0" }
+dream-gate = { path = "../dream-gate", version = "0.1.1" }
 failure-fingerprint = { path = "../failure-fingerprint", version = "0.1.0" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/crates/dream-core/src/compile.rs b/crates/dream-core/src/compile.rs
index e3f3272..62ee8db 100644
--- a/crates/dream-core/src/compile.rs
+++ b/crates/dream-core/src/compile.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ pub fn compile(
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join("\n");
 
-    let adr_example = format!("ADR-{:0>width$}", 1, width = cfg.adr_convention.pad());
+    let adr_example = cfg.adr_convention.example(1);
     let labels = if cfg.labels.is_empty() {
         "none".to_string()
     } else {
diff --git a/crates/dream-gate/src/config.rs b/crates/dream-gate/src/config.rs
index 9de96d5..6449ef5 100644
--- a/crates/dream-gate/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/dream-gate/src/config.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ pub enum AdrConvention {
     },
 }
 
+/// Byte offset and length of the first longest run of `N` in a template.
+fn longest_n_run(t: &str) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
+    let (mut best, mut run_start, mut run) = (None::<(usize, usize)>, 0usize, 0usize);
+    for (i, c) in t.char_indices() {
+        if c == 'N' {
+            if run == 0 {
+                run_start = i;
+            }
+            run += 1;
+            if best.is_none_or(|(_, l)| run > l) {
+                best = Some((run_start, run));
+            }
+        } else {
+            run = 0;
+        }
+    }
+    best
+}
+
 /// Width of the longest run of `N` in a numbering template, or `None` when the
 /// text has no `N` at all and so is not a template.
 fn template_pad(t: &str) -> Option<usize> {
@@ -143,6 +162,30 @@ impl AdrConvention {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The identifier for ADR number `n` under this convention.
+    ///
+    /// A free-form template keeps everything around its numbering run, so
+    /// `ADR-OM-NNN` gives `ADR-OM-006` for 6; the other forms give `ADR-` plus
+    /// the zero-padded number.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use dream_gate::config::AdrConvention;
+    /// let t: AdrConvention = serde_json::from_str("\"ADR-OM-NNN\"").unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(t.example(6), "ADR-OM-006");
+    /// assert_eq!(AdrConvention::ThreeDigit.example(1), "ADR-001");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn example(&self, n: u32) -> String {
+        let width = self.pad();
+        let number = format!("{n:0>width$}");
+        match self {
+            AdrConvention::Template(t) => match longest_n_run(t) {
+                Some((start, len)) => format!("{}{number}{}", &t[..start], &t[start + len..]),
+                None => format!("ADR-{number}"),
+            },
+            _ => format!("ADR-{number}"),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The configured directory, for the custom form only.
     pub fn dir(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         match self {
diff --git a/crates/dream-gate/tests/adr_template.rs b/crates/dream-gate/tests/adr_template.rs
index f195790..de06e7c 100644
--- a/crates/dream-gate/tests/adr_template.rs
+++ b/crates/dream-gate/tests/adr_template.rs
@@ -37,3 +37,18 @@ fn named_forms_are_unchanged() {
     assert_eq!(parse("\"3-digit\"").unwrap(), AdrConvention::ThreeDigit);
     assert_eq!(parse("\"4-digit\"").unwrap(), AdrConvention::FourDigit);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn example_keeps_the_template_prefix() {
+    assert_eq!(parse("\"ADR-OM-NNN\"").unwrap().example(6), "ADR-OM-006");
+    assert_eq!(parse("\"ADR-NNNNN\"").unwrap().example(1), "ADR-00001");
+    assert_eq!(parse("\"N-ADR-NNNN\"").unwrap().example(12), "N-ADR-0012");
+    assert_eq!(parse("\"ADR-NN-NNN\"").unwrap().example(2), "ADR-NN-002");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn example_for_named_forms_is_plain_adr() {
+    assert_eq!(parse("\"3-digit\"").unwrap().example(1), "ADR-001");
+    assert_eq!(parse("\"4-digit\"").unwrap().example(1), "ADR-0001");
+    assert_eq!(AdrConvention::Unset.example(7), "ADR-0007");
+}