diff --git a/.changeset/witty-mirrors-confess.md b/.changeset/witty-mirrors-confess.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc4745af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/witty-mirrors-confess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-mdxts": patch
+---
+
+Improves CLI onboarding by prompting to copy the blog example if not run in a project.
diff --git a/examples/blog/README.md b/examples/blog/README.md
index 162da1b1..540a4e30 100644
--- a/examples/blog/README.md
+++ b/examples/blog/README.md
@@ -6,16 +6,8 @@ This example shows how to build a blog with MDXTS and Next.js.
 
 ## How to use
 
-Use [`create-mdxts`](https://github.com/souporserious/mdxts/tree/main/packages/create-mdxts) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init), [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/), or [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) to copy this example to your machine:
+Use the [`create-mdxts`](https://github.com/souporserious/mdxts/tree/main/packages/create-mdxts) CLI with [npx](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npx) to copy this example to your machine:
 
 ```bash
-npm create-mdxts --example=blog
-```
-
-```bash
-yarn create mdxts --example=blog
-```
-
-```bash
-pnpm create mdxts --example=blog
+npx create-mdxts --example blog
 ```
diff --git a/packages/create-mdxts/src/fetch-example.ts b/packages/create-mdxts/src/fetch-example.ts
index e8bb2499..c8570676 100644
--- a/packages/create-mdxts/src/fetch-example.ts
+++ b/packages/create-mdxts/src/fetch-example.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 import path from 'node:path'
-import { createWriteStream, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs'
+import {
+  createWriteStream,
+  mkdirSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs'
 import { Readable } from 'node:stream'
 import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 
+import { getCurrentVersion } from './is-package-outdated'
 import { Log, askQuestion } from './utils'
 
 /** Fetches the contents of an MDXTS example from the GitHub repository and downloads them to the local file system. */
-export async function fetchExample(exampleSlug: string) {
+export async function fetchExample(
+  exampleSlug: string,
+  prependMessage?: string
+) {
   await fetchGitHubDirectory({
     owner: 'souporserious',
     repo: 'mdxts',
     branch: 'main',
     directoryPath: `examples/${exampleSlug}`,
+    prependMessage,
   })
 }
 
@@ -23,12 +33,14 @@ async function fetchGitHubDirectory({
   branch,
   directoryPath,
   basePath = '.',
+  prependMessage,
 }: {
   owner: string
   repo: string
   branch: string
   directoryPath: string
   basePath?: string
+  prependMessage?: string
 }) {
   const isRoot = basePath === '.'
   const apiUrl = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/contents/${directoryPath}?ref=${branch}`
@@ -48,7 +60,7 @@ async function fetchGitHubDirectory({
 
   if (isRoot) {
     const userBasePath = await askQuestion(
-      `Download the ${directoryName} example to ${chalk.bold(
+      `${prependMessage}Download the ${directoryName} example to ${chalk.bold(
         workingDirectory
       )}? Press enter to proceed or specify a different directory: `
     )
@@ -87,17 +99,19 @@ async function fetchGitHubDirectory({
 
   if (isRoot) {
     const { detectPackageManager } = await import('@antfu/install-pkg')
-    const packageManager = await detectPackageManager()
+    const packageManager = await detectPackageManager(process.cwd())
     const introInstallInstructions =
       basePath === '.'
         ? `Run`
         : `Change to the ${chalk.bold(directoryName)} directory and run`
 
+    await reformatPackageJson(workingDirectory, basePath)
+
     Log.success(
       `Example ${chalk.bold(
         directoryName
       )} fetched and configured successfully! ${introInstallInstructions} ${chalk.bold(
-        `${packageManager} install`
+        `${packageManager ?? 'npm'} install`
       )} to install the dependencies and get started.`
     )
   }
@@ -129,3 +143,22 @@ const downloadFile = async (url: string, filePath: string) => {
 
   await pipeline(stream, fileStream)
 }
+
+/** Re-format package.json file to remove monorepo dependencies and use the latest MDXTS version. */
+async function reformatPackageJson(workingDirectory: string, basePath: string) {
+  const packageJsonPath = path.join(workingDirectory, basePath, 'package.json')
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8'))
+
+  // Remove "@example/" prefix from package name
+  packageJson.name = packageJson.name.replace('@example/', '')
+
+  // Replace mdxts "workspace:*" with the latest version of the package
+  packageJson.dependencies['mdxts'] = await getCurrentVersion()
+
+  // Remove shiki and prettier dependencies since they are only required for the monorepo
+  delete packageJson.dependencies['prettier']
+  delete packageJson.dependencies['shiki']
+
+  // Write the updated package.json file
+  writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2), 'utf-8')
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-mdxts/src/index.ts b/packages/create-mdxts/src/index.ts
index ab8ca40e..01f8236d 100644
--- a/packages/create-mdxts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-mdxts/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { Log, askQuestion, askYesNo, getFilePatternBaseName } from './utils'
 
 const states = {
   INITIAL_STATE: 'initialState',
+  CHECK_NEXT_INSTALLED: 'checkNextInstalled',
   CHECK_TYPESCRIPT_INSTALLED: 'checkTypescriptInstalled',
   CHECK_MDXTS_INSTALLED: 'checkMdxtsInstalled',
   INSTALL_MDXTS: 'installMdxts',
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ export async function start() {
     try {
       switch (currentState) {
         case states.INITIAL_STATE:
+          const packageJsonPath = join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')
+          if (existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
+            currentState = states.CHECK_NEXT_INSTALLED
+          } else {
+            await fetchExample('blog', 'No project was found. ')
+            currentState = states.SUCCESS_STATE
+          }
+          break
+        case states.CHECK_NEXT_INSTALLED:
           checkNextJsProject()
           currentState = states.CHECK_TYPESCRIPT_INSTALLED
           break
@@ -146,11 +156,6 @@ start()
 
 export function checkNextJsProject() {
   const packageJsonPath = join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')
-  if (!existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'No package.json found. Please run this command in a Next.js project directory.'
-    )
-  }
   const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8'))
   if (!packageJson.devDependencies?.next && !packageJson.dependencies?.next) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/create-mdxts/src/is-package-outdated.ts b/packages/create-mdxts/src/is-package-outdated.ts
index a2a67765..5d283085 100644
--- a/packages/create-mdxts/src/is-package-outdated.ts
+++ b/packages/create-mdxts/src/is-package-outdated.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function shouldRefreshCache() {
   return now - cacheContent.cachedAt > DAY_IN_MILLISECONDS
 }
 
-async function getCurrentVersion() {
+export async function getCurrentVersion() {
   if (shouldRefreshCache()) {
     const version = await fetchPackageVersion()
     saveVersionToCache(version)