diff --git a/cpp/template/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/template/CMakeLists.txt
index 44b06e1b5f..a1341f3609 100644
--- a/cpp/template/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,5 +34,9 @@ rapids_cpm_init()
 include(cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake)
 
 # -------------- compile tasks ----------------- #
-add_executable(TEST_RAFT src/test_vector_search.cu)
-target_link_libraries(TEST_RAFT PRIVATE raft::raft raft::compiled)
+add_executable(CAGRA_EXAMPLE src/cagra_example.cu)
+target_link_libraries(CAGRA_EXAMPLE PRIVATE raft::raft raft::compiled)
+
+add_executable(IVF_FLAT_EXAMPLE src/ivf_flat_example.cu)
+target_link_libraries(IVF_FLAT_EXAMPLE PRIVATE raft::raft raft::compiled)
+
diff --git a/cpp/template/src/cagra_example.cu b/cpp/template/src/cagra_example.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f3a7d6676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/template/src/cagra_example.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp>
+#include <raft/core/device_resources.hpp>
+#include <raft/neighbors/cagra.cuh>
+#include <raft/random/make_blobs.cuh>
+
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
+
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+void cagra_build_search_simple(raft::device_resources const& dev_resources,
+                               raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> dataset,
+                               raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> queries)
+{
+  using namespace raft::neighbors;
+
+  int64_t topk      = 12;
+  int64_t n_queries = queries.extent(0);
+
+  // create output arrays
+  auto neighbors = raft::make_device_matrix<uint32_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
+  auto distances = raft::make_device_matrix<float>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
+
+  // use default index parameters
+  cagra::index_params index_params;
+
+  std::cout << "Building CAGRA index (search graph)" << std::endl;
+  auto index = cagra::build<float, uint32_t>(dev_resources, index_params, dataset);
+
+  std::cout << "CAGRA index has " << index.size() << " vectors" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "CAGRA graph has degree " << index.graph_degree() << ", graph size ["
+            << index.graph().extent(0) << ", " << index.graph().extent(1) << "]" << std::endl;
+
+  // use default search parameters
+  cagra::search_params search_params;
+  // search K nearest neighbors
+  cagra::search<float, uint32_t>(
+    dev_resources, search_params, index, queries, neighbors.view(), distances.view());
+
+  // The call to ivf_flat::search is asynchronous. Before accessing the data, sync by calling
+  // raft::resource::sync_stream(dev_resources);
+
+  print_results(dev_resources, neighbors.view(), distances.view());
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  raft::device_resources dev_resources;
+
+  // Set pool memory resource with 1 GiB initial pool size. All allocations use the same pool.
+  rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> pool_mr(
+    rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(), 1024 * 1024 * 1024ull);
+  rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(&pool_mr);
+
+  // Alternatively, one could define a pool allocator for temporary arrays (used within RAFT
+  // algorithms). In that case only the internal arrays would use the pool, any other allocation
+  // uses the default RMM memory resource. Here is how to change the workspace memory resource to
+  // a pool with 2 GiB upper limit.
+  // raft::resource::set_workspace_to_pool_resource(dev_resources, 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024ull);
+
+  // Create input arrays.
+  int64_t n_samples = 10000;
+  int64_t n_dim     = 90;
+  int64_t n_queries = 10;
+  auto dataset      = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_samples, n_dim);
+  auto queries      = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, n_dim);
+  generate_dataset(dev_resources, dataset.view(), queries.view());
+
+  // Simple build and search example.
+  cagra_build_search_simple(dev_resources,
+                            raft::make_const_mdspan(dataset.view()),
+                            raft::make_const_mdspan(queries.view()));
+}
diff --git a/cpp/template/src/common.cuh b/cpp/template/src/common.cuh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b72d3bf3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/template/src/common.cuh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp>
+#include <raft/core/device_resources.hpp>
+#include <raft/core/resource/thrust_policy.hpp>
+#include <raft/matrix/copy.cuh>
+#include <raft/random/make_blobs.cuh>
+#include <raft/random/sample_without_replacement.cuh>
+#include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
+
+#include <thrust/copy.h>
+#include <thrust/device_ptr.h>
+#include <thrust/iterator/counting_iterator.h>
+
+// Fill dataset and queries with synthetic data.
+void generate_dataset(raft::device_resources const& dev_resources,
+                      raft::device_matrix_view<float, int64_t> dataset,
+                      raft::device_matrix_view<float, int64_t> queries)
+{
+  auto labels = raft::make_device_vector<int64_t, int64_t>(dev_resources, dataset.extent(0));
+  raft::random::make_blobs(dev_resources, dataset, labels.view());
+  raft::random::RngState r(1234ULL);
+  raft::random::uniform(dev_resources,
+                        r,
+                        raft::make_device_vector_view(queries.data_handle(), queries.size()),
+                        -1.0f,
+                        1.0f);
+}
+
+// Copy the results to host and print a few samples
+template <typename IdxT>
+void print_results(raft::device_resources const& dev_resources,
+                   raft::device_matrix_view<IdxT, int64_t> neighbors,
+                   raft::device_matrix_view<float, int64_t> distances)
+{
+  int64_t topk        = neighbors.extent(1);
+  auto neighbors_host = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(neighbors.extent(0), topk);
+  auto distances_host = raft::make_host_matrix<float, int64_t>(distances.extent(0), topk);
+
+  cudaStream_t stream = raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(dev_resources);
+
+  raft::copy(neighbors_host.data_handle(), neighbors.data_handle(), neighbors.size(), stream);
+  raft::copy(distances_host.data_handle(), distances.data_handle(), distances.size(), stream);
+
+  // The calls to RAFT algorithms and  raft::copy is asynchronous.
+  // We need to sync the stream before accessing the data.
+  raft::resource::sync_stream(dev_resources, stream);
+
+  for (int query_id = 0; query_id < 2; query_id++) {
+    std::cout << "Query " << query_id << " neighbor indices: ";
+    raft::print_host_vector("", &neighbors_host(query_id, 0), topk, std::cout);
+    std::cout << "Query " << query_id << " neighbor distances: ";
+    raft::print_host_vector("", &distances_host(query_id, 0), topk, std::cout);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Subsample the dataset to create a training set*/
+raft::device_matrix<float, int64_t> subsample(
+  raft::device_resources const& dev_resources,
+  raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> dataset,
+  raft::device_vector_view<const int64_t, int64_t> data_indices,
+  float fraction)
+{
+  int64_t n_samples = dataset.extent(0);
+  int64_t n_dim     = dataset.extent(1);
+  int64_t n_train   = n_samples * fraction;
+  auto trainset     = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_train, n_dim);
+
+  int seed = 137;
+  raft::random::RngState rng(seed);
+  auto train_indices = raft::make_device_vector<int64_t>(dev_resources, n_train);
+
+  raft::random::sample_without_replacement(
+    dev_resources, rng, data_indices, std::nullopt, train_indices.view(), std::nullopt);
+
+  raft::matrix::copy_rows(
+    dev_resources, dataset, trainset.view(), raft::make_const_mdspan(train_indices.view()));
+
+  return trainset;
+}
diff --git a/cpp/template/src/ivf_flat_example.cu b/cpp/template/src/ivf_flat_example.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d91f8fe8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/template/src/ivf_flat_example.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <optional>
+#include <raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp>
+#include <raft/core/device_resources.hpp>
+#include <raft/core/resource/thrust_policy.hpp>
+#include <raft/neighbors/ivf_flat.cuh>
+#include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
+
+#include <rmm/mr/device/device_memory_resource.hpp>
+#include <rmm/mr/device/pool_memory_resource.hpp>
+
+#include <thrust/copy.h>
+#include <thrust/device_ptr.h>
+#include <thrust/iterator/counting_iterator.h>
+
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+void ivf_flat_build_search_simple(raft::device_resources const& dev_resources,
+                                  raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> dataset,
+                                  raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> queries)
+{
+  using namespace raft::neighbors;
+
+  ivf_flat::index_params index_params;
+  index_params.n_lists                  = 1024;
+  index_params.kmeans_trainset_fraction = 0.1;
+  index_params.metric                   = raft::distance::DistanceType::L2Expanded;
+
+  std::cout << "Building IVF-Flat index" << std::endl;
+  auto index = ivf_flat::build(dev_resources, index_params, dataset);
+
+  std::cout << "Number of clusters " << index.n_lists() << ", number of vectors added to index "
+            << index.size() << std::endl;
+
+  // Create output arrays.
+  int64_t topk      = 10;
+  int64_t n_queries = queries.extent(0);
+  auto neighbors    = raft::make_device_matrix<int64_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
+  auto distances    = raft::make_device_matrix<float>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
+
+  // Set search parameters.
+  ivf_flat::search_params search_params;
+  search_params.n_probes = 50;
+
+  // Search K nearest neighbors for each of the queries.
+  ivf_flat::search(
+    dev_resources, search_params, index, queries, neighbors.view(), distances.view());
+
+  // The call to ivf_flat::search is asynchronous. Before accessing the data, sync by calling
+  // raft::resource::sync_stream(dev_resources);
+
+  print_results(dev_resources, neighbors.view(), distances.view());
+}
+
+void ivf_flat_build_extend_search(raft::device_resources const& dev_resources,
+                                  raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> dataset,
+                                  raft::device_matrix_view<const float, int64_t> queries)
+{
+  using namespace raft::neighbors;
+
+  // Define dataset indices.
+  auto data_indices = raft::make_device_vector<int64_t, int64_t>(dev_resources, dataset.extent(0));
+  thrust::counting_iterator<int64_t> first(0);
+  thrust::device_ptr<int64_t> ptr(data_indices.data_handle());
+  thrust::copy(
+    raft::resource::get_thrust_policy(dev_resources), first, first + dataset.extent(0), ptr);
+
+  // Sub-sample the dataset to create a training set.
+  auto trainset =
+    subsample(dev_resources, dataset, raft::make_const_mdspan(data_indices.view()), 0.1);
+
+  ivf_flat::index_params index_params;
+  index_params.n_lists           = 100;
+  index_params.metric            = raft::distance::DistanceType::L2Expanded;
+  index_params.add_data_on_build = false;
+
+  std::cout << "\nRun k-means clustering using the training set" << std::endl;
+  auto index =
+    ivf_flat::build(dev_resources, index_params, raft::make_const_mdspan(trainset.view()));
+
+  std::cout << "Number of clusters " << index.n_lists() << ", number of vectors added to index "
+            << index.size() << std::endl;
+
+  std::cout << "Filling index with the dataset vectors" << std::endl;
+  index = ivf_flat::extend(dev_resources,
+                           dataset,
+                           std::make_optional(raft::make_const_mdspan(data_indices.view())),
+                           index);
+
+  std::cout << "Index size after addin dataset vectors " << index.size() << std::endl;
+
+  // Set search parameters.
+  ivf_flat::search_params search_params;
+  search_params.n_probes = 10;
+
+  // Create output arrays.
+  int64_t topk      = 10;
+  int64_t n_queries = queries.extent(0);
+  auto neighbors    = raft::make_device_matrix<int64_t, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
+  auto distances    = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
+
+  // Search K nearest neighbors for each queries.
+  ivf_flat::search(
+    dev_resources, search_params, index, queries, neighbors.view(), distances.view());
+
+  // The call to ivf_flat::search is asynchronous. Before accessing the data, sync using:
+  // raft::resource::sync_stream(dev_resources);
+
+  print_results(dev_resources, neighbors.view(), distances.view());
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  raft::device_resources dev_resources;
+
+  // Set pool memory resource with 1 GiB initial pool size. All allocations use the same pool.
+  rmm::mr::pool_memory_resource<rmm::mr::device_memory_resource> pool_mr(
+    rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource(), 1024 * 1024 * 1024ull);
+  rmm::mr::set_current_device_resource(&pool_mr);
+
+  // Alternatively, one could define a pool allocator for temporary arrays (used within RAFT
+  // algorithms). In that case only the internal arrays would use the pool, any other allocation
+  // uses the default RMM memory resource. Here is how to change the workspace memory resource to
+  // a pool with 2 GiB upper limit.
+  // raft::resource::set_workspace_to_pool_resource(dev_resources, 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024ull);
+
+  // Create input arrays.
+  int64_t n_samples = 10000;
+  int64_t n_dim     = 3;
+  int64_t n_queries = 10;
+  auto dataset      = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_samples, n_dim);
+  auto queries      = raft::make_device_matrix<float, int64_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, n_dim);
+  generate_dataset(dev_resources, dataset.view(), queries.view());
+
+  // Simple build and search example.
+  ivf_flat_build_search_simple(dev_resources,
+                               raft::make_const_mdspan(dataset.view()),
+                               raft::make_const_mdspan(queries.view()));
+
+  // Build and extend example.
+  ivf_flat_build_extend_search(dev_resources,
+                               raft::make_const_mdspan(dataset.view()),
+                               raft::make_const_mdspan(queries.view()));
+}
diff --git a/cpp/template/src/test_vector_search.cu b/cpp/template/src/test_vector_search.cu
deleted file mode 100644
index f54cfc03e7..0000000000
--- a/cpp/template/src/test_vector_search.cu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <raft/core/device_mdarray.hpp>
-#include <raft/core/device_resources.hpp>
-#include <raft/neighbors/cagra.cuh>
-#include <raft/random/make_blobs.cuh>
-
-int main()
-{
-  using namespace raft::neighbors;
-  raft::device_resources dev_resources;
-  // Use 5 GB of pool memory
-  raft::resource::set_workspace_to_pool_resource(
-    dev_resources, std::make_optional<std::size_t>(5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024ull));
-
-  int64_t n_samples = 50000;
-  int64_t n_dim     = 90;
-  int64_t topk      = 12;
-  int64_t n_queries = 1;
-
-  // create input and output arrays
-  auto input     = raft::make_device_matrix<float>(dev_resources, n_samples, n_dim);
-  auto labels    = raft::make_device_vector<int64_t>(dev_resources, n_samples);
-  auto queries   = raft::make_device_matrix<float>(dev_resources, n_queries, n_dim);
-  auto neighbors = raft::make_device_matrix<int64_t>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
-  auto distances = raft::make_device_matrix<float>(dev_resources, n_queries, topk);
-
-  raft::random::make_blobs(dev_resources, input.view(), labels.view());
-
-  // use default index parameters
-  cagra::index_params index_params;
-  // create and fill the index from a [n_samples, n_dim] input
-  auto index = cagra::build<float, int64_t>(
-    dev_resources, index_params, raft::make_const_mdspan(input.view()));
-  // use default search parameters
-  cagra::search_params search_params;
-  // search K nearest neighbors
-  cagra::search<float, int64_t>(dev_resources,
-                                search_params,
-                                index,
-                                raft::make_const_mdspan(queries.view()),
-                                neighbors.view(),
-                                distances.view());
-}