diff --git a/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml b/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml
index 447064b..adf2725 100644
--- a/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml
+++ b/crossplane/templates/gitlab.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,23 @@ spec:
       namespace: crossplane
       name: gitlab-secret
       key: accesstoken
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: projects.gitlab.crossplane.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Project
+metadata:
+  name: example-project
+spec:
+  forProvider:
+    # If not set, metadata.name will be used instead.
+    name: "Example Project"
+    namespaceIdRef:
+      name: example-group
+    description: "example project description"
+  providerConfigRef:
+    name: gitlab-provider
+  # a reference to a Kubernetes secret to which the controller will write the runnersToken
+  writeConnectionSecretToRef:
+    name: gitlab-project-example-project
+    namespace: crossplane-system