diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0867af4..850328f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,10 +44,15 @@ The tests:
   `closed.txt`;
 - `released_apps_run`: every app each release built still starts and does what its script says.
 
-`NSH_COMPAT_APP=<name>` runs one app, `NSH_COMPAT_DUMP=1` prints the texts each step of a script adds and removes,
+`NSH_COMPAT_APP=<name>` selects apps whose unqualified name starts with `<name>`; `desktop` selects both its case
+and example. `NSH_COMPAT_DUMP=1` prints the texts each step of a script adds and removes,
 `NSH_COMPAT_KEEP_GOING=1` goes on after a failed step at the script's next case (its next `tap id:case-…`) and reports
 the first failure of each case at the end, so one run shows every case that fails.
 
+Cases and examples build concurrently into separate `case-<name>` and `example-<name>` directories. Each owns
+its `.build` staging directory, so equally named apps cannot overwrite each other's bundle, metadata or script.
+Each checkout run replaces its generated output directory before building; frozen release records are unchanged.
+
 Material assertions use `prop <selector> macos.backdrop material=hudWindow blending=behindWindow`
 and `style <selector> glassTintColor #ff000080`. Backdrop members at their defaults are omitted;
 an explicitly requested default material is `{}`, while a removed material has no `backdrop` key.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b099e84..e763d3f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -207,10 +207,19 @@ fn record_breaks(
 /// example (`examples/<app>/`, its script `tests/compat/examples/<app>.txt`).
 struct CheckoutApp {
     name: String,
+    example: bool,
     source: PathBuf,
     script: PathBuf,
 }
 
+impl CheckoutApp {
+    /// Cases and examples can share a logical name, but never build files.
+    fn build_name(&self) -> String {
+        let kind = if self.example { "example" } else { "case" };
+        format!("{kind}-{}", self.name)
+    }
+}
+
 /// The checkout's apps (`NSH_COMPAT_APP=<name>`: those whose name starts
 /// so).
 fn checkout_apps() -> Vec<CheckoutApp> {
@@ -228,6 +237,7 @@ fn checkout_apps() -> Vec<CheckoutApp> {
         if dir.join("script.txt").is_file() {
             out.push(CheckoutApp {
                 name: release_name(&dir),
+                example: false,
                 script: dir.join("script.txt"),
                 source: dir,
             });
@@ -242,6 +252,7 @@ fn checkout_apps() -> Vec<CheckoutApp> {
         };
         out.push(CheckoutApp {
             name: name.to_owned(),
+            example: true,
             source: nsh.join("examples").join(name),
             script,
         });
@@ -272,8 +283,7 @@ fn build(app: &CheckoutApp, out: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
             nsh_dir().display()
         ));
     }
-    let staging = out.with_extension("build");
-    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&staging);
+    let staging = out.join(".build");
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(out);
     let built = Command::new(&bin)
         .args(["build", "--release", "-o"])
@@ -311,8 +321,8 @@ fn copy_dir(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Builds the checkout's apps into `root/<app>/`, side by side; the
-/// directories built, or what failed.
+/// Builds cases and examples into separate `root/case-<app>/` and
+/// `root/example-<app>/` directories; the directories built, or what failed.
 fn build_checkout_apps(root: &Path) -> Result<Vec<(String, PathBuf)>, String> {
     let apps = checkout_apps();
     let results: Vec<_> = std::thread::scope(|s| {
@@ -320,10 +330,11 @@ fn build_checkout_apps(root: &Path) -> Result<Vec<(String, PathBuf)>, String> {
             .iter()
             .map(|app| {
                 s.spawn(move || {
-                    let dir = root.join(&app.name);
+                    let name = app.build_name();
+                    let dir = root.join(&name);
                     build(app, &dir)
-                        .map(|()| (app.name.clone(), dir))
-                        .map_err(|e| format!("{}: {e}", app.name))
+                        .map_err(|e| format!("{name}: {e}"))
+                        .map(|()| (name, dir))
                 })
             })
             .collect();
@@ -389,6 +400,9 @@ pub fn record(version: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
 /// and their `covers` claims hold.
 pub fn checkout_apps_run() -> Result<(), String> {
     let root = work_dir().join("checkout");
+    if root.exists() {
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&root).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    }
     let built = build_checkout_apps(&root)?;
     let failed = run_apps(&built);
     if !failed.is_empty() {
@@ -465,6 +479,22 @@ pub fn any_release() -> bool {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn case_and_example_build_names_do_not_collide() {
+        let mut names = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+        for name in ["desktop", "example-desktop", "desktop.build"] {
+            for example in [false, true] {
+                let app = CheckoutApp {
+                    name: name.into(),
+                    example,
+                    source: PathBuf::new(),
+                    script: PathBuf::new(),
+                };
+                assert!(names.insert(app.build_name()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn checkout_apps_run() {
         super::checkout_apps_run().unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{e}"));