diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/README.md b/packages/sdk/react-native/README.md
index 8e85c0cae..6f9588528 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/README.md
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # LaunchDarkly React Native SDK
 
-:warning: UNSUPPORTED This SDK is in pre-release development and is not supported.
+> [!WARNING]  
+> UNSUPPORTED This SDK is in pre-release development and is not supported.
 
 [![NPM][sdk-react-native-npm-badge]][sdk-react-native-npm-link]
 [![Actions Status][sdk-react-native-ci-badge]][sdk-react-native-ci]
@@ -20,12 +21,52 @@ For more information, see the [complete reference guide for this SDK](https://do
 yarn add @launchdarkly/react-native-client-sdk
 ```
 
+Additionally, the LaunchDarkly React-Native SDK uses
+[@react-native-async-storage/async-storage](https://github.com/react-native-async-storage/async-storage)
+for bootstrapping. This is a native dependency.
+
+If you are using expo, then installing this package from npm like above and re-running pod install should suffice.
+
+If you are not using expo, you will need to explicitly add
+@react-native-async-storage/async-storage as a dependency to your project
+and re-run pod install for [auto-linking to work](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/issues/1347).
+
 ## Quickstart
 
-TODO
+1. Wrap your application with `LDProvider` passing it an LDClient and
+   an LDContext:
+
+```jsx
+// App.tsx
+import { LDProvider, ReactNativeLDClient } from '@launchdarkly/react-native-client-sdk';
+
+const featureClient = new ReactNativeLDClient('mobile-key');
+const userContext = { kind: 'user', key: 'test-user-1' };
+
+const App = () => (
+  <LDProvider client={featureClient} context={userContext}>
+    <Welcome />
+  </LDProvider>
+);
+
+export default App;
+```
+
+2. Then in a child component, evaluate flags with `useBoolVariation`:
+
+```jsx
+import { useBoolVariation } from '@launchdarkly/react-native-client-sdk';
+
+export default function Welcome() {
+  const flagValue = useBoolVariation('flag-key', false);
 
-```typescript
-// TODO
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.container}>
+      <Text>Welcome to LaunchDarkly</Text>
+      <Text>Flag value is {`${flagValue}`}</Text>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
 ```
 
 See the full [example app](https://github.com/launchdarkly/js-core/tree/main/packages/sdk/react-native/example).
@@ -33,11 +74,11 @@ See the full [example app](https://github.com/launchdarkly/js-core/tree/main/pac
 ## Developing this SDK
 
 ```shell
-# ios
-yarn ios
+# at js-core repo root
+yarn && yarn build && cd packages/sdk/react-native/example
 
-# android
-yarn android
+# in react-native/example
+yarn && yarn ios-go
 ```
 
 ## About LaunchDarkly
diff --git a/packages/sdk/react-native/example/package.json b/packages/sdk/react-native/example/package.json
index 113904380..7901a2457 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/react-native/example/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/react-native/example/package.json
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "expo start",
     "expo-clean": "expo prebuild --clean",
-    "android": "expo run:android",
-    "android-release": "expo run:android --variant release",
-    "android-go": "expo start --android --clear",
+    "android": "yarn link-dev && expo run:android",
+    "android-release": "yarn link-dev && expo run:android --variant release",
+    "android-go": "yarn link-dev && expo start --android --clear",
     "android-log": "react-native log-android",
-    "ios": "expo run:ios",
-    "ios-release": "expo run:ios --configuration Release",
-    "ios-go": "expo start --ios --clear",
+    "ios": "yarn link-dev && expo run:ios",
+    "ios-release": "yarn link-dev && expo run:ios --configuration Release",
+    "ios-go": "yarn link-dev && expo start --ios --clear",
     "ios-log": "react-native log-ios",
-    "web": "expo start --web --clear",
-    "clean": "expo prebuild --clean && yarn cache clean && rm -rf node_modules && rm -rf .expo"
+    "web": "yarn link-dev && expo start --web --clear",
+    "clean": "expo prebuild --clean && yarn cache clean && rm -rf node_modules && rm -rf .expo",
+    "link-dev": "(cd .. && yarn build)",
+    "postinstall": "yarn link-dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "expo": "~49.0.16",