diff --git a/meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf b/meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf
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+# We have a conf and classes directory, add to BBPATH
+BBPATH .= ":${LAYERDIR}"
+
+# We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
+BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb ${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
+
+BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "skeleton"
+BBFILE_PATTERN_skeleton = "^${LAYERDIR}/"
+BBFILE_PRIORITY_skeleton = "1"
+
+# This should only be incremented on significant changes that will
+# cause compatibility issues with other layers
+LAYERVERSION_skeleton = "1"
+
+LAYERDEPENDS_skeleton = "core"
diff --git a/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example.conf b/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example.conf
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+#
+# Sample multilib configuration which the user can either add in local.conf
+# or specific in an configuration file like this, then require it.
+#
+# This configuration specifies an x86 64 bit machine as the main machine
+# type and then adds a multilib in the "lib32" directory where those
+# libraries are compiled with the "x86" tune.
+#
+
+MACHINE = "qemux86-64"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
+DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "x86"
diff --git a/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example2.conf b/meta-skeleton/conf/multilib-example2.conf
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+#
+# Sample multilib configuration which the user can either add in local.conf
+# or specific in an configuration file like this, then require it.
+#
+# This configuration specifies an x86 64 bit machine as the main machine
+# type and then adds a multilib in the "libx32" directory where those
+# libraries are compiled with the "x86-64-x32" tune.
+#
+
+MACHINE = "qemux86-64"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = "multilib:libx32"
+DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-libx32 = "x86-64-x32"