diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90c59456185..decdfc4e50a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
               </formats>
               <excludes>
                 <exclude>com/google/genai/types/AutoValue_*.class</exclude>
+                <exclude>com/google/genai/shaded/**/*.class</exclude>
               </excludes>
               <rules>
                 <rule>
@@ -393,6 +394,48 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactSet>
+                <includes>
+                  <include>org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</include>
+                  <include>org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib</include>
+                  <include>com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin</include>
+                </includes>
+              </artifactSet>
+              <relocations>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>kotlin.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.google.genai.shaded.kotlin.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>com.google.genai.shaded.jackson.module.kotlin.</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+              </relocations>
+              <filters>
+                <filter>
+                  <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                </filter>
+              </filters>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/run_interactions_examples.sh b/run_interactions_examples.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e4b84dd2256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_interactions_examples.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to run Java GenAI SDK Interaction examples using Maven.
+
+ORIGINAL_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+declare -A FAILED_EXAMPLES
+
+# --- Install the package if needed ---
+if [ -z "$(find target -name 'google-genai-*.jar')" ]; then
+  echo "Project JAR not found in target/. Running 'mvn install'..."
+  mvn install -Dclirr.skip=true
+else
+  echo "Project JAR found. Skipping 'mvn install'."
+fi
+
+cd examples
+echo "Compiling the examples..."
+mvn compile
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "----------------------------------------"
+  echo "ERROR: Maven compilation failed. Exiting."
+  echo "----------------------------------------"
+  cd "$ORIGINAL_DIR"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+declare -a TARGETS=()
+for file in src/main/java/com/google/genai/examples/Interaction*.java; do
+  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+    TARGETS+=("$(basename "$file" .java)")
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ ${#TARGETS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "No interaction examples found matching Interaction*.java"
+  cd "$ORIGINAL_DIR"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+for target in "${TARGETS[@]}"; do
+  echo "========================================"
+  echo "Running: $target"
+  echo "========================================"
+  
+  mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.google.genai.examples.$target"
+  
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: $target failed."
+    FAILED_EXAMPLES["$target"]="Failed"
+  else
+    echo "SUCCESS: $target completed."
+  fi
+done
+
+cd "$ORIGINAL_DIR"
+
+echo "========================================"
+if [ ${#FAILED_EXAMPLES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "All interaction examples passed! ✅"
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "The following examples failed: ❌"
+  for failed in "${!FAILED_EXAMPLES[@]}"; do
+    echo "  - $failed"
+  done
+  exit 1
+fi