diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.graphql b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.graphql
index 5d814f68a40..739f80a8508 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.graphql
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.graphql
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ type Query {
   authorsCount(where: AuthorWhereInput! = {}): Int
   keystone: KeystoneMeta!
 
-  """ Return all posts for a user from the last <days> days """
-  recentPosts(id: ID!, days: Int! = 7): [Post]
+  """ Return all posts for a user from the last <seconds> seconds """
+  recentPosts(id: ID!, seconds: Int! = 600): [Post]
 
   """ Compute statistics for a user """
   stats(id: ID!): Statistics
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.ts
index 692bd285928..e2bacbdc091 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.ts
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-tools/schema.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ export const lists: Lists = {
   }),
 };
 
-export const extendGraphqlSchema = (schema: GraphQLSchema) =>
-  mergeSchemas({
-    schemas: [schema],
+export function extendGraphqlSchema(baseSchema: GraphQLSchema) {
+  return mergeSchemas({
+    schemas: [baseSchema],
     typeDefs: `
     type Mutation {
       """ Publish a post """
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export const extendGraphqlSchema = (schema: GraphQLSchema) =>
     }
 
     type Query {
-      """ Return all posts for a user from the last <days> days """
-      recentPosts(id: ID!, days: Int! = 7): [Post]
+      """ Return all posts for a user from the last <seconds> seconds """
+      recentPosts(id: ID!, seconds: Int! = 600): [Post]
 
       """ Compute statistics for a user """
       stats(id: ID!): Statistics
@@ -87,11 +87,8 @@ export const extendGraphqlSchema = (schema: GraphQLSchema) =>
         },
       },
       Query: {
-        recentPosts: (root, { id, days }, context: Context) => {
-          // Create a date string <days> in the past from now()
-          const cutoff = new Date(
-            new Date().setUTCDate(new Date().getUTCDate() - days)
-          ).toUTCString();
+        recentPosts: (root, { id, seconds }, context: Context) => {
+          const cutoff = new Date(Date.now() - seconds * 1000);
 
           // Note we use `context.db.Post` here as we have a return type
           // of [Post], and this API provides results in the correct format.
@@ -132,3 +129,4 @@ export const extendGraphqlSchema = (schema: GraphQLSchema) =>
       },
     },
   });
+}
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.graphql b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.graphql
index c937d0bc566..1a005548cd0 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.graphql
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.graphql
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ type Query {
   author(where: AuthorWhereUniqueInput!): Author
   authorsCount(where: AuthorWhereInput! = {}): Int
   keystone: KeystoneMeta!
-  recentPosts(id: ID!, days: Int! = 7): [Post!]
+  recentPosts(id: ID!, seconds: Int! = 600): [Post!]
   stats(id: ID!): Statistics
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.ts
index 32419adfffd..7b7e40709fd 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.ts
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-graphql-ts/schema.ts
@@ -105,13 +105,10 @@ export const extendGraphqlSchema = graphql.extend(base => {
         type: graphql.list(graphql.nonNull(base.object('Post'))),
         args: {
           id: graphql.arg({ type: graphql.nonNull(graphql.ID) }),
-          days: graphql.arg({ type: graphql.nonNull(graphql.Int), defaultValue: 7 }),
+          seconds: graphql.arg({ type: graphql.nonNull(graphql.Int), defaultValue: 600 }),
         },
-        resolve(source, { id, days }, context: Context) {
-          // Create a date string <days> in the past from now()
-          const cutoff = new Date(
-            new Date().setUTCDate(new Date().getUTCDate() - days)
-          ).toISOString();
+        resolve(source, { id, seconds }, context: Context) {
+          const cutoff = new Date(Date.now() - seconds * 1000);
 
           // Note we use `context.db.Post` here as we have a return type
           // of [Post], and this API provides results in the correct format.
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/.gitignore b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/.gitignore
index 0febf01c31e..f01331b30b2 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-nexus/nexus-typegen.ts
+nexus-types.ts
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/keystone.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/keystone.ts
index e17f32f456f..b03c36e662c 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/keystone.ts
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/keystone.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { config } from '@keystone-6/core';
-import { mergeSchemas } from '@graphql-tools/schema';
 import { fixPrismaPath } from '../example-utils';
-import { lists } from './schema';
-import { nexusSchema } from './nexus';
+import { lists, extendGraphqlSchema } from './schema';
 
 export default config({
   db: {
@@ -13,5 +11,5 @@ export default config({
     ...fixPrismaPath,
   },
   lists,
-  extendGraphqlSchema: keystoneSchema => mergeSchemas({ schemas: [keystoneSchema, nexusSchema] }),
+  extendGraphqlSchema,
 });
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/index.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ed551e59c02..00000000000
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import path from 'path';
-import { makeSchema } from 'nexus';
-
-import * as types from './types';
-
-export const nexusSchema = makeSchema({
-  types,
-  outputs: {
-    typegen: path.join(process.cwd(), 'nexus', 'nexus-typegen.ts'),
-  },
-  // __dirname is absolute in Node but under webpack it is not so this is
-  // "only generate when running under webpack and not in production"
-  shouldGenerateArtifacts: !path.isAbsolute(__dirname) && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production',
-  // This binds the Keystone Context with correctly generated types for the
-  // Keystone `db` and `query` args, as well as the prisma client
-  contextType: {
-    module: path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', '.keystone', 'types.d.ts'),
-    export: 'Context',
-  },
-});
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/Post.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/Post.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 00992e49ca5..00000000000
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/Post.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/* -- NOTES --
-
-This example demonstrates using the prisma client (from Keystone's context)
-to return posts with a custom nexus-specified type.
-
-Ideally, we could tell Nexus about the GraphQL schema Keystone generates and
-not need to generate the output type again here, but that needs some more
-research (and maybe a plugin for nexus?)
-*/
-
-import { extendType, intArg, list, stringArg, nonNull, objectType } from 'nexus';
-
-export const NexusPost = objectType({
-  name: 'NexusPost',
-  definition(t) {
-    t.string('id');
-    t.string('title');
-    t.string('status');
-    t.string('content');
-  },
-});
-
-export const PostQuery = extendType({
-  type: 'Query',
-  definition(t) {
-    t.field('nexusPosts', {
-      type: nonNull(list('NexusPost')),
-      args: {
-        authorId: stringArg(),
-        days: nonNull(intArg({ default: 7 })),
-      },
-      async resolve(root, { authorId, days }, context) {
-        const cutoff = new Date(
-          new Date().setUTCDate(new Date().getUTCDate() - days)
-        ).toISOString();
-
-        return await context.prisma.post.findMany({
-          where: {
-            ...(authorId ? { author: { id: authorId } } : null),
-            publishDate: { gt: cutoff },
-          },
-        });
-      },
-    });
-  },
-});
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/Thing.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/Thing.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 378e90d76c9..00000000000
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/Thing.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// This demonstrates the most basic Nexus usage to query a list of things
-
-import { extendType, objectType } from 'nexus';
-
-export const Thing = objectType({
-  name: 'Thing',
-  definition(t) {
-    t.int('id');
-    t.string('title');
-  },
-});
-
-export const ThingQuery = extendType({
-  type: 'Query',
-  definition(t) {
-    t.nonNull.list.field('things', {
-      type: 'Thing',
-      resolve() {
-        return [
-          { id: 1, title: 'Keystone' },
-          { id: 2, title: 'Prisma' },
-          { id: 3, title: 'Nexus' },
-        ];
-      },
-    });
-  },
-});
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/index.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c0147ac1bf..00000000000
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/nexus/types/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export * from './Post';
-export * from './Thing';
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/package.json b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/package.json
index 36decf17b0b..c1daaca384b 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/package.json
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "@graphql-tools/schema": "^9.0.0",
     "@keystone-6/core": "^5.0.0",
     "graphql": "^16.6.0",
-    "nexus": "1.3.0"
+    "nexus": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "repository": "https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/tree/main/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus"
 }
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.graphql b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.graphql
index 0c170606840..4891df18c4d 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.graphql
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.graphql
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ type Query {
   author(where: AuthorWhereUniqueInput!): Author
   authorsCount(where: AuthorWhereInput! = {}): Int
   keystone: KeystoneMeta!
-  nexusPosts(authorId: String, days: Int! = 7): [NexusPost]!
-  things: [Thing]!
+  nexusPosts(id: String!, seconds: Int! = 600): [Post]!
+  things: [NexusThing]!
 }
 
 type KeystoneMeta {
@@ -338,14 +338,7 @@ enum KeystoneAdminUISortDirection {
   DESC
 }
 
-type NexusPost {
-  id: String
-  title: String
-  status: String
-  content: String
-}
-
-type Thing {
+type NexusThing {
   id: Int
   title: String
 }
diff --git a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.ts b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.ts
index dbcf0ff4e6f..8423833804e 100644
--- a/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.ts
+++ b/examples/extend-graphql-schema-nexus/schema.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import path from 'path';
+import type { GraphQLSchema } from 'graphql';
 import { list } from '@keystone-6/core';
 import { allowAll } from '@keystone-6/core/access';
 import { select, relationship, text, timestamp } from '@keystone-6/core/fields';
+import * as nexus from 'nexus';
+import type { Lists } from '.keystone/types';
 
-export const lists = {
+export const lists: Lists = {
   Post: list({
     access: allowAll,
     fields: {
@@ -28,3 +32,75 @@ export const lists = {
     },
   }),
 };
+
+export function extendGraphqlSchema(baseSchema: GraphQLSchema) {
+  const NexusPostQuery = nexus.extendType({
+    type: 'Query',
+    definition(t) {
+      t.field('nexusPosts', {
+        type: nexus.nonNull(nexus.list('Post')),
+        args: {
+          id: nexus.nonNull(nexus.stringArg()),
+          seconds: nexus.nonNull(nexus.intArg({ default: 600 })),
+        },
+
+        async resolve(root, { id, seconds }, context) {
+          const cutoff = new Date(Date.now() - seconds * 1000);
+
+          // Note we use `context.db.Post` here as we have a return type
+          // of [Post], and this API provides results in the correct format.
+          // If you accidentally use `context.query.Post` here you can expect problems
+          // when accessing the fields in your GraphQL client.
+          return context.db.Post.findMany({
+            where: { author: { id: { equals: id } }, publishDate: { gt: cutoff } },
+          }) as Promise<Lists.Post.Item[]>; // TODO: nexus doesn't like <readonly Post[]>
+        },
+      });
+    },
+  });
+
+  const NexusThing = nexus.objectType({
+    name: 'NexusThing',
+    definition(t) {
+      t.int('id');
+      t.string('title');
+    },
+  });
+
+  const NexusThingQuery = nexus.extendType({
+    type: 'Query',
+    definition(t) {
+      t.nonNull.list.field('things', {
+        type: NexusThing,
+        resolve() {
+          return [
+            { id: 1, title: 'Keystone' },
+            { id: 2, title: 'Prisma' },
+            { id: 3, title: 'Nexus' },
+          ];
+        },
+      });
+    },
+  });
+
+  return nexus.makeSchema({
+    mergeSchema: {
+      schema: baseSchema,
+    },
+    types: {
+      NexusThing,
+      NexusPostQuery,
+      NexusThingQuery,
+    },
+
+    // Typescript output settings, probably something you might commit in dev
+    shouldGenerateArtifacts: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production',
+    outputs: {
+      typegen: path.join(process.cwd(), 'nexus-types.ts'),
+    },
+    contextType: {
+      module: path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', '.keystone', 'types.d.ts'),
+      export: 'Context',
+    },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ffdae2de9ea..2a5fa42a869 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11174,7 +11174,7 @@ next@^13.0.3:
     "@next/swc-win32-ia32-msvc" "13.1.1"
     "@next/swc-win32-x64-msvc" "13.1.1"
 
-nexus@1.3.0:
+nexus@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nexus/-/nexus-1.3.0.tgz#d7e2671d48bf887e30e2815f509bbf4b0ee2a02b"
   integrity sha512-w/s19OiNOs0LrtP7pBmD9/FqJHvZLmCipVRt6v1PM8cRUYIbhEswyNKGHVoC4eHZGPSnD+bOf5A3+gnbt0A5/A==