diff --git a/site/.eslintrc.yaml b/site/.eslintrc.yaml
index 5f8386529919a..d6c6be9eb6b95 100644
--- a/site/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/site/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ rules:
           message:
             "Use path imports to avoid pulling in unused modules. See:
             https://material-ui.com/guides/minimizing-bundle-size/"
-        - name: "@material-ui/core/Tooltip"
-          message: "Use the custom Tooltip on componens/Tooltip"
   no-storage/no-browser-storage: error
   no-unused-vars: "off"
   "object-curly-spacing": "off"
diff --git a/site/components/Button/CopyButton.tsx b/site/components/Button/CopyButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b10a6088da285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/components/Button/CopyButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { makeStyles } from "@material-ui/core/styles"
+import Button from "@material-ui/core/Button"
+import Tooltip from "@material-ui/core/Tooltip"
+import Check from "@material-ui/icons/Check"
+import React, { useState } from "react"
+import { FileCopy } from "../Icons"
+
+interface CopyButtonProps {
+  text: string
+  className?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copy button used inside the CodeBlock component internally
+ */
+export const CopyButton: React.FC<CopyButtonProps> = ({ className = "", text }) => {
+  const styles = useStyles()
+  const [isCopied, setIsCopied] = useState<boolean>(false)
+
+  const copyToClipboard = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    try {
+      await window.navigator.clipboard.writeText(text)
+      setIsCopied(true)
+
+      window.setTimeout(() => {
+        setIsCopied(false)
+      }, 1000)
+    } catch (err) {
+      const wrappedErr = new Error("copyToClipboard: failed to copy text to clipboard")
+      if (err instanceof Error) {
+        wrappedErr.stack = err.stack
+      }
+      console.error(wrappedErr)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip title="Copy to Clipboard" placement="top">
+      <div className={`${styles.copyButtonWrapper} ${className}`}>
+        <Button className={styles.copyButton} onClick={copyToClipboard} size="small">
+          {isCopied ? <Check className={styles.fileCopyIcon} /> : <FileCopy className={styles.fileCopyIcon} />}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </Tooltip>
+  )
+}
+
+const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
+  copyButtonWrapper: {
+    display: "flex",
+    marginLeft: theme.spacing(1),
+  },
+  copyButton: {
+    borderRadius: 7,
+    background: theme.palette.codeBlock.button.main,
+    color: theme.palette.codeBlock.button.contrastText,
+    padding: theme.spacing(0.85),
+    minWidth: 32,
+
+    "&:hover": {
+      background: theme.palette.codeBlock.button.hover,
+    },
+  },
+  fileCopyIcon: {
+    width: 20,
+    height: 20,
+  },
+}))
diff --git a/site/components/Button/index.ts b/site/components/Button/index.ts
index 318c0c373932d..a0845e5d310f1 100644
--- a/site/components/Button/index.ts
+++ b/site/components/Button/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./SplitButton"
 export * from "./LoadingButton"
+export * from "./CopyButton"
diff --git a/site/components/CodeBlock/index.stories.tsx b/site/components/CodeBlock/index.stories.tsx
index b31d450e21246..86e14ffca2856 100644
--- a/site/components/CodeBlock/index.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/components/CodeBlock/index.stories.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default {
   title: "CodeBlock",
   component: CodeBlock,
   argTypes: {
-    lines: { control: "object", defaultValue: sampleLines },
+    lines: { control: "text", defaultValue: sampleLines },
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/site/components/CodeBlock/index.tsx b/site/components/CodeBlock/index.tsx
index 6b8b1afd336a1..e32468f705afc 100644
--- a/site/components/CodeBlock/index.tsx
+++ b/site/components/CodeBlock/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { makeStyles } from "@material-ui/core/styles"
 import React from "react"
+import { MONOSPACE_FONT_FAMILY } from "../../theme/constants"
 
 export interface CodeBlockProps {
   lines: string[]
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@ export const CodeBlock: React.FC<CodeBlockProps> = ({ lines }) => {
     </div>
   )
 }
-const MONOSPACE_FONT_FAMILY =
-  "'Fira Code', 'Lucida Console', 'Lucida Sans Typewriter', 'Liberation Mono', 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   root: {
diff --git a/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.stories.tsx b/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4eafb626a83d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Story } from "@storybook/react"
+import React from "react"
+import { CodeExample, CodeExampleProps } from "./CodeExample"
+
+const sampleCode = `echo "Hello, world"`
+
+export default {
+  title: "CodeExample",
+  component: CodeExample,
+  argTypes: {
+    code: { control: "string", defaultValue: sampleCode },
+  },
+}
+
+const Template: Story<CodeExampleProps> = (args: CodeExampleProps) => <CodeExample {...args} />
+
+export const Example = Template.bind({})
+Example.args = {
+  code: sampleCode,
+}
diff --git a/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.test.tsx b/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7618f29d38f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { screen } from "@testing-library/react"
+import { render } from "../../test_helpers"
+import React from "react"
+import { CodeExample } from "./CodeExample"
+
+describe("CodeExample", () => {
+  it("renders code", async () => {
+    // When
+    render(<CodeExample code="echo hello" />)
+
+    // Then
+    // Both lines should be rendered
+    await screen.findByText("echo hello")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.tsx b/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c3145af8f349b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/components/CodeExample/CodeExample.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { makeStyles } from "@material-ui/core/styles"
+import React from "react"
+import { MONOSPACE_FONT_FAMILY } from "../../theme/constants"
+
+import { CopyButton } from "../Button"
+
+export interface CodeExampleProps {
+  code: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Component to show single-line code examples, with a copy button
+ */
+export const CodeExample: React.FC<CodeExampleProps> = ({ code }) => {
+  const styles = useStyles()
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.root}>
+      <code>{code}</code>
+      <CopyButton text={code} />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
+  root: {
+    display: "flex",
+    flexDirection: "row",
+    justifyContent: "space-between",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    background: theme.palette.background.default,
+    color: theme.palette.codeBlock.contrastText,
+    fontFamily: MONOSPACE_FONT_FAMILY,
+    fontSize: 13,
+    padding: theme.spacing(2),
+    borderRadius: theme.shape.borderRadius,
+  },
+}))
diff --git a/site/components/CodeExample/index.ts b/site/components/CodeExample/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a2c38996d0f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/components/CodeExample/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./CodeExample"
diff --git a/site/components/Icons/FileCopy.tsx b/site/components/Icons/FileCopy.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d8f33f101ef5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/components/Icons/FileCopy.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import SvgIcon from "@material-ui/core/SvgIcon"
+import React from "react"
+
+export const FileCopy: typeof SvgIcon = (props) => (
+  <SvgIcon {...props} viewBox="0 0 20 20">
+    <path
+      d="M12.7412 2.2807H4.32014C3.5447 2.2807 2.91663 2.90877 2.91663 3.68421V13.5088H4.32014V3.68421H12.7412V2.2807ZM14.8465 5.08772H7.12716C6.35172 5.08772 5.72365 5.71579 5.72365 6.49123V16.3158C5.72365 17.0912 6.35172 17.7193 7.12716 17.7193H14.8465C15.6219 17.7193 16.25 17.0912 16.25 16.3158V6.49123C16.25 5.71579 15.6219 5.08772 14.8465 5.08772ZM14.8465 16.3158H7.12716V6.49123H14.8465V16.3158Z"
+      fill="currentColor"
+    />
+  </SvgIcon>
+)
diff --git a/site/components/Icons/index.ts b/site/components/Icons/index.ts
index 17f48ebaa4a98..bb6950f2f1da9 100644
--- a/site/components/Icons/index.ts
+++ b/site/components/Icons/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { CoderIcon } from "./CoderIcon"
+export * from "./FileCopy"
 export { Logo } from "./Logo"
 export * from "./Logout"
 export { WorkspacesIcon } from "./WorkspacesIcon"
diff --git a/site/pages/projects/index.tsx b/site/pages/projects/index.tsx
index bf67deb52502b..105216e069d39 100644
--- a/site/pages/projects/index.tsx
+++ b/site/pages/projects/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react"
 import { makeStyles } from "@material-ui/core/styles"
 import Paper from "@material-ui/core/Paper"
-import { useRouter } from "next/router"
 import Link from "next/link"
 import { EmptyState } from "../../components"
 import { ErrorSummary } from "../../components/ErrorSummary"
@@ -14,10 +13,10 @@ import { FullScreenLoader } from "../../components/Loader/FullScreenLoader"
 
 import { Organization, Project } from "./../../api"
 import useSWR from "swr"
+import { CodeExample } from "../../components/CodeExample/CodeExample"
 
 const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
   const styles = useStyles()
-  const router = useRouter()
   const { me, signOut } = useUser(true)
   const { data: projects, error } = useSWR<Project[] | null, Error>("/api/v2/projects")
   const { data: orgs, error: orgsError } = useSWR<Organization[], Error>("/api/v2/users/me/organizations")
@@ -34,15 +33,6 @@ const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
     return <FullScreenLoader />
   }
 
-  const createProject = () => {
-    void router.push("/projects/create")
-  }
-
-  const action = {
-    text: "Create Project",
-    onClick: createProject,
-  }
-
   // Create a dictionary of organization ID -> organization Name
   // Needed to properly construct links to dive into a project
   const orgDictionary = orgs.reduce((acc: Record<string, string>, curr: Organization) => {
@@ -62,17 +52,15 @@ const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
     },
   ]
 
-  const emptyState = (
-    <EmptyState
-      button={{
-        children: "Create Project",
-        onClick: createProject,
-      }}
-      message="No projects have been created yet"
-      description="Create a project to get started."
-    />
+  const description = (
+    <div>
+      <div className={styles.descriptionLabel}>Run the following command to get started:</div>
+      <CodeExample code="coder project create" />
+    </div>
   )
 
+  const emptyState = <EmptyState message="No projects have been created yet" description={description} />
+
   const tableProps = {
     title: "All Projects",
     columns: columns,
@@ -85,7 +73,7 @@ const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
   return (
     <div className={styles.root}>
       <Navbar user={me} onSignOut={signOut} />
-      <Header title="Projects" subTitle={subTitle} action={action} />
+      <Header title="Projects" subTitle={subTitle} />
       <Paper style={{ maxWidth: "1380px", margin: "1em auto", width: "100%" }}>
         <Table {...tableProps} />
       </Paper>
@@ -94,11 +82,14 @@ const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
   )
 }
 
-const useStyles = makeStyles(() => ({
+const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   root: {
     display: "flex",
     flexDirection: "column",
   },
+  descriptionLabel: {
+    marginBottom: theme.spacing(1),
+  },
 }))
 
 export default ProjectsPage
diff --git a/site/theme/palettes.ts b/site/theme/palettes.ts
index 82132d93f5b6b..312d1144ed32d 100644
--- a/site/theme/palettes.ts
+++ b/site/theme/palettes.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ declare module "@material-ui/core/styles/createPalette" {
       contrastText: string
       // Background color for codeblocks
       main: string
+      button: {
+        // Background for buttons inside a codeblock
+        main: string
+        // Hover background color for buttons inside a codeblock
+        hover: string
+        // Text color for buttons inside a codeblock
+        contrastText: string
+      }
     }
     navbar: {
       main: string
@@ -26,6 +34,11 @@ declare module "@material-ui/core/styles/createPalette" {
     codeBlock: {
       contrastText: string
       main: string
+      button: {
+        main: string
+        hover: string
+        contrastText: string
+      }
     }
     navbar: {
       main: string
@@ -71,6 +84,11 @@ export const lightPalette: CustomPalette = {
   codeBlock: {
     main: "#F3F3F3",
     contrastText: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)",
+    button: {
+      main: "#E6ECE6",
+      hover: "#DAEBDA",
+      contrastText: "#000",
+    },
   },
   primary: {
     main: "#519A54",
@@ -135,6 +153,11 @@ export const darkPalette: CustomPalette = {
   codeBlock: {
     main: "rgb(24, 26, 27)",
     contrastText: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)",
+    button: {
+      main: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)",
+      hover: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25)",
+      contrastText: "#FFF",
+    },
   },
   hero: {
     main: "#141414",