diff --git a/datalad_next/runners/run.py b/datalad_next/runners/run.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80fc5e606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datalad_next/runners/run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import subprocess
+from collections import deque
+from collections.abc import Generator
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from pathlib import Path
+from queue import Queue
+from subprocess import DEVNULL
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    IO,
+)
+
+from datalad_next.runners import (
+    GeneratorMixIn,
+    Protocol,
+    ThreadedRunner,
+)
+
+
+class _ProtocolShell:
+    def __init__(self,
+                 base_class: type[Protocol],
+                 base_kwargs: dict,
+                 introduced_timeout: bool,
+                 terminate_time: int | None,
+                 kill_time: int | None,
+                 armed: bool
+                 ) -> None:
+
+        self.base = base_class(**base_kwargs)
+        self.introduced_timeout = introduced_timeout
+        self.terminate_time = terminate_time
+        self.kill_time = (
+            ((terminate_time or 0) + kill_time)
+            if kill_time is not None
+            else kill_time
+        )
+        self.process: subprocess.Popen | None = None
+        self.armed = armed
+        self.kill_counter = 0
+
+    def arm(self) -> None:
+        self.kill_counter = 0
+        self.armed = True
+
+    def __getattr__(self, item: Any):
+        """ Forward instance attribute access to the base object """
+        try:
+            return self.__getattribute__(item)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return self.base.__getattribute__(item)
+
+    def connection_made(self, process: subprocess.Popen) -> None:
+        self.process = process
+        self.base.connection_made(process)
+
+    def timeout(self, fd: int | None) -> bool:
+        if self.armed:
+            self.kill_counter += 1
+            if self.kill_time and self.kill_counter >= self.kill_time:
+                self.process.kill()
+                self.kill_time = None
+            if self.terminate_time and self.kill_counter > self.terminate_time:
+                self.process.terminate()
+                self.terminate_time = None
+        if self.introduced_timeout:
+            return False
+        return self.base.timeout(fd)
+
+
+class _GeneratorProtocolShell(_ProtocolShell, GeneratorMixIn):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 base_class: type[Protocol],
+                 base_kwargs: dict,
+                 introduced_timeout: bool,
+                 terminate_time: int | None,
+                 kill_time: int | None,
+                 armed: bool,
+                 ) -> None:
+
+        GeneratorMixIn.__init__(self)
+        _ProtocolShell.__init__(
+            self,
+            base_class,
+            base_kwargs,
+            introduced_timeout,
+            terminate_time,
+            kill_time,
+            armed,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def result_queue(self) -> deque:
+        return self.base.result_queue
+
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def run(
+        cmd: list,
+        protocol_class = type[Protocol],
+        *,
+        cwd: Path | None = None,
+        input: int | IO | bytes | Queue[bytes | None] | None = None,
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        terminate_time: int | None = None,
+        kill_time: int | None = None,
+) -> dict | Generator:
+
+    introduces_timeout = False
+    if timeout is None:
+        introduces_timeout = True
+        timeout = 1.0
+
+    runner_protocol_class, armed = (
+        (_GeneratorProtocolShell, False)
+        if issubclass(protocol_class, GeneratorMixIn)
+        else (_ProtocolShell, True)
+    )
+
+    # This is a little bit ugly, implement class-attribute forwarding instead
+    runner_protocol_class.proc_out = protocol_class.proc_out
+    runner_protocol_class.proc_err = protocol_class.proc_err
+
+    runner = ThreadedRunner(
+        cmd=cmd,
+        protocol_class=runner_protocol_class,
+        stdin=DEVNULL if input is None else input,
+        protocol_kwargs=dict(
+            base_class=protocol_class,
+            base_kwargs=dict(),
+            introduced_timeout=introduces_timeout,
+            terminate_time=terminate_time,
+            kill_time=kill_time,
+            armed=armed,
+        ),
+        timeout=timeout,
+        exception_on_error=False,
+        cwd=cwd,
+    )
+    result = runner.run()
+    if isinstance(result, dict):
+        try:
+            yield result
+        finally:
+            pass
+    else:
+        try:
+            yield result
+        finally:
+            runner.protocol.arm()
+            tuple(result)
+
+
+x = '''
+with run(cmd=['find', '/home/cristian/datalad/longnow-podcasts'],
+         protocol_class=StdOutCaptureGeneratorProtocol,
+         terminate_time=10,
+         kill_time=5) as r:
+    for line in r:
+        print(line)
+
+print(r.return_code)
+'''
+
+from datalad_next.runners import StdOutCaptureGeneratorProtocol
+
+with run(cmd=['sleep', '100'],
+         protocol_class=StdOutCaptureGeneratorProtocol,
+         terminate_time=3,
+         kill_time=3) as r:
+    pass
+
+print(r.return_code)
+
+
+
+with run(cmd=['sleep', '100'],
+         protocol_class=StdOutCaptureGeneratorProtocol,
+         terminate_time=3,
+         kill_time=3) as r:
+    pass
+
+print(r.return_code)
+
+
+
+py_prog = '''
+import sys
+import time
+
+i = 0
+while True:
+    try:
+        print(i, flush=True)
+        i += 1
+        time.sleep(1)
+    except BaseException as e:
+        pass
+'''
+
+import sys
+
+with run(cmd=[sys.executable, '-c', py_prog],
+         protocol_class=StdOutCaptureGeneratorProtocol,
+         terminate_time=3,
+         kill_time=3) as r:
+    print(next(r))
+    print(next(r))
+
+print(r.return_code)
diff --git a/docs/source/developer_guide/generator-runner.rst b/docs/source/developer_guide/generator-runner.rst
index 200e61530..203dc6f84 100644
--- a/docs/source/developer_guide/generator-runner.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developer_guide/generator-runner.rst
@@ -107,9 +107,23 @@ The elements that a caller would read from the generator would then be tuples wh
 
 
 .. note::
-    Remark: you might not want to inherit from any of the ``datalad_next.runners.Protocol`` subclasses, because they contain code that is never used during asynchronous runner execution.
+    Remark: you might not want to inherit from any of the ``datalad_next.runners.Protocol`` subclasses, because they contain code that is never used during asynchronous runner execution
+    Nevertheless, if you use your own class with the callbacks defined in ``datalad.next.runners.Protocol``, you will have to add the two class variables: ``proc_out``, and ``proc_err`` and set them to ``True``, if you want stdout-output and stderr-output to be sent to the "From Process Queue" and eventually to the user code.
 
 
 Programming examples
 ====================
-TODO
+
+Simplest line reading from a subprocess
+---------------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from datalad_next.runners import Runner, StdOutCaptureGeneratorProtocol as prot
+
+    for line in Runner().run(cmd=['ls', '-l', '/etc'], protocol=prot):
+        print(line.decode())
+
+
+Create a context-manager
+---------------------------------
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