diff --git a/python3/.env.template b/.env.template
similarity index 94%
rename from python3/.env.template
rename to .env.template
index a8e817b..9ce514e 100644
--- a/python3/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ api_token=
 # See `serverURL` field here: https://github.com/dbeaver/cloudbeaver/wiki/Server-configuration
 server_url=
 
-# `api` by dafault.
+# `api` by default.
 # See `serviceURI` field here: https://github.com/dbeaver/cloudbeaver/wiki/Server-configuration
 service_uri=api
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91a1634..146a01f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 This repo contains examples of using GraphQL API for [CloudBeaver Enterprise](https://dbeaver.com/cloudbeaver-enterprise/), [CloudBeaver AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-kijugxnqada5i), and [DBeaver Team Edition](https://dbeaver.com/dbeaver-team-edition/).
 
-The repo layout is self-explanatory: the folder [go](go) contains examples for the Go programming language, [python3](python3) includes examples for Python 3, and so on.
+# The repo layout
+
+- The [curl](curl) folder contains examples using `curl` command line tool.
+- The [go](go) folder contains examples for the Go programming language.
+- The [operations](operations) folder contains raw examples. They are used by projects from other folders.
+- The [python3](python3) includes examples for Python 3.
 
 ## GraphQL API and prerequsites
 
diff --git a/curl/.gitignore b/curl/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..442513e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curl/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cookie_jar.txt
diff --git a/curl/README.md b/curl/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f7d2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curl/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Usage of DBeaver Team Edition GraphQL API with `curl`
+
+How to start:
+1. Change the current directory to the directory with this README file.
+2. Create the `../.env` file from the `../.env.template` (see the repository root for file `.env.template`)
+```sh
+cp ../.env.template ../.env
+```
+3. Fill the environment variables in the `.env` file.
+4. Execute the script with
+```sh
+./team-edition.sh
+```
diff --git a/curl/team-edition.sh b/curl/team-edition.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a3e0264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curl/team-edition.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -e
+
+script_dir="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"
+
+cookie_jar="$script_dir/cookie_jar.txt"
+touch "$cookie_jar"
+
+execute_gql() {
+    data="{
+    \"query\": \"$2\",
+    \"variables\": { $3 }
+}"
+    curl \
+    --request 'POST' \
+    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    --data "$data" \
+    --cookie "$cookie_jar" \
+    --cookie-jar "$cookie_jar" \
+    "$1"
+}
+
+. "$script_dir"/../.env
+# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+# These variables are set in the .env file
+gql_endpoint="$server_url/$service_uri/gql"
+
+execute_cb_gql() {
+    execute_gql "$gql_endpoint" "$1" "$2"
+}
+
+read_operation() {
+    sed 's/"/\\"/g' < "$script_dir"/../operations/"$1".gql
+}
+
+auth() {
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+    # api_token is set in the .env file
+    execute_cb_gql "$(sed 's/"/\\"/g' < "$script_dir"/../operations/auth.gql)" "\"token\": \"$api_token\""
+}
+
+create_team() {
+    execute_cb_gql "$(read_operation create_team)" "\"teamId\": \"$1\""
+}
+
+delete_team() {
+    execute_cb_gql "$(read_operation delete_team)" "\"teamId\": \"$1\", \"force\": true"
+}
+
+auth
+team_id="cloudbeaver-graphql-examples_curl-team"
+create_team "$team_id"
+delete_team "$team_id"
diff --git a/operations/auth.gql b/operations/auth.gql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1420cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operations/auth.gql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+query authLogin($token: String!) {
+    authLogin(provider: "token", credentials: { token: $token }) {
+        userTokens {
+            userId
+        }
+        authStatus
+    }
+}
diff --git a/operations/create_team.gql b/operations/create_team.gql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5988ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operations/create_team.gql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+query createTeam($teamId: ID!) {
+    createTeam(teamId: $teamId) {
+        teamId
+    }
+}
diff --git a/operations/delete_team.gql b/operations/delete_team.gql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b641999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operations/delete_team.gql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+query deleteTeam($teamId: ID!, $force: Boolean) {
+    deleteTeam(teamId: $teamId, force: $force)
+}
diff --git a/python3/README.md b/python3/README.md
index 7ef4a53..4fdadb8 100644
--- a/python3/README.md
+++ b/python3/README.md
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ python3 -m venv .venv
 ```sh
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
-5. Create the `.env` file from the `.env.template`
+5. Create the `../.env` file from the `../.env.template` (see the repository root for file `.env.template`)
 ```sh
-cp .env.template .env
+cp ../.env.template ../.env
 ```
 6. Fill the environment variables in the `.env` file.
 7. Execute the script with
diff --git a/python3/te.py b/python3/te.py
index d4584eb..7b35fc6 100644
--- a/python3/te.py
+++ b/python3/te.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import os
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from gql import gql, Client
 from gql.transport.aiohttp import AIOHTTPTransport
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 # Load important variables from the .env file. Among them there is an API token.
 # Consider using a more robust and secure approach when using this in production!
 # Also, see `get_api_token` function
-load_dotenv()
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+parent_dir = os.path.dirname(script_dir)
+dotenv_path = os.path.join(parent_dir, ".env")
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path=dotenv_path)
 
 def non_none_env(var_name: str) -> str:
     value = os.getenv(var_name)