diff --git a/templates/snippets/node/src/routes/users.ts b/templates/snippets/node/src/routes/users.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38a970a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/snippets/node/src/routes/users.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { Hono } from 'hono';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { db } from '../db/client';
+import { users } from '../db/schema';
+import {
+  includeDeletedQuerySchema,
+  softDelete,
+  softDeleteFilter,
+} from '../db/soft-delete';
+
+/**
+ * Example resource routes demonstrating the soft-delete pattern from
+ * `../db/soft-delete`. Wire them into the app where a database is available:
+ *
+ *   import { usersRoutes } from './routes/users';
+ *   app.route('/users', usersRoutes);
+ *
+ * Soft-delete rules of thumb:
+ *   - Reads filter out deleted rows with `softDeleteFilter` (or `notDeleted`).
+ *   - `?include_deleted=true` lets admin callers see soft-deleted rows; the
+ *     `includeDeletedQuerySchema` parses that flag into a boolean.
+ *   - DELETE stamps `deleted_at` via `softDelete` instead of removing the row.
+ */
+export const usersRoutes = new Hono()
+  // GET /users — list active users. Admins pass ?include_deleted=true for all.
+  .get('/', async (c) => {
+    const { include_deleted } = includeDeletedQuerySchema.parse(c.req.query());
+    const rows = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(users)
+      .where(softDeleteFilter(users, include_deleted));
+    return c.json({ users: rows, total: rows.length });
+  })
+
+  // GET /users/:id — fetch one user. Soft-deleted rows return 404 unless
+  // ?include_deleted=true is supplied.
+  .get('/:id', async (c) => {
+    const id = c.req.param('id');
+    const { include_deleted } = includeDeletedQuerySchema.parse(c.req.query());
+    const rows = await db
+      .select()
+      .from(users)
+      .where(softDeleteFilter(users, include_deleted, eq(users.id, id)));
+    const user = rows[0];
+    if (!user) {
+      return c.json({ error: 'User not found' }, 404);
+    }
+    return c.json(user);
+  })
+
+  // DELETE /users/:id — soft delete: stamps deleted_at instead of removing.
+  // `softDelete` returns the number of rows transitioned to deleted (0 or 1),
+  // so a missing or already-deleted row resolves to a 404.
+  .delete('/:id', async (c) => {
+    const id = c.req.param('id');
+    const affected = await softDelete(db, users, id);
+    if (affected === 0) {
+      return c.json({ error: 'User not found' }, 404);
+    }
+    return c.json({ message: 'User deleted' });
+  });
diff --git a/templates/snippets/shared/src/db/soft-delete.ts b/templates/snippets/shared/src/db/soft-delete.ts
index 013c1a1..6a1ea7a 100644
--- a/templates/snippets/shared/src/db/soft-delete.ts
+++ b/templates/snippets/shared/src/db/soft-delete.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { and, eq, isNull, type SQL } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import {
+  and,
+  eq,
+  isNull,
+  type SQL,
+  type TablesRelationalConfig,
+} from 'drizzle-orm';
 import type {
   PgColumn,
   PgDatabase,
@@ -92,8 +98,13 @@ export function softDeleteFilter(
  *   const affected = await softDelete(db, users, id);
  *   if (affected === 0) throw new NotFoundError('User', id);
  */
-export async function softDelete<TTable extends SoftDeleteTable>(
-  db: PgDatabase<PgQueryResultHKT>,
+export async function softDelete<
+  TTable extends SoftDeleteTable,
+  TQueryResult extends PgQueryResultHKT,
+  TFullSchema extends Record<string, unknown>,
+  TSchema extends TablesRelationalConfig,
+>(
+  db: PgDatabase<TQueryResult, TFullSchema, TSchema>,
   table: TTable,
   id: string | number,
 ): Promise<number> {