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+### Building the Docs
+
+The documentation is built using [Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/) and [AutoAPI](https://sphinx-autoapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) and hosted on ReadTheDocs.
+To build the documentation locally, run the following commands:
+
+**Install required dependencies:**
+- Install the docs group of dependencies: 
+```shell
+# only the docs dependencies
+poetry install --only docs
+
+# or for all dependencies 
+poetry install
+```
+- Either use [poetry-plugin-shell](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-plugin-shell) to activate the virtual environment: `poetry shell`
+- Or prepend the following commands with `poetry run`
+
+**Create the documentation:**
+- Build the documentation: 
+```
+# Using makefile (Linux/macOS):
+make -C docs html
+
+# or using sphinx directly (Windows/Linux/macOS):
+sphinx-build -b html docs/source docs/_build/html
+```
+- If you make significant changes and want a fresh build run: `make -C docs clean` to remove the old build files.
+
+**Viewing the documentation:**
+```shell
+# to open the documentation in your browser.
+open docs/_build/html/index.html
+
+# or run autobuild to automatically update the documentation when you make changes
+sphinx-autobuild docs/source docs/_build/html
+```
+