Sphinx Init test

Author: prathameshnium

.github/workflows/docs.yml

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+name: Deploy Sphinx Docs to GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "pages"
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install sphinx myst-parser sphinx-rtd-theme
+          
+      - name: Build HTML documentation
+        run: |
+          sphinx-build -b html docs/ docs/_build/html
+          
+      - name: Upload GitHub Pages artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: 'docs/_build/html'
+
+  deploy:
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

docs/conf.py

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+project = 'PICA (Python Instrument Control and Automation)'
+copyright = '2026, Prathamesh Deshmukh'
+author = 'Prathamesh Deshmukh'
+
+# Activate the MyST Parser to enable Markdown support alongside standard extensions
+extensions = [
+    'myst_parser',
+    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
+]
+
+# Instruct Sphinx to read both Markdown and reStructuredText formats
+source_suffix = {
+    '.rst': 'restructuredtext',
+    '.md': 'markdown',
+}
+
+# Utilize the standard Read the Docs visual theme
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'

docs/index.md

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+# PICA Documentation
+
+Welcome to the documentation for the Python Instrument Control and Automation (PICA) software.
+
+```{toctree}
+---
+maxdepth: 2
+---
+User_Manual.md