A build-deploy docs step

.github/workflows/build_docs.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-name: "Pull Request Docs Check"
+name: "Build/Deploy Docs"
 
 on:
-- workflow_dispatch
-- pull_request
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
 
 jobs:
-  docs:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -18,8 +20,28 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build HTML documentation with Sphinx
       run: make html
       working-directory: docs
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+    - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: documentation
         path: docs/build/html
         retention-days: 7
+
+  deploy:
+    # Add a dependency to the build job
+    needs: build
+
+    # Grant GITHUB_TOKEN the permissions required to make a Pages deployment
+    permissions:
+      pages: write      # to deploy to Pages
+      id-token: write   # to verify the deployment originates from an appropriate source
+
+    # Deploy to the github-pages environment
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+
+    # Specify runner + deployment step
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

.github/workflows/check_docs.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: "Pull Request Docs Check"
+
+on:
+- workflow_dispatch
+- pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  check-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
+    - name: Install dependencies and local packages
+      run: python -m pip install sphinx pydata-sphinx-theme
+    - name: Build HTML documentation with Sphinx
+      run: make html
+      working-directory: docs
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: documentation
+        path: docs/build/html
+        retention-days: 7