diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
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+name: Docs Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # TODO change branch to main once docs is merged
+    branches: [ docs ]
+  # Manual trigger, as you have — you can also add "push" later if desired
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pages: write
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "pages"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10  # give yourself more headroom for builds
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4  # use latest v4 instead of v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: pip install uv
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/uv
+          key: uv-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv venv
+          uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+      - name: Build docs
+        run: uv run poe doc-build
+        # TODO: change once errors are resolved
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Upload Pages artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: docs/_build  # ✅ confirm this is your static HTML output directory
+
+  deploy:
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint_and_docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint_and_docs.yaml
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-name: Linting, Types and Docs Check
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:  # Manual trigger only - workflow disabled from auto-running
-
-jobs:
-  check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-      pages: write
-      actions: write
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.11
-      
-      
-      # use uv package manager
-      - name: Install uv
-        run: pip install uv
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
-        name: Cache dependencies
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/uv
-          key: uv-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv venv
-          uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
-      - name: Lint
-        run: uv run poe lint
-      - name: Types
-        run: uv run poe type-check
-      - name: Docs
-        run: uv run poe doc-build
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          path: "docs/_build"
-      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-        id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2
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