diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a36a32e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: website
+
+# build the documentation whenever there are new commits on main
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    # Alternative: only build for tags.
+    # tags:
+    #   - '*'
+
+# security: restrict permissions for CI jobs.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  # Build the documentation and upload the static HTML files as an artifact.
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+
+      # ADJUST THIS: install all dependencies (including pdoc)
+      - run: pip install -e . && pip install pdoc
+      # ADJUST THIS: build your documentation into docs/.
+      # We use a custom build script for pdoc itself, ideally you just run `pdoc -o docs/ ...` here.
+      - run: pdoc -o docs src/language_world
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: docs/
+
+  # Deploy the artifact to GitHub pages.
+  # This is a separate job so that only actions/deploy-pages has the necessary permissions.
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f39c7cb4..45b9fcab3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -165,3 +165,4 @@ cython_debug/
 /data
 /data_tmp
 /venv*
+/docs