diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37a6c639e1
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Read the Docs configuration file for Sphinx projects
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+version: 2
+
+build:
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
+  tools:
+    python: "3.12"
+
+# Build from the docs/ directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+# Explicitly set the version of Python and its requirements
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+
+formats: all
+
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
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--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 m2r2
+sphinx_rtd_theme==2.0.0 
+readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.3.1
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