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+# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered
+
+name: Manual workflow
+
+# Controls when the action will run. Workflow runs when manually triggered using the UI
+# or API.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    # Inputs the workflow accepts.
+    inputs:
+      name:
+        # Friendly description to be shown in the UI instead of 'name'
+        description: 'Person to greet'
+        # Default value if no value is explicitly provided
+        default: 'World'
+        # Input has to be provided for the workflow to run
+        required: true
+        # The data type of the input
+        type: string
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  deploy-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade setuptools
+        pip install -e .
+        pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+    - name: Build docs
+      run: |
+        set -e
+        # Check that docs are built without errors
+        cd docs/ && make html && cd ..
+    - name: Deploy docs
+      uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@3.7.1
+      with:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN:  ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        BRANCH: gh-pages
+        FOLDER: docs/build/html
+        CLEAN: true