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Consider deploying sphinx for autodocs

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enhancement
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Python
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Description

Sphinx provides great utilities for auto-generating docs for code based on docstrings. We should consider utilizing it and publishing our docs using it. Note that to get the most out of it we would need to enforce reST style docstrings on all classes, modules, functions and class/instance attributes.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the project's current documentation, Python docstrings, and documentation publishing setup; no specific files or tests are named in the issue. Determine whether adopting Sphinx and enforcing reST docstrings are both in scope. Done means a defined Sphinx-based autodoc workflow is published and the required docstring conventions are documented or applied.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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