diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_links.yml b/.github/workflows/check_links.yml
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+name: check_links
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+  # TODO: make this a cron action
+  # runs every monday at 9 am
+  # schedule:
+  #   - cron: "0 9 * * 1"
+permissions: read-all
+jobs:
+  check-links:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.11']
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install tox
+      run: |
+        python3 -m pip install tox
+    - name: Run tests
+      env:
+        LANG: en_US.UTF-8
+      run: |
+        tox -edocs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Files to ignore by git.
+
+# Specific auto-generated build files
+/.tox
+/docs/index.rst
+/dist
diff --git a/build_index.sh b/build_index.sh
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+++ b/build_index.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script to build an index.rst for sphinx-build -b linkcheck
+
+cat >docs/index.rst <<EOT
+ForensicsWiki linkcheck
+=======================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+EOT
+
+(cd docs && s -1 *.md | sed 's|\(.*\)\.md|   <\1>|' >> index.rst)
+
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
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+++ b/docs/conf.py
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+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+#
+# This file only contains a selection of the most common options. For a full
+# list see the documentation:
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
+
+# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+#
+# import os
+# import sys
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+
+project = 'ForensicsWiki'
+copyright = '2023, ForensicsWiki authors'
+author = 'ForensicsWiki authors'
+
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = ['myst_parser']
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+#
+html_theme = 'alabaster'
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+
+# -- Options for MyST-Parser -------------------------------------------------
+
+# Level of headers to automatically generate label "slugs" (heading anchors).
+myst_heading_anchors = 3
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+++ b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+envlist = docs
+
+[testenv:docs]
+allowlist_externals = ./build_index.sh
+skipsdist = true
+skip_install = true
+deps =
+    myst_parser
+    sphinx
+commands =
+    ./build_index.sh
+    sphinx-build -b linkcheck docs dist