diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c07892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Build packages but don't deploy
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+     - v1
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest, ] # macos-12, windows-2019]
+        python-version: ["3.12",]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+
+    # The setup-miniconda action needs this to activate miniconda
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: "bash -l {0}"
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get conda
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3.0.4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          channels: conda-forge
+
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: conda install conda-build conda-verify pytest anaconda-client sphinx breathe sphinx_rtd_theme
+
+      - name: Build library 
+        run: mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. -DAARE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=ON -DAARE_DOCS=ON && make -j 2
+
+      - name: Build docs 
+        run: make docs
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e02199..6c36775 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,3 +64,8 @@ make install
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=SOME_PATH
 ```
 
+### Local build of conda pkgs
+
+```bash
+conda build . --variants="{python: [3.11, 3.12, 3.13]}"
+```
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