diff --git a/docs/conda_env.yml b/docs/conda_env.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58c96dba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/conda_env.yml
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+name: notebook_docs
+dependencies:
+- sphinx_rtd_theme
+- jinja2
+- tornado
+- nbformat
+- jupyter_client
+- ipykernel
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
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index 000000000..176c4bf60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
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+conda:
+    file: docs/conda_env.yml