diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f6feb22..79aa437e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ certifications.json
 /*.json
 /*.drawio
 # /*.yml
-/*.txt
+# /*.txt
 
 # But don't ignore these specific files
 !download_tide_model.py
diff --git a/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements_docs.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f46625d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-jupyter>=0.24.0
+mkdocs-material>=9.1.3
+mkdocs-pdf-export-plugin
+mkdocstrings
+mkdocstrings-crystal
+mkdocstrings-python-legacy
+pygments
\ No newline at end of file