diff --git a/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py b/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py
index b254b248..0b2cb71c 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py
@@ -9,21 +9,17 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 import subprocess
-
-
 import os
 import warnings
 from github import Github
 
-
 NO_ISSUE = "[noissue]"
 CHANGELOG_EXTS = [".feature", ".bugfix", ".doc", ".removal", ".misc", ".deprecation"]
+KEYWORDS = ["fixes", "closes"]
+
 sha = sys.argv[1]
 message = subprocess.check_output(["git", "log", "--format=%B", "-n 1", sha]).decode("utf-8")
 
-
-KEYWORDS = ["fixes", "closes"]
-
 g = Github(os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN"))
 repo = g.get_repo("pulp/pulp_gem")
 
diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 9e5cdc02..178e0380 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-364-g6f9579c
+2021.08.26-376-gba57590
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 76fc534a..9b8c9874 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python .ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
 
+  docs:
+    uses: "./.github/workflows/docs.yml"
+
   lint:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/lint.yml"
 
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       - "check-commits"
       - "lint"
       - "test"
+      - "docs"
     if: "always()"
     steps:
       - name: "Collect needed jobs results"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
index 1ce4948a..6ba181a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulp_gem"
 
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          repository: "pulp/plugin_template"
+          path: "plugin_template"
+
       - uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install bump2version jinja2 pyyaml packaging
+          pip install bump2version jinja2 pyyaml packaging -r plugin_template/requirements.txt
           echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: "Setting secrets"
@@ -71,13 +77,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           find CHANGES -type f -regex ".*\.\(bugfix\|doc\|feature\|misc\|deprecation\|removal\)" -exec git rm {} +
 
-      - name: Checkout plugin template
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: pulp/plugin_template
-          path: plugin_template
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
       - name: Update CI branches in template_config
         working-directory: plugin_template
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fef1c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT!
+#
+# This file was generated by plugin_template, and is managed by it. Please use
+# './plugin-template --github pulp_gem' to update this file.
+#
+# For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
+
+---
+name: "Docs"
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    if: "endsWith(github.base_ref, 'main')"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: "pulp_gem"
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          path: "pulp_gem"
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: "Setup cache key"
+        run: |
+          git ls-remote https://github.com/pulp/pulp-docs main | tee pulp-docs-main-sha
+      - uses: "actions/cache@v4"
+        with:
+          path: "~/.cache/pip"
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('pulp-docs-main-sha') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install -r doc_requirements.txt
+          echo ::endgroup::
+      - name: "Build changelog"
+        run: |
+          towncrier build --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
+      - name: "Build docs"
+        run: |
+          pulp-docs build
+
+  no-test:
+    if: "!endsWith(github.base_ref, 'main')"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo "Skip docs testing on non-main branches."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
index dc4cfe69..365302a5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
@@ -21,18 +21,13 @@ PLUGIN_SOURCE="./pulp_gem/dist/pulp_gem-${PLUGIN_VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl"
 export PULP_API_ROOT="/pulp/"
 
 PIP_REQUIREMENTS=("pulp-cli-gem")
-if [[ "$TEST" = "docs" || "$TEST" = "publish" ]]
-then
-  PIP_REQUIREMENTS+=("-r" "doc_requirements.txt")
-fi
 
+# This must be the **only** call to "pip install" on the test runner.
 pip install ${PIP_REQUIREMENTS[*]}
 
-if [[ "$TEST" != "docs" ]]
-then
-  PULP_CLI_VERSION="$(pip freeze | sed -n -e 's/pulp-cli-gem==//p')"
-  git clone --depth 1 --branch "$PULP_CLI_VERSION" https://github.com/pulp/pulp-cli-gem.git ../pulp-cli-gem
-fi
+# Check out the pulp-cli-gem branch matching the installed version.
+PULP_CLI_VERSION="$(pip freeze | sed -n -e 's/pulp-cli-gem==//p')"
+git clone --depth 1 --branch "$PULP_CLI_VERSION" https://github.com/pulp/pulp-cli-gem.git ../pulp-cli-gem
 
 cd .ci/ansible/
 if [ "$TEST" = "s3" ]; then
@@ -126,9 +121,7 @@ if [ "${PULP_API_ROOT:-}" ]; then
 fi
 
 pulp config create --base-url https://pulp --api-root "$PULP_API_ROOT" --username "admin" --password "password"
-if [[ "$TEST" != "docs" ]]; then
-  cp ~/.config/pulp/cli.toml "${REPO_ROOT}/../pulp-cli-gem/tests/cli.toml"
-fi
+cp ~/.config/pulp/cli.toml "${REPO_ROOT}/../pulp-cli-gem/tests/cli.toml"
 
 ansible-playbook build_container.yaml
 ansible-playbook start_container.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index 7225d8c3..925da273 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source .github/workflows/scripts/utils.sh
 export POST_SCRIPT=$PWD/.github/workflows/scripts/post_script.sh
 export FUNC_TEST_SCRIPT=$PWD/.github/workflows/scripts/func_test_script.sh
 
-# Needed for both starting the service and building the docs.
+# Needed for starting the service
 # Gets set in .github/settings.yml, but doesn't seem to inherited by
 # this script.
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pulpcore.app.settings
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ export PULP_SETTINGS=$PWD/.ci/ansible/settings/settings.py
 
 export PULP_URL="https://pulp"
 
-if [[ "$TEST" = "docs" ]]; then
-  if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Gem CI" ]]; then
-    towncrier build --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
-  fi
-  pulp-docs build
-  exit
-fi
-
 REPORTED_STATUS="$(pulp status)"
 
 echo "machine pulp
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d4aa0a9e..5e823874 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         env:
           - TEST: pulp
-          - TEST: docs
           - TEST: azure
           - TEST: s3
           - TEST: lowerbounds
diff --git a/doc_requirements.txt b/doc_requirements.txt
index 5e17ba97..76a07a88 100644
--- a/doc_requirements.txt
+++ b/doc_requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # WARNING: DO NOT EDIT!
 #
 # This file was generated by plugin_template, and is managed by it. Please use
-# './plugin-template --docs pulp_gem' to update this file.
+# './plugin-template --github pulp_gem' to update this file.
 #
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
--r requirements.txt
 towncrier
-
 pulp-docs @ git+https://github.com/pulp/pulp-docs@main
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 248471d4..00000000
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,199 +0,0 @@
-# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT!
-#
-# This file was generated by plugin_template, and is managed by it. Please use
-# './plugin-template --docs pulp_gem' to update this file.
-#
-# For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
-# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
-#
-
-SHELL := /bin/bash
-# You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS = -W  # turn warnings into errors
-SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-build
-PAPER =
-BUILDDIR = _build
-DIAGRAM_BUILD_DIR = _diagrams
-PULP_URL ?= http://localhost:24817
-PULP_API_ROOT ?= /pulp/
-
-# Internal variables.
-PULP_V3_API_JSON_URL := ${PULP_URL}${PULP_API_ROOT}api/v3/docs/api.json
-PAPEROPT_a4 = -D latex_paper_size=a4
-PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
-ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
-# the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
-I18NSPHINXOPTS = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) .
-
-.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext diagrams
-
-help:
-	@echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
-	@echo "  html       to make standalone HTML files"
-	@echo "  diagrams   to make diagram images"
-	@echo "  dirhtml    to make HTML files named index.html in directories"
-	@echo "  singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
-	@echo "  pickle     to make pickle files"
-	@echo "  json       to make JSON files"
-	@echo "  htmlhelp   to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
-	@echo "  qthelp     to make HTML files and a qthelp project"
-	@echo "  devhelp    to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
-	@echo "  epub       to make an epub"
-	@echo "  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
-	@echo "  latexpdf   to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
-	@echo "  text       to make text files"
-	@echo "  man        to make manual pages"
-	@echo "  texinfo    to make Texinfo files"
-	@echo "  info       to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo"
-	@echo "  gettext    to make PO message catalogs"
-	@echo "  changes    to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
-	@echo "  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity"
-	@echo "  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
-
-clean:
-	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
-	-rm -rf $(DIAGRAM_BUILD_DIR)/*
-
-install:
-	python3 -m venv pulpdocs
-	source pulpdocs/bin/activate && pip install -r ../doc_requirements.txt
-
-diagrams:
-ifneq ($(wildcard diagrams_src), )
-	mkdir -p $(DIAGRAM_BUILD_DIR)
-ifneq ("$(wildcard pulpdocs/bin/activate)","")
-	source pulpdocs/bin/activate && python3 -m plantuml diagrams_src/*.dot
-else
-	python3 -m plantuml diagrams_src/*.dot
-endif
-	mv diagrams_src/*.png $(DIAGRAM_BUILD_DIR)/
-else
-	@echo "Did not find $(DIAGRAM_SOURCE_DIR)."
-endif
-
-$(BUILDDIR)/html/api.json:
-	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/html
-	if pulp debug has-plugin --name core --specifier ">=3.44.0.dev"; \
-	then \
-		curl --fail -o $(BUILDDIR)/html/api.json "$(PULP_V3_API_JSON_URL)?component=gem&include_html=1"; \
-	else \
-		curl --fail -o $(BUILDDIR)/html/api.json "$(PULP_V3_API_JSON_URL)?plugin=pulp_gem&include_html=1"; \
-	fi
-
-html: $(BUILDDIR)/html/api.json
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
-
-dirhtml:
-ifneq ("$(wildcard pulpdocs/bin/activate)","")
-	source pulpdocs/bin/activate && PULP_CONTENT_ORIGIN=localhost $(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml
-else
-	PULP_CONTENT_ORIGIN=localhost $(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml
-endif
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml."
-
-singlehtml:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b singlehtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The HTML page is in $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml."
-
-pickle:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pickle
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
-
-json:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/json
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
-
-htmlhelp:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
-	      ".hhp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp."
-
-qthelp:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the" \
-	      ".qhcp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp, like this:"
-	@echo "# qcollectiongenerator $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/PulpDocs.qhcp"
-	@echo "To view the help file:"
-	@echo "# assistant -collectionFile $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/PulpDocs.qhc"
-
-devhelp:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished."
-	@echo "To view the help file:"
-	@echo "# mkdir -p $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/PulpDocs"
-	@echo "# ln -s $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/PulpDocs"
-	@echo "# devhelp"
-
-epub:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
-
-latex:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
-	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
-	      "(use \`make latexpdf' here to do that automatically)."
-
-latexpdf:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
-	@echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
-	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
-	@echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
-
-text:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b text $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/text
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The text files are in $(BUILDDIR)/text."
-
-man:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b man $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/man
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The manual pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/man."
-
-texinfo:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The Texinfo files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
-	@echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through makeinfo" \
-	      "(use \`make info' here to do that automatically)."
-
-info:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
-	@echo "Running Texinfo files through makeinfo..."
-	make -C $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo info
-	@echo "makeinfo finished; the Info files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
-
-gettext:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b gettext $(I18NSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/locale
-	@echo
-	@echo "Build finished. The message catalogs are in $(BUILDDIR)/locale."
-
-changes:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
-	@echo
-	@echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
-
-linkcheck:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
-	@echo
-	@echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
-	      "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."
-
-doctest:
-	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
-	@echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
-	      "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
-
-run:
-	cd $(BUILDDIR) && python -m http.server 8010
diff --git a/docs/_templates/restapi.html b/docs/_templates/restapi.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae844fa..00000000
--- a/docs/_templates/restapi.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-  <head>
-    <title>REST API for Pulp 3 gem Plugin</title>
-    <!-- needed for adaptive design -->
-    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:300,400,700|Roboto:300,400,700" rel="stylesheet">
-
-    <!--
-    ReDoc doesn't change outer page styles
-    -->
-    <style>
-      body {
-        margin: 0;
-        padding: 0;
-      }
-    </style>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <redoc spec-url='api.json'></redoc>
-    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/redoc@next/bundles/redoc.standalone.js"> </script>
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 96e8eb90..00000000
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Changes
-*********
-
-Removed due to docs migration process.
diff --git a/docs/static/.gitkeep b/docs/static/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/docs/template_gitref b/docs/template_gitref
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e5cdc02..00000000
--- a/docs/template_gitref
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2021.08.26-364-g6f9579c
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index 79899c5a..7534f6e8 100644
--- a/template_config.yml
+++ b/template_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This config represents the latest values used when running the plugin-template. Any settings that
 # were not present before running plugin-template have been added with their default values.
 
-# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-364-g6f9579c
+# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-376-gba57590
 
 api_root: /pulp/
 black: true
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ check_stray_pulpcore_imports: true
 ci_base_image: ghcr.io/pulp/pulp-ci-centos9
 ci_env: {}
 ci_trigger: '{pull_request: {branches: [''*'']}}'
-ci_update_docs: true
 cli_package: pulp-cli-gem
 cli_repo: https://github.com/pulp/pulp-cli-gem.git
 core_import_allowed: []
@@ -20,13 +19,10 @@ deploy_client_to_pypi: true
 deploy_client_to_rubygems: true
 deploy_to_pypi: true
 disabled_redis_runners: []
-doc_requirements_from_pulpcore: false
 docker_fixtures: false
-docs_test: true
 flake8: true
 flake8_ignore: []
 github_org: pulp
-issue_tracker: github
 latest_release_branch: '0.6'
 lint_requirements: true
 noissue_marker: '[noissue]'