[Bugfix][Docs] Update documentation build process and configurations for autoapi support (#663)

* [Bugfix][Docs] Update documentation build process and configurations for autoapi support

* lint fix

docs/.gitignore

 _build/
-api/
+autoapi/
\ No newline at end of file

docs/Makefile

@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ BUILDDIR      = _build
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
-.PHONY: help Makefile
+.PHONY: help Makefile clean
+
+# The "clean" target is updated to remove the autoapi generated files as well.
+# Run "make clean" to ensure a completely fresh build.
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILDDIR) autoapi
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
 # "make mode" option. $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
 %: Makefile
-	rm -rf api/
-	sphinx-apidoc --separate -H "Python API" -o ./api/ ../tilelang "../tilelang/language/ast*" "../tilelang/language/parser*" "../tilelang/libinfo*" "../tilelang/version*"
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)

docs/conf.py

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import os
-import sys
-
-# import tlcpack_sphinx_addon
-
-# -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../tilelang"))
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../"))
-
-autodoc_mock_imports = ["torch", "tilelang.language.ast", "tilelang.language.parser"]
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "Tile Language <br>"
@@ -17,8 +6,6 @@ author = "Tile Lang Contributors"
 copyright = "2025-2025, %s" % author
 
 # Version information.
-
-# TODO: use the version from project metadata
 with open("../VERSION", "r") as f:
     version = f.read().strip()
 release = version
@@ -27,15 +14,32 @@ extensions = [
     "sphinx_tabs.tabs",
     "sphinx_toolbox.collapse",
     "sphinxcontrib.httpdomain",
-    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
     "sphinx_reredirects",
     "sphinx.ext.mathjax",
-    "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
     "myst_parser",
+    "autoapi.extension",
 ]
 
+autoapi_type = 'python'
+autoapi_dirs = ['../tilelang']
+
+autoapi_options = [
+    'members',
+    'undoc-members',
+    'show-inheritance',
+    'show-module-summary',
+    'special-members',
+]
+autoapi_keep_files = False  # Useful for debugging the generated rst files
+
+autoapi_generate_api_docs = True
+
+autodoc_typehints = 'description'
+
+autoapi_ignore = ["*language/ast*", "*version*", "*libinfo*", "*parser*"]
+
 source_suffix = {
     '.rst': 'restructuredtext',
     '.md': 'markdown',
@@ -48,27 +52,18 @@ myst_enable_extensions = [
 
 redirects = {"get_started/try_out": "../index.html#getting-started"}
 
-source_suffix = [".md", ".rst"]
-
 language = "en"
 
 exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store", "README.md", "**/*libinfo*", "**/*version*"]
 
-# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = "sphinx"
-
-# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
-# If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
 todo_include_todos = False
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 
 html_theme = "furo"
-
 templates_path = []
-
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
-
 footer_copyright = "© 2025-2025 Tile Language"
 footer_note = " "
 
@@ -91,11 +86,4 @@ html_context = {
     "github_repo": "tilelang",
     "github_version": "main/docs/",
     "theme_vcs_pageview_mode": "edit",
-    # "header_logo": "/path/to/logo",
-    # "header_logo_link": "",
-    # "version_selecter": "",
 }
-
-# # add additional overrides
-# templates_path += [tlcpack_sphinx_addon.get_templates_path()]
-# html_static_path += [tlcpack_sphinx_addon.get_static_path()]

docs/index.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ deeplearning_operators/deepseek_mla
 :maxdepth: 1
 :caption: API Reference
 
-api/modules
+autoapi/tilelang/index
 :::
 
 :::{toctree}

docs/requirements.txt

 fastapi
 pydantic
-sphinx == 5.2.3
-sphinx-reredirects==0.1.2
-sphinx-tabs == 3.4.1
-sphinx-toolbox == 3.4.0
-sphinxcontrib-napoleon==0.7
-sphinxcontrib_httpdomain==1.8.1
+sphinx
+sphinx-reredirects
+sphinx-tabs
+sphinx-toolbox
+sphinxcontrib-napoleon
+sphinxcontrib_httpdomain
 furo
 uvicorn
 myst-parser
+sphinx-autoapi == 3.6.0
+astroid
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maint/scripts/build_docs.sh

 python -m venv .venv
 source .venv/bin/activate
-python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-python -m pip install -r requirements-test.txt
-python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-python -m pip install -e .
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip --no-user
+python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt --no-user
 
 cd docs
 make html