diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ba4f7a..97b4ca2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ test_structures/
 worker-data*/
 scimesh-worker-data/
 coordinator/.demo/
+site/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a6fc43..dfde28d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
-.PHONY: help demo-ui demo-down demo-logs
+.PHONY: help demo-ui demo-down demo-logs docs docs-serve
 
 help:
 	@printf '%s\n' \
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ help:
 	  '  make demo-ui WORKERS=3       Start the demo with 3 local workers.' \
 	  '  make demo-logs               Follow coordinator logs for the demo.' \
 	  '  make demo-down               Stop demo containers and workers.' \
+	  '  make docs                    Build the MkDocs site into site/.' \
+	  '  make docs-serve              Serve the MkDocs site at http://localhost:8000.' \
 	  '' \
 	  'After make demo-ui: open http://localhost:18080/ui (operator / demo-ui-secret).'
 
@@ -22,3 +24,9 @@ demo-down:
 
 demo-logs:
 	$(MAKE) -C coordinator demo-logs
+
+docs:
+	.venv/bin/mkdocs build
+
+docs-serve:
+	.venv/bin/mkdocs serve
diff --git a/docs/api/sdk-batch.md b/docs/api/sdk-batch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ade2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/api/sdk-batch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SDK batch scaffold
+
+Тестовая страница автогенерации API из docstrings.
+
+::: scimesh.sdk.batch.MapReduceWorkload
+    options:
+      show_root_heading: true
+      show_source: false
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcb1db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SciMesh
+
+Тестовая страница MkDocs. Сборка и навигация работают; содержимое будет
+наполнено позже.
+
+- Пример ссылки на API: [SDK batch scaffold](api/sdk-batch.md).
+- Код:
+  ```python
+  from scimesh.sdk import MapReduceWorkload
+  ```
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d0490b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+site_name: SciMesh
+site_description: Local-first distributed scientific computation for molecular workloads
+repo_url: https://github.com/emil28092005/SciMesh
+edit_uri: blob/main/docs/
+
+theme:
+  name: material
+  palette:
+    scheme: slate
+    primary: indigo
+    accent: cyan
+  features:
+    - navigation.instant
+    - navigation.tracking
+    - navigation.top
+    - search.suggest
+    - content.code.copy
+  icon:
+    repo: fontawesome/brands/github
+
+plugins:
+  - search
+  - mkdocstrings:
+      default_options:
+        show_root_heading: true
+        show_symbol_type_heading: true
+        show_source: false
+
+markdown_extensions:
+  - admonition
+  - toc:
+      permalink: true
+  - pymdownx.superfences
+  - pymdownx.highlight:
+      anchor_linenums: true
+
+nav:
+  - Home: index.md
+  - API reference:
+      - SDK batch scaffold: api/sdk-batch.md
+
+extra:
+  generator: false
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c7a98f..928d9f9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = ["rdkit>=2024.3"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = ["pytest>=8"]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=8",
+    "mkdocs>=1.6",
+    "mkdocs-material>=9.5",
+    "mkdocstrings[python]>=1.0",
+]
 
 [project.scripts]
 scimesh = "scimesh.cli:main"