diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d66ee53c..6f2a7906 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "livePreview.defaultPreviewPath": "docs/_build/html",
+  "multiDiffEditor.experimental.enabled": true,
   "mypy-type-checker.args": ["--config-file=${workspaceFolder}/pyproject.toml"],
   "mypy-type-checker.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment",
   "notebook.gotoSymbols.showAllSymbols": true,
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f36f4b9a..f8fdb2b0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -87,6 +87,38 @@ setenv =
   EXECUTE_NB = yes
   FORCE_COLOR = yes
 
+
+[testenv:docnblive]
+allowlist_externals =
+  sphinx-autobuild
+commands =
+  sphinx-autobuild \
+    --open-browser \
+    --re-ignore .*/.ipynb_checkpoints/.* \
+    --re-ignore .*/__pycache__/.* \
+    --re-ignore .*\.tmp \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.csv \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.gv \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.inv \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.json \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.pickle \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.yaml \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.yml \
+    --re-ignore docs/_build/.* \
+    --re-ignore docs/_images/.* \
+    --re-ignore docs/_static/logo\..* \
+    --re-ignore docs/api/.* \
+    --watch docs \
+    --watch src \
+    docs/ docs/_build/html
+description =
+  Set up a server to directly preview changes to the HTML pages
+passenv = *
+setenv =
+  EXECUTE_NB = yes
+  FORCE_COLOR = yes
+  PYTHONHASHSEED = 0
+
 [testenv:docnb-force]
 allowlist_externals =
   sphinx-build