diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 90374a2..5801706 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ Please make sure you follow the EasyScience organization-wide
 If you are not planning to contribute code, you may want to:
 
 - 🐞 Report a bug — see [Reporting Issues](#11-reporting-issues)
-- 🛡 Report a security issue — see
-  [Security Issues](#12-security-issues)
+- 🛡 Report a security issue — see [Security Issues](#12-security-issues)
 - 💬 Ask a question or start a discussion at
   [Project Discussions](https://github.com/easyscience/templates/discussions)
 
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 45b11ea..300a54c 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ docs-serve = 'pixi run docs-pre serve -f docs/mkdocs.yml'
 docs-serve-dirty = 'pixi run docs-serve --dirty'
 docs-build = 'pixi run docs-pre build -f docs/mkdocs.yml'
 docs-build-local = 'pixi run docs-build --no-directory-urls'
+docs-inventory-check = 'python -c "from pathlib import Path; p = Path(\"docs/site/objects.inv\"); raise SystemExit(0 if p.is_file() and p.stat().st_size > 0 else \"missing or empty docs/site/objects.inv\")"'
 
-docs-deploy-pre = 'mike deploy -F docs/mkdocs.yml --push --branch gh-pages --update-aliases --alias-type redirect'
+docs-deploy-pre = 'mike deploy -F docs/mkdocs.yml --push --branch gh-pages --update-aliases --alias-type copy'
 docs-set-default-pre = 'mike set-default -F docs/mkdocs.yml --push --branch gh-pages'
 
 docs-update-assets = 'python tools/update_docs_assets.py'
diff --git a/template/.github/workflows/docs.yml.jinja b/template/.github/workflows/docs.yml.jinja
index 43697d8..95866de 100644
--- a/template/.github/workflows/docs.yml.jinja
+++ b/template/.github/workflows/docs.yml.jinja
@@ -126,11 +126,14 @@ jobs:
 
       # Build the static files for the documentation site for local inspection
       # Input: docs/ directory containing the Markdown files
-      # Output: site/ directory containing the generated HTML files
+      # Output: docs/site/ directory containing the generated HTML files
+      # Also verifies that mkdocstrings generated docs/site/objects.inv.
       - name: Build site for local check
-        run: pixi run docs-build-local
+        run: |
+          pixi run docs-build-local
+          pixi run docs-inventory-check
 
-      # Upload the static files from the site/ directory to be used for
+      # Upload the static files from the docs/site/ directory to be used for
       # local check
       - name: Upload built site as artifact
         uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifact
diff --git a/template/docs/mkdocs.yml.jinja b/template/docs/mkdocs.yml.jinja
index 6c8d966..af3a820 100644
--- a/template/docs/mkdocs.yml.jinja
+++ b/template/docs/mkdocs.yml.jinja
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ plugins:
             docstring_options:
               ignore_init_summary: true
             summary: true
+            relative_crossrefs: true
+            scoped_crossrefs: true
+            filters: ["!^_[^_]", "!__repr__", "!__dir__"] # This is the default filter minus __repr__ and __dir__
+          inventories:
+          - url: https://scipp.github.io/objects.inv
+          - url: https://numpy.org/doc/stable/objects.inv
+          - url: https://easyscience.github.io/core/latest/objects.inv
   - search
 
 # Determines additional directories to watch when running mkdocs serve
diff --git a/template/pixi.toml.jinja b/template/pixi.toml.jinja
index dc1ac83..a6b04b4 100644
--- a/template/pixi.toml.jinja
+++ b/template/pixi.toml.jinja
@@ -214,8 +214,9 @@ docs-serve = 'pixi run docs-pre serve -f docs/mkdocs.yml'
 docs-serve-dirty = 'pixi run docs-serve --dirty'
 docs-build = 'pixi run docs-pre build -f docs/mkdocs.yml'
 docs-build-local = 'pixi run docs-build --no-directory-urls'
+docs-inventory-check = 'python -c "from pathlib import Path; p = Path(\"docs/site/objects.inv\"); raise SystemExit(0 if p.is_file() and p.stat().st_size > 0 else \"missing or empty docs/site/objects.inv\")"'
 
-docs-deploy-pre = 'mike deploy -F docs/mkdocs.yml --push --branch gh-pages --update-aliases --alias-type redirect'
+docs-deploy-pre = 'mike deploy -F docs/mkdocs.yml --push --branch gh-pages --update-aliases --alias-type copy'
 docs-set-default-pre = 'mike set-default -F docs/mkdocs.yml --push --branch gh-pages'
 
 docs-update-assets = 'python tools/update_docs_assets.py'