diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e55ad1825d..2e41465cf9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ include:
       - "templates/stable/default-workflow.yml"
       - "templates/idf/deploy-github.yml"
       - "templates/idf/deploy-docs.yml"
+  - project: "ci/actions/common"
+    file: "templates/idf/build-docs.yml"
+    inputs:
+      full-build-matrix:
+        - DOCLANG: ["en", "zh_CN"]
+          DOCTGT: ["esp32", "esp32s2", "esp32s3", "esp32s31", "esp32c3", "esp32c2", "esp32c6", "esp32c61", "esp32c5", "esp32h2", "esp32h4", "esp32h21", "esp32p4"]
+      partial-build-matrix:
+        - DOCLANG: "en"
+          DOCTGT: "esp32"
+        - DOCLANG: "zh_CN"
+          DOCTGT: "esp32p4"
   - ".gitlab/ci/danger.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/common.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/rules.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/upload_cache.yml"
-  - ".gitlab/ci/docs.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/static-code-analysis.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/pre_commit.yml"
   - ".gitlab/ci/pre_check.yml"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 19f2f43226..0000000000
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-.patterns-docs-full: &patterns-docs-full
-  - ".gitlab/ci/docs.yml"
-  - "docs/**/*"
-  - "**/*.rst"
-  - "CONTRIBUTING.rst"
-  - "**/soc_caps.h"
-  - "**/Kconfig*"
-
-.patterns-docs-partial: &patterns-docs-partial
-  - "components/**/*.h"
-  - "components/**/CMakeLists.txt"
-  - "components/**/sdkconfig*"
-  - "tools/tools.json"
-  - "tools/idf_tools.py"
-
-.patterns-example-readme: &patterns-example-readme
-  - "examples/**/*.md"
-
-.if-protected-check: &if-protected-check
-  if: '($CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master" || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release\/v/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?($|-)/)'
-
-.if-qa-test-tag: &if-qa-test-tag
-  if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^qa-test/'
-
-.if-label-build_docs: &if-label-build_docs
-  if: '$BOT_LABEL_BUILD_DOCS || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /^(?:[^,\n\r]+,)*build_docs(?:,[^,\n\r]+)*$/i'
-
-.if-label-docs_full: &if-label-docs_full
-  if: '$BOT_LABEL_DOCS_FULL || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /^(?:[^,\n\r]+,)*docs_full(?:,[^,\n\r]+)*$/i'
-
-.if-dev-push: &if-dev-push
-  if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != "master" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH !~ /^release\/v/ && $CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ /^v\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?($|-)/ && $CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ /^qa-test/ && ($CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event")'
-
-.doc-rules:build:docs-full:
-  rules:
-    - <<: *if-qa-test-tag
-      when: never
-    - <<: *if-protected-check
-    - <<: *if-label-build_docs
-    - <<: *if-label-docs_full
-    - <<: *if-dev-push
-      changes: *patterns-docs-full
-
-.doc-rules:build:docs-partial:
-  rules:
-    - <<: *if-qa-test-tag
-      when: never
-    - <<: *if-dev-push
-      changes: *patterns-docs-full
-      when: never
-    - <<: *if-dev-push
-      changes: *patterns-docs-partial
-
-# stage: pre_check
-check_readme_links:
-  extends:
-    - .pre_check_template
-  variables:
-    GIT_STRATEGY: "fetch"
-  tags: ["check_doc_links"]
-  allow_failure: true
-  rules:
-    - <<: *if-protected-check
-    - <<: *if-dev-push
-      changes: *patterns-example-readme
-  script:
-    - python ${IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/check_readme_links.py
-
-check_docs_lang_sync:
-  extends:
-    - .pre_check_template
-    - .doc-rules:build:docs-full
-  script:
-    - cd docs
-    - ./check_lang_folder_sync.sh
-
-.build_docs_template:
-  image: $ESP_IDF_DOC_ENV_IMAGE
-  stage: build_doc
-  tags:
-    - build_docs
-  needs:
-    - job: fast_template_app
-      artifacts: false
-      optional: true
-  script:
-    - if [ -n "${BREATHE_ALT_INSTALL_URL_PY39}" ]; then
-        pip uninstall -y breathe && pip install -U ${BREATHE_ALT_INSTALL_URL_PY39};
-      fi
-    - cd docs
-    - build-docs -t $DOCTGT -bs $DOC_BUILDERS -l $DOCLANG build
-  parallel:
-    matrix:
-      - DOCLANG: ["en", "zh_CN"]
-        DOCTGT: ["esp32", "esp32s2", "esp32s3", "esp32s31", "esp32c3", "esp32c2", "esp32c6", "esp32c61", "esp32c5", "esp32h2", "esp32h4", "esp32h21", "esp32p4"]
-
-check_docs_gh_links:
-  image: $ESP_IDF_DOC_ENV_IMAGE
-  extends:
-    - .pre_check_template
-    - .doc-rules:build:docs-full
-  variables:
-    GIT_STRATEGY: "fetch"
-  tags: ["check_doc_links"]
-  script:
-    - cd docs
-    - build-docs gh-linkcheck
-
-# Doc jobs have a lot of special cases, we specify rules here directly instead
-# in dependencies.yml to simplify things
-build_docs_html_full:
-  extends:
-    - .build_docs_template
-    - .doc-rules:build:docs-full
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - docs/_build/*/*/*.txt
-      - docs/_build/*/*/html/*
-    expire_in: 4 days
-  variables:
-    DOC_BUILDERS: "html"
-
-build_docs_html_partial:
-  extends:
-    - .build_docs_template
-    - .doc-rules:build:docs-partial
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - docs/_build/*/*/*.txt
-      - docs/_build/*/*/html/*
-    expire_in: 4 days
-  variables:
-    DOC_BUILDERS: "html"
-  parallel:
-    matrix:
-      - DOCLANG: "en"
-        DOCTGT: "esp32"
-      - DOCLANG: "zh_CN"
-        DOCTGT: "esp32p4"
-
-check_doc_links:
-  extends:
-    - .build_docs_template
-    - .rules:protected:deploy
-  stage: post_deploy
-  needs:
-    - job: deploy_docs_production
-      artifacts: false
-  variables:
-    GIT_STRATEGY: "fetch"
-  tags: ["check_doc_links"]
-  artifacts:
-    when: always
-    paths:
-      - docs/_build/*/*/*.txt
-      - docs/_build/*/*/linkcheck/*.txt
-    expire_in: 1 week
-  allow_failure: true
-  script:
-    - cd docs
-    - build-docs -t $DOCTGT -l $DOCLANG linkcheck