diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 4b829fc279..5776806dbd 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ build:
       - pip install uv
     post_install:
       - VIRTUAL_ENV=$READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH uv pip install -r doc/requirements.txt
+    build:
+      html:
+        # Custom build jobs start at the repository root, unlike Read the
+        # Docs-generated Sphinx command, which starts in the documentation
+        # directory. Preserve that working directory so the checkout does not
+        # shadow the installed package and hide its generated ``deepmd.lib``.
+        # Bound the command so a wedged extension or worker is terminated and
+        # reported as a failed build instead of occupying a builder forever.
+        # Limit Sphinx to two workers so generated API pages can be processed
+        # concurrently without multiplying backend import memory excessively.
+        - >-
+          cd doc &&
+          timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=30s 30m
+          python -m sphinx -T -j 2 -b html -d _build/doctrees
+          -D language=en . $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html
   apt_packages:
     - inkscape
 sphinx:
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 5753b2afed..3fa4f92af4 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -240,13 +240,24 @@
 # deeper than that are left unnumbered. Only the listed pages are affected.
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Any,
 )
 
+from dargs.sphinx import (
+    DargsDomain,
+)
 from docutils import (
     nodes,
 )
+from sphinx.domains import (
+    Domain,
+)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import (
+        Iterable,
+    )
+
     from sphinx.application import (
         Sphinx,
     )
@@ -279,7 +290,27 @@ def _cap_cli_secnumbers(app: Sphinx, doctree: nodes.document, docname: str) -> N
             break
 
 
+def _merge_dargs_domaindata(
+    self: Domain, docnames: Iterable[str], otherdata: dict[str, Any]
+) -> None:
+    """Merge ``dargs`` argument entries collected by a parallel read worker.
+
+    ``dargs.sphinx.DargsDomain`` advertises ``parallel_read_safe`` but does not
+    implement ``merge_domaindata``, so Sphinx refuses to combine the per-worker
+    inventories and ``-j`` aborts the build.  The domain's only state is a flat
+    ``targetid -> (docname, objtype)`` map, so merging is a plain dict update
+    restricted to the documents this worker actually read.
+    """
+    docnames = set(docnames)
+    arguments = self.data["arguments"]
+    for targetid, entry in otherdata["arguments"].items():
+        if entry[0] in docnames:
+            arguments[targetid] = entry
+
+
 def setup(app: Sphinx) -> dict[str, bool]:
+    if DargsDomain.merge_domaindata is Domain.merge_domaindata:
+        DargsDomain.merge_domaindata = _merge_dargs_domaindata
     # AutoAPI records exact source locations without importing backend modules.
     # Reuse that metadata for commit-pinned GitHub links after AutoAPI's default
     # priority-500 ``builder-inited`` callback has populated the environment.