diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index dc840b3d0..f46e33649 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "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/docs/_extend_docstrings.py b/docs/_extend_docstrings.py
index bb5370aa4..f3cb5ecb5 100644
--- a/docs/_extend_docstrings.py
+++ b/docs/_extend_docstrings.py
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 # pyright: reportMissingImports=false
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import hashlib
 import inspect
 import logging
+import pickle
+import sys
 import textwrap
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable
 
 import attrs
@@ -23,7 +27,13 @@
 from ampform.kinematics import FourMomentumSymbol, _ArraySize
 from ampform.sympy._array_expressions import ArrayMultiplication
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 8):
+    from importlib_metadata import version as get_package_version
+else:
+    from importlib.metadata import version as get_package_version
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from qrules.transition import ReactionInfo
+
     from ampform.sympy import NumPyPrintable
 
 logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.ERROR)
@@ -518,7 +528,7 @@ def extend_formulate_wigner_d() -> None:
 def __get_graphviz_state_transition_example(
     formalism: str, transition_number: int = 0
 ) -> str:
-    reaction = qrules.generate_transitions(
+    reaction = __generate_transitions_cached(
         initial_state=[("J/psi(1S)", [+1])],
         final_state=[("gamma", [-1]), "f(0)(980)"],
         formalism=formalism,
@@ -699,6 +709,30 @@ def _append_to_docstring(class_type: Callable | type, appended_text: str) -> Non
     class_type.__doc__ += appended_text
 
 
+def __generate_transitions_cached(
+    initial_state: list[tuple[str, list[float | int]] | str],
+    final_state: list[tuple[str, list[float | int]] | str],
+    formalism: str,
+) -> ReactionInfo:
+    version = get_package_version("qrules")
+    obj = (initial_state, final_state, formalism)
+    h = hashlib.sha256(pickle.dumps(obj)).hexdigest()
+    docs_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    file_name = docs_dir / ".cache" / f"reaction-qrules-v{version}-{h}.pickle"
+    file_name.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    if file_name.exists():
+        with open(file_name, "rb") as f:
+            return pickle.load(f)  # noqa: S301
+    reaction = qrules.generate_transitions(
+        initial_state,
+        final_state,
+        formalism=formalism,
+    )
+    with open(file_name, "wb") as f:
+        pickle.dump(reaction, f)
+    return reaction
+
+
 def __print_imports(printer: NumPyPrinter) -> str:
     code = ""
     for module, items in printer.module_imports.items():
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a092cc77c..c7b0d91ad 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -97,6 +97,40 @@ setenv =
   FORCE_COLOR = yes
   PYTHONHASHSEED = 0
 
+[testenv:docnblive]
+allowlist_externals =
+  sphinx-autobuild
+commands =
+  sphinx-autobuild \
+    --open-browser \
+    --re-ignore .*/.ipynb_checkpoints/.* \
+    --re-ignore .*/__pycache__/.* \
+    --re-ignore .*\.gitignore \
+    --re-ignore .*\.tmp \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.csv \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.gif \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.gv \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.inv \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.json \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.pickle \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.png \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.svg \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.yaml \
+    --re-ignore docs/.*\.yml \
+    --re-ignore docs/_build/.* \
+    --re-ignore docs/_images/.* \
+    --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