diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-type-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-type-lint.yaml
index 51e4241f..b6122f3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-type-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-type-lint.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         source activate ./ci_env
         pip install -e .[dev]
+        pip install scikit-learn lightning torchvision  # for docs
 
     - name: Print installed packages
       run: |
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         sed -i 's/\"auto\"/None/g' README.md
         # on Mac: sed -i '' 's/cluster: slurm/cluster: null/g' infra/*.md
         # check readmes
-        pytest --markdown-docs -m markdown-docs `**/*.md`
+        pytest --markdown-docs -m markdown-docs .
 
     - name: Run basic pylint
       run: |
diff --git a/docs/infra/example_lightning.py b/docs/infra/example_lightning.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08426c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/infra/example_lightning.py
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+import typing as tp
+
+import exca
+import pydantic
+import pytorch_lightning as pl
+from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
+from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint
+import torch
+from torchvision import datasets, transforms
+from torchvision.models import resnet18
+
+
+class Model(pl.LightningModule):
+    def __init__(self, pretrained: bool, learning_rate: float = 0.001):
+        super(Model, self).__init__()
+        self.pretrained = pretrained
+        self.learning_rate = learning_rate
+        self.model = resnet18(pretrained=pretrained)
+        self.model.conv1 = torch.nn.Conv2d(1, 64, kernel_size=(7, 7), stride=(2, 2), padding=(3, 3), bias=False)
+        self.model.fc = torch.nn.Linear(self.model.fc.in_features, 10)
+        self.loss_fn = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
+
+    def forward(self, x):
+        return self.model(x)
+    
+    def _step(self, batch):
+        x, y = batch
+        y_hat = self(x)
+        loss = self.loss_fn(y_hat, y)
+        return loss
+
+    def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
+        loss = self._step(batch)
+        self.log("train_loss", loss)
+        return loss
+
+    def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
+        loss = self._step(batch)
+        self.log("val_loss", loss)
+        return loss
+
+    def configure_optimizers(self):
+        return torch.optim.Adam(self.model.parameters(), lr=self.learning_rate)
+
+
+class Data(pl.LightningDataModule):
+    def __init__(self, batch_size: int):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.batch_size = batch_size
+
+    def _dataloader(self, train: bool):
+        transform = transforms.Compose([transforms.ToTensor(), transforms.Normalize((0.5,), (0.5,))])
+        dset = datasets.MNIST('', train=train, download=True, transform=transform)
+        return torch.utils.data.DataLoader(dset, batch_size=self.batch_size)
+
+    def train_dataloader(self):
+        return self._dataloader(train=True)
+
+    def val_dataloader(self):
+        return self._dataloader(train=False)
+    
+
+
+class ModelConfig(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    pretrained: bool = True
+    learning_rate: float = 0.001
+    
+    model_config = pydantic.ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+    def build(self) -> Model:
+        return Model(**self.dict())
+
+
+class DataConfig(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    batch_size: int = 64
+    
+    model_config = pydantic.ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+    def build(self) -> Data:
+        return Data(**self.dict())
+
+
+class TrainerConfig(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    max_epochs: tp.Optional[int] = None
+    
+    model_config = pydantic.ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+    def build(self, checkpoint_path: str | None = None) -> Trainer:
+        if checkpoint_path:
+            callbacks = [ModelCheckpoint(
+                dirpath=checkpoint_path,
+                save_top_k=1,
+                monitor="val_loss",
+                mode="min")
+            ]
+        else:
+            callbacks = None
+        return Trainer(**self.dict(), callbacks=callbacks)
+
+class Experiment(pydantic.BaseModel):
+    model: ModelConfig = ModelConfig()
+    data: DataConfig = DataConfig()
+    trainer: TrainerConfig = TrainerConfig()
+    infra: exca.TaskInfra = exca.TaskInfra(folder='.cache/')
+
+    @property
+    def checkpoint_path(self):
+        # Define the checkpoint directory
+        checkpoint_dir = self.infra.uid_folder() / 'checkpoint'
+
+        # Find the latest checkpoint if it exists
+        checkpoints = sorted(checkpoint_dir.glob('*.ckpt'))
+        ckpt_path = sorted(checkpoints)[-1] if checkpoints else None
+        return ckpt_path
+
+    @infra.apply
+    def fit(self):
+        # Configure
+        data = self.data.build()
+        model = self.model.build()
+        trainer = self.trainer.build(self.infra.folder)
+
+        # Fit model
+        trainer.fit(model, data, ckpt_path=self.checkpoint_path)
+        
+        # Return model if not saved 
+        if self.checkpoint_path is None:
+            return model
+
+    def validate(self):
+        data = self.data.build()
+        model = self.model.build()
+        trainer = self.trainer.build(self.infra.folder)
+
+        trained_model = self.fit()
+        if trained_model is None:
+            trained_model = model.__class__.load_from_checkpoint(self.checkpoint_path)
+
+        return trainer.validate(trained_model, dataloaders=data.val_dataloader())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    config = dict(
+        model={'learning_rate': .01},
+        trainer={'max_epochs': 2},
+        infra={'folder': '.cache/'}
+    )
+    exp = Experiment(**config)
+    score = exp.validate()
+    print(score)