Autosummary additional links for inherited methods and attributes

doc/usage/extensions/autosummary.rst

@@ -303,6 +303,27 @@ The following variables are available in the templates:
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.8.0
 
+.. data:: inherited_methods
+
+   List containing names of only inherited methods.  Only available for
+   classes.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 7.2.7
+
+.. data:: inherited_attributes
+
+   List containing names of only inherited attributes.  Only available for
+   classes.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 7.2.7
+
+.. data:: inherited_paths
+
+   List containing the full path inherited members. Will only return the closest
+   parent from which this class was inherited. Only available for classes.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 7.2.7
+
 .. data:: functions
 
    List containing names of "public" functions in the module.  Here, "public"

sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py

@@ -320,11 +320,34 @@ def generate_autosummary_content(name: str, obj: Any, parent: Any,
         ns['members'] = dir(obj)
         ns['inherited_members'] = \
             set(dir(obj)) - set(obj.__dict__.keys())
+
         ns['methods'], ns['all_methods'] = \
             _get_members(doc, app, obj, {'method'}, include_public={'__init__'})
         ns['attributes'], ns['all_attributes'] = \
             _get_members(doc, app, obj, {'attribute', 'property'})
 
+        method_string = [m.split(".")[-1] for m in ns['methods']]
+        attr_string = [m.split(".")[-1] for m in ns['attributes']]
+
+        # Find the first link for this attribute in higher classes
+        ns['inherited_paths'] = []
+        ns['inherited_methods'] = []
+        ns['inherited_attributes'] = []
+
+        for i in (set(dir(obj)) - set(obj.__dict__.keys())):
+            for cl in obj.__mro__:
+                local = set(cl.__dict__.keys())
+                if i in local:
+                    cl_str = cl.__module__ + "." + cl.__name__ + "." + i
+                    if i[0] != "_":
+                        ns['inherited_paths'].append(cl_str)
+
+                        if i in method_string:
+                            ns['inherited_methods'].append(cl_str)
+                        elif i in attr_string:
+                            ns['inherited_attributes'].append(cl_str)
+                    break
+
     if modname is None or qualname is None:
         modname, qualname = _split_full_qualified_name(name)