Nx Workspace Patterns

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Guides your agent in setting up and tuning Nx monorepo workspaces, project boundaries, build caching, and affected commands.

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About this capability

Configure and optimize Nx monorepo workspaces. Use when setting up Nx, configuring project boundaries, optimizing build caching, or implementing affected commands.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by wshobson/agents in plugins/developer-essentials/skills/nx-workspace-patterns/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Production patterns for Nx monorepo management.

When to Use This Skill

Setting up new Nx workspaces
Configuring project boundaries
Optimizing CI with affected commands
Implementing remote caching
Managing dependencies between projects
Migrating to Nx

Core Concepts

1. Nx Architecture

workspace/
├── apps/              # Deployable applications
│   ├── web/
│   └── api/
├── libs/              # Shared libraries
│   ├── shared/
│   │   ├── ui/
│   │   └── utils/
│   └── feature/
│       ├── auth/
│       └── dashboard/
├── tools/             # Custom executors/generators
├── nx.json            # Nx configuration
└── workspace.json     # Project configuration

2. Library Types

Type	Purpose	Example
feature	Smart components, business logic	`feature-auth`
ui	Presentational components	`ui-buttons`
data-access	API calls, state management	`data-access-users`
util	Pure functions, helpers	`util-formatting`
shell	App bootstrapping	`shell-web`