A Model Context Protocol server implementation for Nx
io.github.nrwl/nx-console MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Nx. It is associated with the “UI for Monorepos” positioned as a way to provide visual workflows and enrich an AI Chat with deep insights. The included content references Nx and Lerna monorepo tooling.
🛠️ Key Features
Model Context Protocol server implementation for Nx
Associated UI for Monorepos with visual workflows
Designed to enrich AI Chat with deep insights
🚀 Use Cases
Use Nx in an MCP-enabled workflow with monorepo-focused context
Support editor-based workflows tied to Nx/Lerna monorepo management
⚡ Developer Benefits
Provides monorepo-related insights for AI Chat
Helps connect Nx/Lerna context to interactive tooling
⚠️ Limitations
Server data does not specify tools, capabilities, or configuration details beyond the description and readme excerpt
The UI for Monorepos, providing visual workflows and enriching your AI Chat with deep insights
Stay focused and productive right in your editor.
Why Nx Console?
Developers use both command-line tools and user interfaces. They commit in the terminal, but resolve conflicts in Visual Studio Code or WebStorm. They use the right tool for the job.
Nx Console is that tool. It helps developers stay in the flow, provides visual workflows, and enhances your AI chats and more.
Installation
You can download Nx Console from the following places:
Nx Console enhances your editors AI features by providing relevant context to the large language models powering VSCode and Cursor. Automatically teach AI about your workspace architecture, generators and feed it up-to-date nx docs!
Nx Console comes with an MCP server for both, VSCode and Cursor.
You can also install the MCP server separately from the Nx Console extension via the nx-mcp NPM package. More about that here. Learn more in the Nx docs.
Project Details View
Nx Console provides seamless integration with the Project Details View (PDV). You can learn more about your project, the available tasks and detailed configuration information. With the PDV in Nx Console, you can run tasks or navigate the task graph with just a few clicks!
Nx Console makes it easier to run generators through our interactive Generate UI. It automatically parses the schema for any generator and provides autocomplete, validation and dry-run previews as you type.
Nx Console - The UI for Nx & Lerna
You can launch the Generate UI via the Nx: Generate (UI) command or through the context menu in the file explorer. Paths will be automatically prefilled! Learn more about the Generate UI on nx.dev
Nx Cloud Integration
Nx Console improves the experience of using Nx Cloud by giving you an overview of current CI Pipeline Executions and showing notifications when CI is done or an error occurs. No more refreshing GitHub forever, just keep working and Nx Console will let you know once your PR is ready!
Additionally, Nx Console helps by guiding you through the Nx Cloud onboarding process, right in your editor.
Nx Console presents an overview of your workspace from an Nx perspective. You can browse projects, their targets & configurations in the Projects view. Run available targets or create shortcuts for frequent commands in the Common Nx Commands view.
Nx Console - The UI for Nx & Lerna
Workspace Visualization
Nx Console visualizes the Nx project & task graphs right in your editor. It knows which file you're working on, so you can easily open the graph focused on that specific project. Also, with the tight integration into your editor, you can run tasks or explore the files that cause project dependencies with a single click.
Nx Console - The UI for Nx & Lerna
Requirements
To use Nx Console, make sure you're in an Nx or Lerna workspace and have Node.js installed. If you're not using Nx yet, learn more here: Intro to Nx
The latest version of Nx Console supports all Nx versions starting at Nx 15. For older versions, we cannot guarantee compatibility or full functionality. However, we welcome contributions! If you encounter specific issues with older versions, please consider submitting a PR. Of course, if you discover any problems with newer versions of Nx, please report these issues to help us improve Nx Console.
Documentation - Official documentation with video tutorials
nx.dev - Documentation, Guides and Interactive Tutorials on Nx
Join the community - Chat about Nx & Nx Console on the official discord server
Learn more about the team at Nx - The team at Nx led the development of Nx Console,
after working with many Enterprise clients.
Jetbrains WSL support
The Node interpreter under Languages & Frameworks > Node.js needs to be configured to use the Node executable
within the WSL distribution.
You can read more on
the official Jetbrains docs page.
