Provides tools to retrieve available Nx plugins from the npm registry along with their descriptions through the nx_available_plugins tool.
Provides deep access to Nx monorepo structure, including project relationships, file mappings, tasks, ownership info, tech stacks, generators, and documentation to help LLMs generate tailored code and understand architectural impact of changes.
Nx MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol server implementation for Nx.
Overview
The Nx MCP server gives LLMs deep access to your monorepo’s structure: project relationships, file mappings, runnable tasks, ownership info, tech stacks, Nx generators, and even Nx documentation. With this context, LLMs can generate code tailored to your stack, understand the impact of a change, and apply modifications across connected files with precision. This is possible because Nx already understands the higher-level architecture of your workspace, and monorepos bring all relevant projects into one place.
Read more in our blog post and in our docs.
Installation and Usage
There are two ways to use this MCP server:
a) Run it via the nx-mcp package
Simply invoke the MCP server via npx
or your package manager's equivalent.
Here's an example of a mcp.json
configuration:
Refer to your AI tool's documentation for how to register an MCP server. For example, Cursor or Claude Desktop support MCP.
If you want to host the server instead of communicating via stdio
, you can use the --sse
and --port
flags. Keep in mind that the Nx MCP server only supports a single concurrent connection right now, so connecting multiple clients at the same time might break in some cases.
Run nx-mcp --help
to see what options are available.
b) Use the Nx Console extension
If you're using Cursor you can directly install the Nx Console extension which automatically manages the MCP server for you.
More info:
Available Tools
The Nx MCP server provides a comprehensive set of tools for interacting with your Nx workspace.
- nx_docs: Returns documentation sections relevant to user queries about Nx
- nx_available_plugins: Lists available Nx plugins from the core team and local workspace plugins
- nx_workspace_path: Returns the path to the Nx workspace root
- nx_workspace: Returns readable representation of project graph and nx.json configuration
- nx_project_details: Returns complete project configuration in JSON format for a given project
- nx_generators: Returns list of generators relevant to user queries
- nx_generator_schema: Returns detailed JSON schema for a specific Nx generator
- nx_current_running_tasks_details: Lists currently running Nx TUI processes and task statuses
- nx_current_running_task_output: Returns terminal output for specific running tasks
- nx_run_generator: Opens generate UI with prefilled options (requires running IDE instance)
- nx_visualize_graph: Visualizes the Nx graph (requires running IDE instance)
Nx Cloud Tools (only available w/ Nx Cloud enabled)
- nx_cloud_cipe_details: Returns CI pipeline execution details from Nx Cloud
- nx_cloud_fix_cipe_failure: Returns failure details including terminal output and git diffs
- nx_cloud_pipeline_executions_search: Searches for pipeline executions in Nx Cloud
- nx_cloud_pipeline_executions_details: Gets detailed information about specific pipeline executions
- nx_cloud_runs_search: Searches for runs within pipeline executions
- nx_cloud_runs_details: Gets detailed information about specific runs
- nx_cloud_tasks_search: Searches for task statistics and performance data
- nx_cloud_tasks_details: Returns detailed task execution information
When no workspace path is specified, only the nx_docs
and nx_available_plugins
tools will be available.
Available Resources
When connected to an Nx Cloud-enabled workspace, the Nx MCP server automatically exposes recent CI Pipeline Executions (CIPEs) as MCP resources. Resources appear in your AI tool's resource picker, allowing the LLM to access detailed information about CI runs including failed tasks, terminal output, and affected files.
Contributing & Development
Contributions are welcome! Please see the Nx Console contribution guide for more details.
The basic steps are:
- Clone the Nx Console repository and follow installation steps
- Build the
nx-mcp
usingnx run nx-mcp:build
(ornx run nx-mcp:build:debug
for debugging with source maps) - Use the MCP Inspector to test out your changes
License
This server cannot be installed
hybrid server
The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.
The Nx MCP server provides LLMs with comprehensive insights into your monorepo: project dependencies, file relationships, executable tasks, ownership metadata, technology stacks, custom generators, and Nx documentation. This deep context enables LLMs to produce code perfectly aligned with your archi
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