Nx Console

What is Nx Console about?

Nx Console offers an integrated UI inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and other editors to simplify working with Nx and Lerna monorepos. It enriches editor AI (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) with workspace context, visualizes project graphs, and presents task‑running shortcuts.

How to use Nx Console?

1. Install the editor extension
   • VS Code: install Nx Console from the Visual Studio Marketplace or OpenVSX.
   • JetBrains: install the Nx Console plugin from the JetBrains Marketplace.
2. Open a workspace that contains an Nx or Lerna configuration (run npx create-nx-workspace@latest my-workspace to create a new one or npx nx init to add Nx to an existing repo).
3. Launch UI commands such as Nx: Generate (UI), Project Details View, or Workspace Graph from the command palette or context menus.
4. Optional MCP server – for AI‑enhanced editors you can run the MCP server separately:

   npx -y nx-mcp
   

   This starts the Model Context Protocol server that feeds workspace metadata to AI models.

Key Features of Nx Console

• AI Enhancements – automatically supplies generators, project structure, and up‑to‑date Nx docs to AI assistants.
• Project Details View – shows tasks, configuration, and lets you run or explore them with a click.
• Generate UI – parses generator schemas, provides autocomplete, validation, and dry‑run previews.
• Nx Cloud Integration – displays CI pipeline status, notifications, and onboarding guidance.
• Projects & Tasks Overview – browsable list of all projects, targets, and common Nx commands.
• Workspace Visualization – interactive project and task graphs focused on the current file.

Use Cases of Nx Console

• Day‑to‑day monorepo development – quickly run builds, tests, and linting without memorising CLI flags.
• AI‑assisted coding – improve Copilot/Cursor suggestions by exposing full workspace context.
• CI monitoring – get real‑time feedback on Nx Cloud pipelines directly in the editor.
• Onboarding new team members – visual project explorer and guided generator UI reduce learning curve.
• Cross‑IDE consistency – same experience in VS Code and JetBrains environments.

FAQ from Nx Console

• Do I need Nx installed globally? No. All commands run through the extension or via npx in the workspace.
• Which Nx versions are supported? The latest release works with Nx ≥ 15. Older versions may lack full functionality.
• Can I use Nx Console with non‑Nx projects? It requires an Nx or Lerna workspace to operate.
• How does the AI integration work? The MCP server streams workspace metadata to the editor's AI extension, enabling context‑aware completions.
• Is there a way to customize the generated UI? Generators follow their JSON schemas; the UI reflects those schemas automatically.

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, enhances your AI chats and more.

Installation

You can download Nx Console from the following places:

• Nx Console for Visual Studio Code from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
• Nx Console for Visual Studio Code from the OpenVSX Registry
• Nx Console for JetBrains from the JetBrains Marketplace

Key Features

AI Enhancements

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!

Learn more about the Project Details view on nx.dev

Generate UI

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.

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.

Learn more about the Nx Cloud Integration on nx.dev

Projects & Tasks Overview

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.

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.

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

You can create an Nx workspace by running the following command:

npx create-nx-workspace@latest my-workspace

To install Nx into an existing repository, simply run

npx nx init

Compatibility

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.

If you're looking to upgrade your version of Nx easily, refer to the Nx migrate documentation.

Contributing

Please read the contributing guidelines. Pick one of the issues from the good first issue list to get started.

Learn More

• 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.