nx-workspace-patterns – Coding skill for AI agents

Nx Workspace Patterns

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 |

Templates and detailed worked examples

Full template library and detailed worked examples live in references/details.md. Read that file when you need the concrete templates.

Best Practices

Do's

• Use tags consistently - Enforce with module boundaries
• Enable caching early - Significant CI savings
• Keep libs focused - Single responsibility
• Use generators - Ensure consistency
• Document boundaries - Help new developers

Don'ts

• Don't create circular deps - Graph should be acyclic
• Don't skip affected - Test only what changed
• Don't ignore boundaries - Tech debt accumulates
• Don't over-granularize - Balance lib count