How does this skill improve CI/CD performance?

It provides optimized templates for Nx 'affected' commands, which ensure that only the projects impacted by a code change are tested, linted, or built during the pipeline.

Can I use this for existing Nx workspaces?

Yes, the skill includes patterns for migrating and refactoring existing projects to follow best practices for project boundaries and library types.

What types of libraries does this skill help organize?

It standardizes the workspace into specific categories including feature, ui, data-access, util, and shell libraries for a highly structured architecture.

What are module boundary rules?

These are ESLint-enforced constraints that define which libraries can depend on others, preventing circular dependencies and ensuring a clean separation of concerns.

Does it support remote caching setup?

Yes, it includes configuration examples for both Nx Cloud and self-hosted solutions like AWS S3 to share build artifacts across your team and CI environment.

Nx Workspace Patterns

Name: Nx Workspace Patterns
Author: gwickman

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Deployment & DevOps

Optimizes Nx monorepo architectures with production-grade configurations for project boundaries, build caching, and CI/CD efficiency.

Nx Workspace Patterns is a specialized skill designed to streamline the management of large-scale monorepos. It provides developers with the architectural blueprints and configuration templates necessary to implement strict module boundary rules, prevent circular dependencies, and optimize build performance through intelligent caching. By leveraging Nx-specific patterns like library categorization (feature, ui, data-access) and 'affected' commands for CI/CD, this skill ensures that workspaces remain scalable, maintainable, and high-performing as the codebase grows.

Key Features

01Pre-configured nx.json and project.json templates

02Optimized CI/CD workflows using affected commands

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04Standardized library architecture patterns

05Local and remote build caching configurations

06Strict module boundary enforcement via ESLint rules

Use Cases

01Reducing CI/CD runtimes by executing tasks only on changed projects

02Implementing remote caching to accelerate local development across distributed teams

03Structuring a large-scale monorepo to prevent technical debt and spaghetti code

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add gwickman/auto-dev-test-target-1 nx-workspace-patterns

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