Workspace Generator

Scaffold a full FrontMCP Nx monorepo with apps/, libs/, and servers/ directories

Scaffolds a complete FrontMCP Nx monorepo with pre-configured tooling, dependencies, and directory structure.

Usage

nx g @frontmcp/nx:workspace my-platform

Or via the CLI shortcut:

npx frontmcp create my-platform --nx

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
name	string	—	Required. The name of the workspace
packageManager	npm | yarn | pnpm	npm	Package manager to use
skipInstall	boolean	false	Skip package installation
skipGit	boolean	false	Skip git initialization. When false, runs git init and creates an initial commit.
createSampleApp	boolean	true	Create a sample demo application

Generated Files

my-platform/
├── apps/                    # FrontMCP applications
├── libs/                    # Shared libraries
├── servers/                 # Deployment shells
├── nx.json                  # Nx workspace configuration
├── tsconfig.base.json       # Shared TypeScript config
├── package.json             # Dependencies and scripts
├── .gitignore
└── .prettierrc

Example

nx g @frontmcp/nx:workspace my-platform --packageManager yarn --createSampleApp

The package.json includes all FrontMCP dependencies:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@frontmcp/sdk": "...",
    "frontmcp": "...",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.2",
    "zod": "^4.0.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@frontmcp/nx": "...",
    "@frontmcp/testing": "...",
    "nx": "22.6.4",
    "typescript": "~5.9.2"
  }
}

The nx.json configures plugins for TypeScript, ESLint, and Jest with build caching and dependency ordering.