nx-run-tasks
Execute build, test, lint, serve, and other Nx workspace tasks with flexible filtering and caching.
- Run single tasks with
nx run <project>:<task>or multiple tasks across projects usingnx run-manywith project filtering by name, pattern, or tag - Use
nx affectedto run tasks only on changed projects and their dependents, ideal for CI pipelines and large workspaces - Control execution with flags like
--parallel,--skipNxCache,--nxBail, and--configurationto customize behavior - Automatically detects available tasks from
project.json,package.jsonscripts, and Nx plugin inferred tasks vianx show project
You can run tasks with Nx in the following way.
Keep in mind that you might have to prefix things with npx/pnpx/yarn if the user doesn't have nx installed globally. Look at the package.json or lockfile to determine which package manager is in use.
For more details on any command, run it with --help (e.g. nx run-many --help, nx affected --help).
Understand which tasks can be run
You can check those via nx show project <projectname> --json, for example nx show project myapp --json. It contains a targets section which has information about targets that can be run. You can also just look at the package.json scripts or project.json targets, but you might miss out on inferred tasks by Nx plugins.
Run a single task
nx run <project>:<task>
where project is the project name defined in package.json or project.json (if present).
Run multiple tasks
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