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Nx Console

Nx Console is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A Model Context Protocol server implementation for Nx. It has 1,412 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y nx-mcp.

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Install Nx Console

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nx-console": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nx-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio nx-console -- npx -y nx-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nx-console": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nx-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "nx-console": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nx-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Nx Console

Stay focused and productive right in your editor. 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.

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What is Nx Console?

Nx Console is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. A Model Context Protocol server implementation for Nx. It has 1,412 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y nx-mcp. The source code is at github.com/nrwl/nx-console.

How do I install the Nx Console MCP server?

Add the command npx -y nx-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Nx Console free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Nx Console actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is intellij-v1.61.0, published Oct 5, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.