Nx is a tool for managing monorepos, which are repositories containing multiple related projects, across TypeScript and other languages. It helps development teams and AI agents run only affected tasks, cache build results, generate code, and coordinate continuous integration. The catalogue add-ons provide agent skills, commands, agents, instructions, and settings for working with Nx.
Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to nrwl/nx. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nrwl/nx/master/.agents/skills/nx-import/SKILL.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nrwl/nxWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/nrwl/nx/nx-import)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/nrwl/nx/nx-import"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/nrwl/nx/nx-import.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00045 | $0.03482 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00023 | $0.01741 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00009 | $0.00696 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00348 |
Grade C, and why
nx-import scanned grade C with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Recursive force deletehighDestructive command
rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.
**Fix**: `rm -rf imported/node_modules imported/pnpm-lock.yaml imported/pnpm-workspace.yaml imported/.gitignore`, then `pnpm install`. Copies of this mod
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 239 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Quick Start
nx importbrings code from a source repository or folder into the current workspace, preserving commit history.- After nx
22.6.0,nx importresponds with .ndjson outputs and follow-up questions. For earlier versions, always run with--no-interactiveand specify all flags directly. - Run
nx import --helpfor available options. - Make sure the destination directory is empty before importing.
EXAMPLE: target has
libs/utilsandlibs/models; source haslibs/uiandlibs/data-access— you cannot importlibs/intolibs/directly. Import each source library individually.
Primary docs:
- https://nx.dev/docs/guides/adopting-nx/import-project
- https://nx.dev/docs/guides/adopting-nx/preserving-git-histories
Read the nx docs if you have the tools for it.
Import Strategy
Subdirectory-at-a-time (nx import <source> apps --source=apps):
- Recommended for monorepo sources — files land at top level, no redundant config
- Caveats: multiple import commands (separate merge commits each); dest must not have conflicting directories; root configs (deps, plugins, targetDefaults) not imported
- Directory conflicts: Import into alternate-named dir (e.g.
imported-apps/), then rename
Whole repo (nx import <source> imported --source=.):
- Only for non-monorepo sources (single-project repos)
- For monorepos, creates messy nested config (
imported/nx.json,imported/tsconfig.base.json, etc.) - If you must: keep imported
tsconfig.base.json(projects extend it), prefix workspace globs and executor paths
Directory Conventions
- Always prefer the destination's existing conventions. Source uses
libs/but dest usespackages/? Import intopackages/(nx import <source> packages/foo --source=libs/foo). - If dest has no convention (empty workspace), ask the user.
Application vs Library Detection
Before importing, identify whether the source is an application or a library:
- Applications: Deployable end products. Common indicators:
- Frontend:
next.config.*,vite.config.*with a build entry point, framework-specific app scaffolding (CRA, Angular CLI app, etc.) - Backend (Node.js): Express/Fastify/NestJS server entrypoint, no
"exports"field inpackage.json - JVM: Maven
pom.xmlwith<packaging>jar</packaging>or<packaging>war</packaging>and amainclass; Gradleapplicationplugin ormainClasssetting - .NET:
.csproj/.fsprojwith<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>or<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType> - General: Dockerfile, a runnable entrypoint, no public API surface intended for import by other projects
- Frontend:
- Libraries: Reusable packages consumed by other projects. Common indicators:
"main"/"exports"inpackage.json, Maven/Gradle packaging as a library jar, .NET<OutputType>Library</OutputType>, named exports intended for import by other packages.
What ships with it
6 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 7d ago First seen · 239 lines · 45 tokens per session scan C bc9a0fdfcf92
nx-import is a skill published in the GitHub repository nrwl/nx (29,310 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 45 tokens to every session and 3,482 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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commit
Create git commits in the Unovis repo that pass its commitlint rules. Unovis uses a CUSTOM commit format (Type | Scope | Subscope: Sentence-case subject), NOT Conventional Commits, so feat:/fix: will be rejected by the commit-msg hook. Use this whenever staging and committing changes, writing or rewriting a commit…
open-pr
Open a pull request for the Unovis repo with the project's conventions — correct branch off main, the standard commit grouping, and the checklist-style PR body used by the maintainers. Use when asked to open/create/submit a pull request, prepare a branch for review, or write a PR description in this repository.
merge-seed
Merge upstream React Starter Kit updates (the seed remote) into main, preserving this project's identity, scope, and behavior. Use when asked to sync, pull, or merge the seed / starter kit / upstream template.
release-safety
Release safety rules. INVOKE WHEN: yarn release, npm publish, release canary, release packages, publishing, skip checks, skip tests. NEVER skip checks or tests without explicit permission.
add-component
Add a new visualization component to Unovis end to end — the TypeScript core, the shared registry, the generated framework wrappers, a dev example, a gallery example, and docs. Use when asked to add/create a new component, chart type, plot, or diagram to the library, or to wire an existing core component through to…
add-gallery-example
Add an example to the Unovis gallery — a per-framework example directory under packages/shared/examples, registered in examples-list.tsx, with light/dark previews. Use when asked to add a gallery example, showcase a chart in the gallery, or create the gallery entry that accompanies a new component.