Maintenance: Install NX MCP server by Copilot · Pull Request #33234 · storybookjs/storybook

Copilot · 2025-11-29T17:42:09Z

What I did

Adds NX MCP server configuration to enable AI-assisted development with Nx workspace context. The nx-mcp@latest package provides AI assistants with understanding of the project graph, build targets, and monorepo structure.

Added NX MCP server to .cursor/mcp.json for Cursor users
Added .vscode/mcp.json with NX MCP server for VS Code users
Added .github/copilot-mcp.json with NX MCP server for GitHub Copilot users

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Testing

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Configuration-only change. No runtime testing needed. JSON files validated with jq.

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<issue_title>Install MCP server</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Describe the problem

Follow this guide:

https://nx.dev/docs/getting-started/ai-setup

To install the NX mcp server.

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Fixes Install MCP server #33233

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- Added a new MCP server entry named "nx" to the product's assistant/IDE integration configurations, enabling an additional runtime adapter across supported platforms.

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nx-cloud · 2025-11-29T17:43:41Z

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kasperpeulen · 2025-11-29T17:49:52Z

What about the mcp server for copilot? @copilot

kasperpeulen · 2025-11-29T17:52:11Z

And use @latest @copilot

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Copilot · 2025-11-29T17:53:30Z

What about the mcp server for copilot? @copilot

Added NX MCP server configuration for GitHub Copilot in .github/copilot-mcp.json (commit 0a1c71f).

kasperpeulen · 2025-11-29T20:35:21Z

Please use @latest tag for the package @copilot

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Copilot · 2025-11-29T20:37:08Z

Please use @latest tag for the package @copilot

Updated all MCP configurations to use nx-mcp@latest (commit 0a3cfbe).

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Pull request overview

This PR adds NX MCP (Model Context Protocol) server configuration to enable AI assistants to interact with the repository's NX workspace. The configuration is added across three different tool configurations to support Cursor, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot.

Key changes:

Added NX MCP server configuration using the nx-mcp@latest package
Configured the server to run via npx with stdio communication
Ensured consistency across different tool configurations

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File	Description
`.vscode/mcp.json`	New file adding NX MCP server configuration for VS Code with stdio type specification
`.github/copilot-mcp.json`	New file adding NX MCP server configuration for GitHub Copilot
`.cursor/mcp.json`	Added NX MCP server configuration to existing Cursor configuration file

Copilot · 2025-11-29T20:39:19Z

coderabbitai · 2025-11-29T20:43:01Z

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Adds a new "nx" MCP server configuration (command: npx, args: ["-y","nx-mcp@latest"]) to multiple MCP configuration files across the repository.

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MCP server configuration `\`.cursor/mcp.json``,` `.github/copilot-mcp.json``,` `.vscode/mcp.json``,` `.mcp.json``	Introduces `mcpServers.nx` with `command: "npx"` and `args: ["-y", "nx-mcp@latest"]` in each MCP/config file (consistent entries across environments).

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storybook-app-bot · 2026-03-14T08:53:20Z

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Add NX MCP server configuration for Cursor and VS Code

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Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Install MCP server following the guide~~ Install NX MCP server Nov 29, 2025

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Add NX MCP server configuration for GitHub Copilot

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Use @latest tag for nx-mcp package in all MCP configurations

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