Developing a Node CLI App in an NX monorepo

npx nx g @nx/node:app --name cli --directory packages/cli --framework none --e2eTestRunner none --unitTestRunner none

npm i -S commander @commander-js/extra-typings

{
  "name": "cli",
  "$schema": "../../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
  "sourceRoot": "packages/cli/src",
  "projectType": "application",
  "targets": {
    "build": {
      "executor": "@nx/esbuild:esbuild",
      "outputs": ["{options.outputPath}"],
      "defaultConfiguration": "production",
      "options": {
        "platform": "node",
        "outputPath": "dist/packages/cli",
        "format": ["cjs"],
        "bundle": false,
        "main": "packages/cli/src/main.ts",
        "tsConfig": "packages/cli/tsconfig.app.json",
        "assets": ["packages/cli/src/assets"],
        "generatePackageJson": true,
        "esbuildOptions": {
          "sourcemap": true,
          "outExtension": {
            ".js": ".js"
          }
        }
      },
      "configurations": {
        "development": {
          "watch": true
        },
        "production": {
          "esbuildOptions": {
            "sourcemap": false,
            "outExtension": {
              ".js": ".js"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "lint": {
      "executor": "@nx/eslint:lint",
      "outputs": ["{options.outputFile}"]
    }
  },
  "tags": []
}

// packages/cli/src/main.ts
import { program } from "@commander-js/extra-typings";

program.command("list").action(async () => {
  const things = ["one", "two", "three"];
  things.forEach((thing) => console.log(thing));
});

program.parse();

npx nx run cli:build:development

node dist/packages/cli/main.js list

one
two
three