CLI Reference

The @nest-extended/cli package installs the nest-cli binary for scaffolding apps and resources.

$npm install -g @nest-extended/cli

Commands

Command	Alias	Purpose
`nest-cli generate app <name>`	`g app`	Scaffold a complete NestJS app
`nest-cli generate service <name>`	`g service`	Generate a CRUD resource bundle
`nest-cli generate auth`	`g auth`	Add an auth + users module to an app
`nest-cli migration run`	`m run`	Run version migration scripts
`nest-cli version`	`v`	Print the CLI version

generate app

nest-cli g app my-api --db PostgreSQL --orm prisma --validator zod --pm npm --auth

Flag	Alias	Values
`--database`	`--db`	`PostgreSQL`, `MySQL`, `SQLite`, `MongoDB`
`--orm`		`prisma`, `typeorm`, `mongoose`
`--validator`	`-v`	`zod`, `class-validator`
`--pkg-manager`	`--pm`	`npm`, `yarn`, `pnpm`
`--auth`		Include JWT auth + users module
`--skip-auth`		Exclude auth

Run without flags for an interactive prompt:

nest-cli g app my-shop

generate service

Generates a full resource — schema/model/entity, module, service, controller, DTO and specs:

nest-cli g service product
nest-cli g service qna/category   # nested path

Generated files

src/schemas/product.schema.ts
src/services/product/product.module.ts
src/services/product/product.service.ts
src/services/product/product.controller.ts
src/services/product/dto/product.dto.ts
src/services/product/product.service.spec.ts
src/services/product/product.controller.spec.ts

Name transformation

Input	Class	Variable	Folder	Route
`user-profile`	`UserProfile`	`userProfile`	`src/services/userProfile/`	`user-profile`
`qna/category`	`Category`	`category`	`src/services/qna/category/`	`qna/category`

generate auth

Adds an Auth module (JWT + bcrypt) and a Users module to an existing app:

nest-cli g auth

CLI Reference

Commands

generate app

generate service

Name transformation

generate auth

Next steps

Soft Delete & Auditing

Generated App