Help where you type
Every verb explains itself with vx help, and vx version says what you run.
You should not need a browser to remember a flag. vx help run lists every flag with a line on what it does; every verb has its own page.
vx version prints the version, the first line of any bug report.
More in Everyday use
The task picker
Type vx run with no task and pick one from a menu.
Framed output
Sixteen tasks in parallel, and no interleaved lines.
A summary you read at a glance
Every run ends with one block, and nothing prints below it.
Every skip names its blocker
No mystery “skipped” count on a red run.
Dev servers in the graph
A server is ready when it prints a line, not after sleep 5.
Ctrl-C leaves nothing running
No dev server still holding its port the next morning.
Watch mode
Every change takes the same path as vx run, and the key decides what re-runs.
Shell completions
Tab-complete every verb and flag in bash, zsh and fish.
Typo hints
A filter that matches nothing asks “Did you mean @acme/app?”.
vx upgrade
The release binary updates itself, digest checked.
Tasks that take the keyboard
A prompt, a REPL or a login flow gets the terminal to itself.
Typos get an answer
A mistyped flag, verb or task gets the nearest real spelling.
Type the task, get the command
vx build answers with the vx run command that does what you meant.