Cannot run most nx commands from CLI or from NxConsole

Current Behavior

Started going through the basic nx tutorial (https://nx.dev/angular/tutorial/01-create-application). I have been able to launch the app (via ./node_modules/.bin/nx serve todos) from a regular terminal (outside of VSCode), but then I tried to do the same thing with NxConsole in VSCode. I selected the serve command, specified the “todos” project, changed no defaults, and pressed run. That precipitated this error:

> Executing task: ng serve todos <

Now using node v12.13.1 (npm v6.12.1)

> ng run todos:serve 
/Users/msorens/code/sandbox/myorg/node_modules/@nrwl/cli/lib/run-cli.js:13
    if (workspace.type === 'nx') {
                  ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'type' of null
    at requireCli (/Users/msorens/code/sandbox/myorg/node_modules/@nrwl/cli/lib/run-cli.js:13:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/msorens/code/sandbox/myorg/node_modules/@nrwl/cli/lib/run-cli.js:9:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1047:10)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11
The terminal process "/usr/local/bin/bash '-l', '-c', '/Users/msorens/code/sandbox/myorg/node_modules/.bin/ng serve todos', 'ng serve todos'" terminated with exit code: 1.

Expected Behavior

Should successfully serve the app with no error. Not a regression; first time I am trying NxConsole.

Steps to Reproduce

Cloned the nx-examples repo; did npm install, then npm start outside of VSCode, and it compiled successfully. Inside VSCode with NxConsole, I selected the serve command, specified the “products” project, changed no defaults, and pressed run. Here I received a different error:

> Executing task: ng serve products <

Now using node v12.13.1 (npm v6.12.1)
An invalid configuration file was found ['/Users/msorens/code/sandbox/nx-examples/angular.json']. Please delete the file before running the command.
The terminal process "/usr/local/bin/bash '-l', '-c', '/Users/msorens/code/sandbox/nx-examples/node_modules/.bin/ng serve products', 'ng serve products'" terminated with exit code: 1.

I deleted angular.json as specified and then attempted to rerun again, and got this:

> Executing task: ng serve products <

Now using node v12.13.1 (npm v6.12.1)
The serve command requires to be run in an Angular project, but a project definition could not be found.

Failure Logs

NA

Environment

This is running on MacOs 10.14.6

VSCode details: Version: 1.49.1 Commit: 58bb7b2331731bf72587010e943852e13e6fd3cf Date: 2020-09-16T23:21:17.533Z Electron: 9.2.1 Chrome: 83.0.4103.122 Node.js: 12.14.1 V8: 8.3.110.13-electron.0 OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0

nx report details: @nrwl/angular : 9.5.1 @nrwl/cli : 9.5.1 @nrwl/cypress : 9.5.1 @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found @nrwl/express : Not Found @nrwl/jest : 9.5.1 @nrwl/linter : Not Found @nrwl/nest : Not Found @nrwl/next : Not Found @nrwl/node : Not Found @nrwl/react : Not Found @nrwl/schematics : Not Found @nrwl/tao : 9.5.1 @nrwl/web : Not Found @nrwl/workspace : 9.5.1 typescript : 3.8.3

[Frikki]

That this issue has been left uncommented for 60+ days by the maintainers of the library screams to newcomers, “DON’T USE NX!”

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