How to use NX without workspace.json

[BeyondEvil]

According to the docs workspace.json is optional.

But when I remove it, NX fails to find my projects.

What else is needed to successfully omit it?

Interestingly enough, npx nx graph works and finds both apps and libs.

The problem I'm trying to solve is that when creating a container image, I'm now forced to copy all apps into the build process or else NX complains about missing apps.

Even tho there are no dependencies between apps.