docs(nx-dev): add ci affected graph post (#28870)

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+title: See your affected graph in Nx Cloud
+slug: ci-affected-graph
+authors: ['Philip Fulcher']
+tags: [nx-cloud]
+cover_image: /blog/images/2024-11-19/header.avif
+youtubeUrl: https://youtu.be/TS-Fp2iSlVM
+---
+
+As monorepos grow in size and complexity, it can be difficult to understand the relationships between different parts of
+your codebase. That's why Nx has the [graph visualization](/features/explore-graph) that helps you see the different
+connections between projects and tasks in your workspace. But that runs locally, and sometimes you need to see that same graph from your CI's perspective. Now you can do that with the CI affected graph in Nx Cloud.
+
+## More insight into CI tasks
+
+The CLI graph visualization can give you some information about what projects or tasks are affected by your changes. But
+CI may run different tasks than you do locally, or compare to different branches for affected calculations. So you often
+feel like you're passing your work off to a black box with no insight into why a project is marked as affected on CI.
+
+What do we mean by "marked as affected?" In a monorepo, running all your tasks, all the time, quickly becomes untenable. You'll either be wasting time waiting for tasks to finish, or spending a fortune on runners powerful enough to run in a timely manner. Instead, Nx analyzes the structure of your workspace and understands the relationship between different projects. When you run [`affected`](/ci/features/affected) tasks, it traces the projects that are actually affected by the change. For example, if you've made changes to a single app, Nx only marks that app as affected and doesn't run tasks for any other app.
+
+## How do I use it?
+
+The CI affected graph is available on all CI Pipeline Executions (CIPEs) in Nx Cloud. Click the new "Affected Graph" link at the top of your CIPE view.
+
+![Screenshot of CI affected graph on Nx Cloud](/blog/images/2024-11-19/screenshot.avif)
+
+The CI affected graph uses the new [Composite Graph](/features/explore-graph#focusing-on-valuable-projects) introduced in Nx 20.
+Groups of projects are collapsed into a single node on the graph based on directories. You can expand those nodes to see
+inside by double-clicking them, or by clicking on the node and then clicking "Expand".
+
+You can explore this example on your own on the
+public [Nx OSS workspace](https://staging.nx.app/cipes/673137bc4c6704317ca09c7d/graph?runGroup=0ca224ea-1849-4f83-9ab9-68bec96bcb98-linux).
+
+We've put together an example of one problem you can solve using this new view: [reducing the number of affected projects on CI](/ci/recipes/other/cipe-affected-project-graph).
+
+## Get started with Nx Cloud
+
+Not an Nx Cloud user? You can get started today, for free!
+
+{% call-to-action title="Get started with Nx Cloud" url="/nx-cloud" icon="nxcloud" description="Try Nx Cloud for Free" %}
+Get started with Nx Cloud
+{% /call-to-action %}
+
+## Learn more
+
+- [Recipe: Reduce the Number of Affected Projects in a CI Pipeline Execution](/ci/recipes/other/cipe-affected-project-graph)
+- [Nx Docs](/getting-started/intro)
+- [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/nxdevtools)
+- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nrwl/)
+- [Nx GitHub](https://github.com/nrwl/nx)
+- [Nx Official Discord Server](https://go.nx.dev/community)
+- [Nx Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@nxdevtools)
+- [Speed up your CI](/nx-cloud)