npm install --save-dev @commitlint/config-workspace-scopes @commitlint/cli
echo "export default {extends: ['@commitlint/config-workspace-scopes']};" > commitlint.config.js

❯ cat package.json
{
  "workspaces": ["packages/*"]
}

❯ cat commitlint.config.js
{
  extends: ['@commitlint/config-workspace-scopes']
}

❯ tree packages

packages
├── api
├── app
└── web

❯ echo "build(api): change something in api's build" | commitlint

❯ echo "test(foo): this won't pass" | commitlint
⧗   --- input ---
test(foo): this won't pass
✖   scope must be one of [api, app, web] [scope-enum]
✖   found 1 problems, 0 warnings

❯ echo "ci: do some general maintenance" | commitlint