diff --git a/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/index.ts b/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/index.ts
index cdfaf1b34..6d2ae3987 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/index.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { IsPluginEnabled, Plugin, ResolveConfig } from '../../types/config.js';
 import { hasDependency } from '../../util/plugin.js';
+import { createCommandProcessor } from '../../util/string.js';
 import type { MoonConfiguration } from './types.js';
 
 // https://moonrepo.dev/docs
@@ -15,16 +16,20 @@ const isRootOnly = true;
 const config = ['moon.yml', '.moon/tasks.yml', '.moon/tasks/*.yml'];
 
 const resolveConfig: ResolveConfig<MoonConfiguration> = async (config, options) => {
+  const commandProcessor = createCommandProcessor({
+    '$projectRoot': options.cwd,
+    '$workspaceRoot': options.rootCwd,
+  })
   const tasks = config.tasks ? Object.values(config.tasks) : [];
   const inputs = tasks
     .map(task => task.command)
     .filter(command => command)
-    .map(command => command.replace('$workspaceRoot', options.rootCwd))
-    .map(command => command.replace('$projectRoot', options.cwd))
+    .map(commandProcessor)
     .flatMap(command => options.getInputsFromScripts(command));
   return [...inputs];
 };
 
+
 export default {
   title,
   enablers,
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/types.ts b/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/types.ts
index b94f4f425..ef2b529fc 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/types.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/plugins/moonrepo/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export interface MoonConfiguration {
   tasks?: {
     [taskName: string]: {
-      command: string;
+      command: string | string[];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/util/string.ts b/packages/knip/src/util/string.ts
index df3886ef5..338d1515a 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/util/string.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/util/string.ts
@@ -68,3 +68,45 @@ export const prettyMilliseconds = (ms: number): string => {
   if (minutes > 0) return `${minutes}m ${Math.floor(seconds % 60)}s`;
   return seconds % 1 ? `${seconds.toFixed(1)}s` : `${Math.floor(seconds)}s`;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Template literal processor for commands that might be 
+ * strings or arrays of strings.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const processor = createCommandProcessor({ '$projectRoot': '/path/to/project' });
+ * 
+ * console.log(processor('echo $projectRoot'));
+ * // 'echo /path/to/project'
+ * 
+ * console.log(processor(['npx', 'tsx', '$projectRoot/server/worker.js', '--', '--force']));
+ * // ['npx', 'tsx', '/path/to/project/server/worker.js', '--', '--force']
+ * ```
+ */
+export const createCommandProcessor = <T extends object>(context: T) => {
+
+  const templater = (template: string):string => {
+    return template.replace(/\$(\w+)/g, (_, key) => {
+      const value = context[key as keyof T];
+      if (!value) {
+        return key;
+      }
+      return String(value);
+    });
+  }
+
+  const processor = <C extends string | string[]>(command: C): C => {
+    if (typeof command === 'string') {
+      return templater(command) as C;
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(command)) {
+      return command.map(cmd => processor(cmd)) as C;
+    }
+
+    throw new TypeError('Command must be a string or an array of strings');
+  }
+
+  return processor
+}
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