monkey-patch-require.js

const workspacePath = '/some/workspace/path';
const workspaceModulesDir = path.join(workspacePath, 'node_modules');

function installModule(moduleName) {
  execSync(`npm install --silent ${moduleName}`, { cwd: workspacePath });
}

function wrapRequire() {
  const originalRequire = Module.prototype.require;
  Module.prototype.require = function (moduleName) {
    // Inject workspace node_modules directory
    this.paths.unshift(workspaceModulesDir);

    try {
      return originalRequire.apply(this, [moduleName]);
    } catch (err) {
      installModule(moduleInfo);
      return originalRequire.apply(this, [
        path.join(workspacePath, 'node_modules', moduleName),
      ]);
    }
  };
}