diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts
index f677f4d57be3c..a71fb5f2b6207 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
     directory: options.directory,
     projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
     rootProject: options.rootProject,
+    callingGenerator: '@nx/angular:application',
   });
   options.rootProject = appProjectRoot === '.';
   options.projectNameAndRootFormat = projectNameAndRootFormat;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
       directory: options.directory,
       projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
       rootProject: options.rootProject,
+      callingGenerator: '@nx/angular:application',
     });
     e2eProjectName = projectNameAndRoot.projectName;
     e2eProjectRoot = projectNameAndRoot.projectRoot;
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/host/host.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/host/host.ts
index 13fd02dd27eb7..c1ee2a346fdee 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/host/host.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/host/host.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export async function hostInternal(tree: Tree, options: Schema) {
       projectType: 'application',
       directory: options.directory,
       projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
+      callingGenerator: '@nx/angular:host',
     });
   options.projectNameAndRootFormat = projectNameAndRootFormat;
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/library/lib/normalize-options.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/library/lib/normalize-options.ts
index 278a01138a6fe..9fb8c6fa82171 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/library/lib/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/library/lib/normalize-options.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
     directory: options.directory,
     importPath: options.importPath,
     projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
+    callingGenerator: '@nx/angular:library',
   });
 
   const fileName = options.simpleName
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/remote/remote.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/remote/remote.ts
index 7104f49ad8cc3..633a2ed2eff08 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/remote/remote.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/remote/remote.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export async function remoteInternal(tree: Tree, options: Schema) {
       projectType: 'application',
       directory: options.directory,
       projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
+      callingGenerator: '@nx/angular:remote',
     });
   options.projectNameAndRootFormat = projectNameAndRootFormat;
 
diff --git a/packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/cypress-project.ts b/packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/cypress-project.ts
index 5407c318279ed..634d2880f04f8 100644
--- a/packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/cypress-project.ts
+++ b/packages/cypress/src/generators/cypress-project/cypress-project.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ async function normalizeOptions(
       projectNameAndRootFormat: isRootProject
         ? 'as-provided'
         : options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
+      callingGenerator: '@nx/cypress:cypress-project',
     }
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.spec.ts b/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.spec.ts
index 1876b0e2540e2..3d950488df004 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as enquirer from 'enquirer';
 import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from 'nx/src/generators/testing-utils/create-tree-with-empty-workspace';
 import type { Tree } from 'nx/src/generators/tree';
 import { updateJson } from 'nx/src/generators/utils/json';
+import { readNxJson } from 'nx/src/generators/utils/nx-json';
 import { determineProjectNameAndRootOptions } from './project-name-and-root-utils';
 
 describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         directory: 'shared',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toStrictEqual({
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         directory: 'shared',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         importPath: '@custom-scope/lib-name',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         name: '@scope/libName',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -129,6 +134,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -154,6 +160,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result.importPath).toBe('@proj/lib-name');
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
           directory: 'shared',
           projectType: 'library',
           projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+          callingGenerator: '',
         })
       ).rejects.toThrowError();
     });
@@ -176,6 +184,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         directory: 'shared',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'derived',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -197,6 +206,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
           directory: 'shared',
           projectType: 'library',
           projectNameAndRootFormat: 'derived',
+          callingGenerator: '',
         })
       ).rejects.toThrowError();
     });
@@ -211,6 +221,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'derived',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -236,6 +247,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result.importPath).toBe('@proj/lib-name');
@@ -252,6 +264,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         name: 'libName',
         projectType: 'library',
         directory: 'shared',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(promptSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -275,6 +288,32 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
       restoreOriginalInteractiveMode();
     });
 
+    it('should prompt to save default when as-provided is choosen', async () => {
+      // simulate interactive mode
+      ensureInteractiveMode();
+      const promptSpy = jest
+        .spyOn(enquirer, 'prompt')
+        .mockImplementation(() =>
+          Promise.resolve({ format: 'lib-name @ shared', saveDefault: true })
+        );
+
+      await determineProjectNameAndRootOptions(tree, {
+        name: 'libName',
+        projectType: 'library',
+        directory: 'shared',
+        callingGenerator: '@nx/some-plugin:app',
+      });
+
+      expect(promptSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+      expect(readNxJson(tree).generators['@nx/some-plugin:app']).toEqual({
+        projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+      });
+
+      // restore original interactive mode
+      restoreOriginalInteractiveMode();
+    });
+
     it('should directly use format as-provided and not prompt when the name is a scoped package name', async () => {
       // simulate interactive mode
       ensureInteractiveMode();
@@ -284,6 +323,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         name: '@scope/libName',
         projectType: 'library',
         directory: 'shared',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(promptSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -315,6 +355,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         directory: 'shared',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -335,6 +376,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         directory: 'shared',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -356,6 +398,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         importPath: '@custom-scope/lib-name',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -380,6 +423,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         name: '@scope/libName',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -405,6 +449,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -430,6 +475,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result.importPath).toBe('@proj/lib-name');
@@ -442,6 +488,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
           directory: 'shared',
           projectType: 'library',
           projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
+          callingGenerator: '',
         })
       ).rejects.toThrowError();
     });
@@ -452,6 +499,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         directory: 'shared',
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'derived',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -473,6 +521,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
           directory: 'shared',
           projectType: 'library',
           projectNameAndRootFormat: 'derived',
+          callingGenerator: '',
         })
       ).rejects.toThrowError();
     });
@@ -488,6 +537,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'derived',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
@@ -513,6 +563,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         projectType: 'library',
         projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
         rootProject: true,
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(result.importPath).toBe('@proj/lib-name');
@@ -529,6 +580,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         name: 'libName',
         projectType: 'library',
         directory: 'shared',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(promptSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -561,6 +613,7 @@ describe('determineProjectNameAndRootOptions', () => {
         name: '@scope/libName',
         projectType: 'library',
         directory: 'shared',
+        callingGenerator: '',
       });
 
       expect(promptSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.ts b/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.ts
index 42133b255b2d9..4f2fddf0f20c7 100644
--- a/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/get-workspace-layout';
 import { names } from '../utils/names';
 
-const { joinPathFragments, readJson, readNxJson } = requireNx();
+const { joinPathFragments, readJson, readNxJson, updateNxJson } = requireNx();
 
 export type ProjectNameAndRootFormat = 'as-provided' | 'derived';
 export type ProjectGenerationOptions = {
   name: string;
   projectType: ProjectType;
+  callingGenerator: string;
   directory?: string;
   importPath?: string;
   projectNameAndRootFormat?: ProjectNameAndRootFormat;
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ export async function determineProjectNameAndRootOptions(
   validateName(options.name, options.projectNameAndRootFormat);
   const formats = getProjectNameAndRootFormats(tree, options);
   const format =
-    options.projectNameAndRootFormat ?? (await determineFormat(formats));
+    options.projectNameAndRootFormat ??
+    (await determineFormat(tree, formats, options.callingGenerator));
 
   return {
     ...formats[format],
@@ -104,7 +106,9 @@ function validateName(
 }
 
 async function determineFormat(
-  formats: ProjectNameAndRootFormats
+  tree: Tree,
+  formats: ProjectNameAndRootFormats,
+  callingGenerator: string
 ): Promise<ProjectNameAndRootFormat> {
   if (!formats.derived) {
     return 'as-provided';
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ async function determineFormat(
     Root: ${formats['derived'].projectRoot}`;
   const derivedSelectedValue = `${formats['derived'].projectName} @ ${formats['derived'].projectRoot} (This was derived from the folder structure. Please provide the exact name and directory in the future)`;
 
-  return await prompt<{ format: ProjectNameAndRootFormat }>({
+  const result = await prompt<{ format: ProjectNameAndRootFormat }>({
     type: 'select',
     name: 'format',
     message:
@@ -142,6 +146,22 @@ async function determineFormat(
   }).then(({ format }) =>
     format === asProvidedSelectedValue ? 'as-provided' : 'derived'
   );
+  if (result === 'as-provided' && callingGenerator) {
+    const { saveDefault } = await prompt<{ saveDefault: boolean }>({
+      type: 'confirm',
+      message: 'Would you like to save this layout as a default?',
+      name: 'saveDefault',
+    });
+    if (saveDefault) {
+      const nxJson = readNxJson(tree);
+      nxJson.generators ??= {};
+      nxJson.generators[callingGenerator] ??= {};
+      nxJson.generators[callingGenerator].projectNameAndRootFormat = result;
+      updateNxJson(tree, nxJson);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
 }
 
 function getProjectNameAndRootFormats(
diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
index 7b495ddaf30ff..362e302e672db 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ async function normalizeOptions(
     importPath: options.importPath,
     projectNameAndRootFormat: options.projectNameAndRootFormat,
     rootProject: options.rootProject,
+    callingGenerator: '@nx/js:library',
   });
   options.rootProject = projectRoot === '.';
   const fileName = getCaseAwareFileName({