SWA CLI not in path after installing locally

[sander1095]

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Are you accessing the CLI from the default port :4280 ?

• No, I am using a different port number (--port) and accessing the CLI from that port
• Yes, I am accessing the CLI from port :4280

Make sure you are accessing the URL printed in the console when running swa start!

ℹ️ NOTE: Make sure to enable debug logs when running any swa commands using --verbose=silly

Describe the bug
I'm trying to install the CLI locally and then validate the install: https://azure.github.io/static-web-apps-cli/docs/use/install

cd projectDir/
npm init
npm install -D @azure/static-web-apps-cli
swa --version

RESULT: swa: The term 'swa' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Even when I restart the terminal, this remains the case.

To Reproduce

• Use Windows 11
• Use node 22 (nvm install lts && nvm use 22)

Expected behavior
According to the docs, this should just work. swa shouldn't need a global install to work.

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• OS: [e.g. iOS]
• Version [e.g. 22]

Additional context
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