schematics-cli when used as a standalone cannot find a globally installed external schematic

[MartinFillon]

Command

other

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

When running schematics cli by itself with a globally installed external schematic it fails to resolve / find the schematic

Minimal Reproduction

- pnpm install -g @nanoforge-dev/schematics @angular-devkit/schematics-cli
- schematics --list-schematics @nanoforge-dev/schematics:

Exception or Error

collection `@nanoforge-dev/schematics` not found

Your Environment

[nix-shell:/tmp]$ node -v
v24.15.0

[nix-shell:/tmp]$ pnpm -v
11.5.3

[nix-shell:/tmp]$ pnpm install -g @nanoforge-dev/schematics @angular-devkit/schematics-cli
.../pnpm/global/v11/7367-19f12d3e4c5     |  +33 +++
.../pnpm/global/v11/7367-19f12d3e4c5     | Progress: resolved 33, reused 33, downloaded 0, added 0, done
.../pnpm/global/v11/7367-19f12d3fc85     |  +57 ++++++
.../pnpm/global/v11/7367-19f12d3fc85     | Progress: resolved 57, reused 57, downloaded 0, added 0, done

global:
+ @angular-devkit/schematics-cli 22.0.4
+ @nanoforge-dev/schematics 2.1.3

Done in 6.8s using pnpm v11.5.3

Anything else relevant?

Works as intended if the schematics is in a local node_modules

[alan-agius4]

This behavior is by design in PNPM.

See the documentation on global packages for more information: https://pnpm.io/global-packages#isolated-installations.

You could try pnpm add -g @nanoforge-dev/schematics,@angular-devkit/schematics-cli which should work.

[MartinFillon]

Thank you for the quick answer it is indeed that.