This is frustrating...

[babakfp]

Create an empty folder.
Run pnpm add express, but nothing happens.
I expected a package.json file to be created, the dependency to be added, and the package installed.
Okay, so you create the package.json file manually. Now, installing a package should work for sure, right? Wrong!
You get an error: Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing empty string in ...\package.json.
Now, you need to add {} to the package.json for it to work.
This is frustrating.

[xty]

If you haven't initialized your project, try running pnpm init in your project directory before adding dependencies.

[babakfp]

Thanks, but:
I expect the add command to work as I explained above.
I don't want all the bloat that comes with the init command.
Even if the init command wasn't bloated, I would still expect the add command to work.