Running husky init, getting no such file or directory package.json

[rubin55]

I'm using husky globally. It's installed in /usr/lib/node_modules/husky, binary is /usr/bin/husky.

Doing:

cd ~/
husky init

Leads to:

node:fs:563
  return binding.open(
                 ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'package.json'
    at Object.openSync (node:fs:563:18)
    at Object.readFileSync (node:fs:447:35)
    at file:///usr/lib/node_modules/husky/bin.js:12:8
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:272:25)
    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:583:26)
    at async asyncRunEntryPointWithESMLoader (node:internal/modules/run_main:98:5) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: 'package.json'
}

Node.js v23.8.0

Does husky only work in directories that contain a package.json? Can husky not be configured globally and should a user only use it in a .git directory-containing git repository? I can't tell if the above unhandled error is because of user-error or because of a bug.