Kong / Kong/insomnia

[Feature] Cannot run folders by name in inso CLI (only folder ID supported)

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Description

### Expected Behavior

```
inso run collection --folder "AuthTests"
```

### Actual Behavior

inso run collection --folder ""

### Reproduction Steps

1. Create a folder named AuthTests.
2. run the collection folder
```
inso run collection --folder "AuthTests"
```
3.

### Is there an existing issue for this?

- [x] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues) for this problem.

### Which sync method do you use?

- [ ] Git sync.
- [ ] Insomnia Cloud sync.
- [x] Local only

### Additional Information

Folder IDs are not user-friendly, especially in automation/CI pipelines & harder to manage when it requires folder_id instead of folder name

### Insomnia Version

11.5.0

### What operating system are you using?

macOS

### Operating System Version

macOS Sequoia 15.6

### Installation method

downloaded inso cli from brew & insomnia UI from its official site

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

_No response_

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