From 1d23434aaeb13899f0952f8ca361e1b6198a2bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Georgi <christian.georgi@sap.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:05:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prefer `npm start` over `npx cds-serve`

`npx` might download the wrong package from remote if it can't find
the command locally.  So avoid it in clear cases like here where we
have an `npm start` script.
---
 tools/apis/cds-build.md | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/apis/cds-build.md b/tools/apis/cds-build.md
index da04d27725..b6b1dc3c2e 100644
--- a/tools/apis/cds-build.md
+++ b/tools/apis/cds-build.md
@@ -146,11 +146,9 @@ Test the application as it runs on the cloud:
 
 ::: code-group
 ```sh [Node.js]
-cd gen/srv && npx cds-serve
-# or:
 cd gen/srv && npm start
-# or:
-npx cds-serve -p gen/srv
+# or
+npm start --prefix gen/srv
 ```
 
 ```sh [Java]