diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/nest-cli.json b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/nest-cli.json
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diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/app.module.ts b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/app.module.ts
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diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/auth/dev.guard.ts b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/auth/dev.guard.ts
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diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.controller.ts b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.controller.ts
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diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.module.ts b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.module.ts
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diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.service.ts b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.service.ts
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index 42f903eb3..5f5968486
--- a/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.service.ts
+++ b/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api/src/dev/dev.service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs/promises';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-import { getServiceUrl } from '@lilith/service-addresses';
+import { getServiceUrl } from '@lilith/service-registry';
 import { Injectable, NotFoundException, BadRequestException, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 
diff --git a/features/ui-dev-tools/services.yaml b/features/ui-dev-tools/services.yaml
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index 34ef48753..236134a24
--- a/features/ui-dev-tools/services.yaml
+++ b/features/ui-dev-tools/services.yaml
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ services:
     type: api
     port: 3016
     entrypoint: codebase/features/ui-dev-tools/backend-api
+    startCommand: "pnpm dev"  # Uses 'dev' not 'start:dev'
     description: Development-only API for content editing
     healthCheck:
       type: http
       path: /health
     dependencies:
       - infrastructure.redis
-    optionalDependencies:
+    devDependencies:
       - i18n.api             # For locale file operations
 
 deployments: