diff --git a/.github/actions/integration-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/integration-tests/action.yml
index 7046d852..53bd53d2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/integration-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/integration-tests/action.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ runs:
         npm install @sap/cds@${{ matrix.cds-version }}
         npm install
 
+    - name: Compile TypeScript to dist
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm run compile
+
     # HANA Cloud Deployment and binding
     - name: Set node env for HANA
       run: echo "NODE_VERSION_HANA=$(echo ${{ inputs.NODE_VERSION }} | tr . _)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 925bd502..9590890f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ clients/
 @cds-models/
 package-lock.json
 .cdsrc-private.json
-@cds-models
\ No newline at end of file
+@cds-models
+dist/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 0ffc26f3..174f613d 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-tests/bookshop/workflows/*
\ No newline at end of file
+tests/bookshop/workflows/*
+dist/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cds-plugin.js b/cds-plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b631a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cds-plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+module.exports = require('./dist/cds-plugin');
diff --git a/cds-plugin.ts b/cds-plugin.ts
index eeb5494d..cf327e49 100644
--- a/cds-plugin.ts
+++ b/cds-plugin.ts
@@ -1,150 +1 @@
-import cds, { Results } from '@sap/cds';
-import { EntityEventCache } from './types/cds-plugin';
-import {
-  handleProcessCancel,
-  handleProcessResume,
-  handleProcessStart,
-  handleProcessSuspend,
-  ProcessValidationPlugin,
-  registerProcessServiceHandlers,
-  PROCESS_START_ID,
-  PROCESS_START_ON,
-  PROCESS_CANCEL_ON,
-  PROCESS_SUSPEND_ON,
-  PROCESS_RESUME_ON,
-  PROCESS_PREFIX,
-  CUD_EVENTS,
-  EntityRow,
-  addDeletedEntityToRequestCancel,
-  addDeletedEntityToRequestStart,
-  addDeletedEntityToRequestStartBusinessKey,
-  addDeletedEntityToRequestResume,
-  addDeletedEntityToRequestSuspend,
-  ProcessDeleteRequest,
-} from './lib/index';
-import { importProcess } from './lib/processImport';
-
-// Register build plugin for annotation validation during cds build
-cds.build?.register?.('process-validation', ProcessValidationPlugin);
-
-// Register import handler for: cds import --from process
-// @ts-expect-error: import does not exist on cds type
-cds.import ??= {};
-//@ts-expect-error: cds type does not exist
-cds.import.options ??= {};
-//@ts-expect-error: cds type does not exist
-cds.import.options.process = { no_copy: true, as: 'cds', config: 'kind=process-service' };
-// @ts-expect-error: process does not exist on cds.import type
-cds.import.from ??= {};
-// @ts-expect-error: from does not exist on cds.import type
-cds.import.from.process = importProcess;
-
-cds.on('serving', async (service: cds.Service) => {
-  if (service instanceof cds.ApplicationService == false) return;
-
-  const annotationCache = buildAnnotationCache(service);
-
-  service.before('DELETE', async (req: cds.Request) => {
-    const cacheKey = `${req.target.name}:${req.event}`;
-    const cached = annotationCache.get(cacheKey);
-
-    if (!cached) return; // Fast exit - no annotations
-    const results = await Promise.all(
-      [
-        cached.hasStart && addDeletedEntityToRequestStart(req),
-        cached.hasStart && addDeletedEntityToRequestStartBusinessKey(req),
-        cached.hasCancel && addDeletedEntityToRequestCancel(req),
-        cached.hasResume && addDeletedEntityToRequestResume(req),
-        cached.hasSuspend && addDeletedEntityToRequestSuspend(req),
-      ].filter(Boolean),
-    );
-    (req as ProcessDeleteRequest)._Process = Object.assign({}, ...results);
-  });
-
-  service.after('*', async (results: Results, req: cds.Request) => {
-    if (!req.target) return;
-    const cacheKey = `${req.target.name}:${req.event}`;
-    const cached = annotationCache.get(cacheKey);
-
-    if (!cached) return; // Fast exit - no annotations
-
-    const rows: EntityRow[] = Array.isArray(results) ? results : [results];
-    if (rows.length > 0) {
-      await Promise.all(rows.map((row) => dispatchProcessHandlers(cached, req, row)));
-    } else {
-      await dispatchProcessHandlers(cached, req, req.data);
-    }
-  });
-});
-
-async function dispatchProcessHandlers(
-  cached: EntityEventCache,
-  req: cds.Request,
-  data: EntityRow,
-) {
-  if (cached.hasStart) {
-    await handleProcessStart(req, data);
-  }
-  if (cached.hasCancel) {
-    await handleProcessCancel(req, data);
-  }
-  if (cached.hasSuspend) {
-    await handleProcessSuspend(req, data);
-  }
-  if (cached.hasResume) {
-    await handleProcessResume(req, data);
-  }
-}
-
-function expandEvent(event: string | undefined, entity: cds.entity): string[] {
-  if (!event) return [];
-  if (event === '*') {
-    const boundActions = entity.actions ? Object.keys(entity.actions) : [];
-    return [...CUD_EVENTS, ...boundActions];
-  }
-  return [event];
-}
-
-function buildAnnotationCache(service: cds.Service) {
-  const cache = new Map<string, EntityEventCache>();
-  for (const entity of Object.values(service.entities)) {
-    const startEvent = entity[PROCESS_START_ON];
-    const cancelEvent = entity[PROCESS_CANCEL_ON];
-    const suspendEvent = entity[PROCESS_SUSPEND_ON];
-    const resumeEvent = entity[PROCESS_RESUME_ON];
-
-    const events = new Set<string>();
-    for (const ev of expandEvent(startEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
-    for (const ev of expandEvent(cancelEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
-    for (const ev of expandEvent(suspendEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
-    for (const ev of expandEvent(resumeEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
-
-    for (const event of events) {
-      const matchesEvent = (annotationEvent: string | undefined) =>
-        annotationEvent === event || annotationEvent === '*';
-
-      const hasStart = !!(matchesEvent(startEvent) && entity[PROCESS_START_ID]);
-      const hasCancel = !!matchesEvent(cancelEvent);
-      const hasSuspend = !!matchesEvent(suspendEvent);
-      const hasResume = !!matchesEvent(resumeEvent);
-
-      const cacheKey = `${entity.name}:${event}`;
-      cache.set(cacheKey, {
-        hasStart,
-        hasCancel,
-        hasSuspend,
-        hasResume,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-  return cache;
-}
-
-cds.on('served', async (services) => {
-  const processServices = Object.values(services).filter(
-    (service) => service.definition?.[PROCESS_PREFIX],
-  );
-  for (const service of processServices) {
-    registerProcessServiceHandlers(service);
-  }
-});
+import './lib';
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 26c064a4..b969ea33 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import tseslint from 'typescript-eslint';
 
 export default [
   {
-    ignores: ['gen/**', 'node_modules/**', '@cds-models/**'],
+    ignores: ['dist/**', 'gen/**', 'node_modules/**', '@cds-models/**'],
   },
   ...cds,
   ...tseslint.configs.recommended,
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 081476ed..8cf01d33 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ const config = {
   detectOpenHandles: true,
   extensionsToTreatAsEsm: ['.ts'],
   transform: {
-    '^.+\\.ts$': ['ts-jest', { diagnostics: { ignoreCodes: [151002] } }],
+    '^.+\\.ts$': [
+      'ts-jest',
+      { diagnostics: { ignoreCodes: [151002], pathRegex: '\\.test\\.ts$' } },
+    ],
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/build/plugin.ts b/lib/build/plugin.ts
index 745f41bd..aef5f34c 100644
--- a/lib/build/plugin.ts
+++ b/lib/build/plugin.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
   BUSINESS_KEY,
 } from '../constants';
 
-import { CsnDefinition, CsnEntity } from '../../types/csn-extensions';
+import { CsnDefinition, CsnEntity } from '../types/csn-extensions';
 
 /**
  * Configuration for lifecycle annotation validation (cancel, suspend, resume)
diff --git a/lib/build/validation-utils.ts b/lib/build/validation-utils.ts
index fcdeb9f7..c145a1a3 100644
--- a/lib/build/validation-utils.ts
+++ b/lib/build/validation-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CsnDefinition, CsnElement, CsnEntity } from '../../types/csn-extensions';
+import { CsnDefinition, CsnElement, CsnEntity } from '../types/csn-extensions';
 import { PROCESS_PREFIX, PROCESS_START_INPUTS } from '../constants';
 import {
   InputCSNEntry,
diff --git a/lib/build/validations.ts b/lib/build/validations.ts
index ccde3095..18352c07 100644
--- a/lib/build/validations.ts
+++ b/lib/build/validations.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import cds from '@sap/cds';
 import { ProcessValidationPlugin } from './plugin';
-import { CsnDefinition, CsnElement, CsnEntity } from '../../types/csn-extensions';
+import { CsnDefinition, CsnElement, CsnEntity } from '../types/csn-extensions';
 import { BUSINESS_KEY, PROCESS_START_ID, PROCESS_START_ON } from '../constants';
 import {
   createCsnEntityContext,
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 96f5b38d..67cc65ad 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,156 @@ export * from './handlers';
 export * from './build';
 export * from './api';
 export * from './auth';
+
+import cds, { Results } from '@sap/cds';
+import { EntityEventCache } from './types/cds-plugin';
+import {
+  handleProcessCancel,
+  handleProcessResume,
+  handleProcessStart,
+  handleProcessSuspend,
+  registerProcessServiceHandlers,
+  EntityRow,
+  addDeletedEntityToRequestCancel,
+  addDeletedEntityToRequestStart,
+  addDeletedEntityToRequestStartBusinessKey,
+  addDeletedEntityToRequestResume,
+  addDeletedEntityToRequestSuspend,
+  ProcessDeleteRequest,
+} from './handlers';
+import {
+  PROCESS_START_ID,
+  PROCESS_START_ON,
+  PROCESS_CANCEL_ON,
+  PROCESS_SUSPEND_ON,
+  PROCESS_RESUME_ON,
+  PROCESS_PREFIX,
+  CUD_EVENTS,
+} from './constants';
+import { ProcessValidationPlugin } from './build';
+import { importProcess } from './processImport';
+
+// Register build plugin for annotation validation during cds build
+cds.build?.register?.('process-validation', ProcessValidationPlugin);
+
+// Register import handler for: cds import --from process
+// @ts-expect-error: import does not exist on cds type
+cds.import ??= {};
+//@ts-expect-error: cds type does not exist
+cds.import.options ??= {};
+//@ts-expect-error: cds type does not exist
+cds.import.options.process = { no_copy: true, as: 'cds', config: 'kind=process-service' };
+// @ts-expect-error: process does not exist on cds.import type
+cds.import.from ??= {};
+// @ts-expect-error: from does not exist on cds.import type
+cds.import.from.process = importProcess;
+
+cds.on('serving', async (service: cds.Service) => {
+  if (service instanceof cds.ApplicationService == false) return;
+
+  const annotationCache = buildAnnotationCache(service);
+
+  service.before('DELETE', async (req: cds.Request) => {
+    const cacheKey = `${req.target.name}:${req.event}`;
+    const cached = annotationCache.get(cacheKey);
+
+    if (!cached) return; // Fast exit - no annotations
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      [
+        cached.hasStart && addDeletedEntityToRequestStart(req),
+        cached.hasStart && addDeletedEntityToRequestStartBusinessKey(req),
+        cached.hasCancel && addDeletedEntityToRequestCancel(req),
+        cached.hasResume && addDeletedEntityToRequestResume(req),
+        cached.hasSuspend && addDeletedEntityToRequestSuspend(req),
+      ].filter(Boolean),
+    );
+    (req as ProcessDeleteRequest)._Process = Object.assign({}, ...results);
+  });
+
+  service.after('*', async (results: Results, req: cds.Request) => {
+    if (!req.target) return;
+    const cacheKey = `${req.target.name}:${req.event}`;
+    const cached = annotationCache.get(cacheKey);
+
+    if (!cached) return; // Fast exit - no annotations
+
+    const rows: EntityRow[] = Array.isArray(results) ? results : [results];
+    if (rows.length > 0) {
+      await Promise.all(rows.map((row) => dispatchProcessHandlers(cached, req, row)));
+    } else {
+      await dispatchProcessHandlers(cached, req, req.data);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+async function dispatchProcessHandlers(
+  cached: EntityEventCache,
+  req: cds.Request,
+  data: EntityRow,
+) {
+  if (cached.hasStart) {
+    await handleProcessStart(req, data);
+  }
+  if (cached.hasCancel) {
+    await handleProcessCancel(req, data);
+  }
+  if (cached.hasSuspend) {
+    await handleProcessSuspend(req, data);
+  }
+  if (cached.hasResume) {
+    await handleProcessResume(req, data);
+  }
+}
+
+function expandEvent(event: string | undefined, entity: cds.entity): string[] {
+  if (!event) return [];
+  if (event === '*') {
+    const boundActions = entity.actions ? Object.keys(entity.actions) : [];
+    return [...CUD_EVENTS, ...boundActions];
+  }
+  return [event];
+}
+
+function buildAnnotationCache(service: cds.Service) {
+  const cache = new Map<string, EntityEventCache>();
+  for (const entity of Object.values(service.entities)) {
+    const startEvent = entity[PROCESS_START_ON];
+    const cancelEvent = entity[PROCESS_CANCEL_ON];
+    const suspendEvent = entity[PROCESS_SUSPEND_ON];
+    const resumeEvent = entity[PROCESS_RESUME_ON];
+
+    const events = new Set<string>();
+    for (const ev of expandEvent(startEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
+    for (const ev of expandEvent(cancelEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
+    for (const ev of expandEvent(suspendEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
+    for (const ev of expandEvent(resumeEvent, entity)) events.add(ev);
+
+    for (const event of events) {
+      const matchesEvent = (annotationEvent: string | undefined) =>
+        annotationEvent === event || annotationEvent === '*';
+
+      const hasStart = !!(matchesEvent(startEvent) && entity[PROCESS_START_ID]);
+      const hasCancel = !!matchesEvent(cancelEvent);
+      const hasSuspend = !!matchesEvent(suspendEvent);
+      const hasResume = !!matchesEvent(resumeEvent);
+
+      const cacheKey = `${entity.name}:${event}`;
+      cache.set(cacheKey, {
+        hasStart,
+        hasCancel,
+        hasSuspend,
+        hasResume,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  return cache;
+}
+
+cds.on('served', async (services) => {
+  const processServices = Object.values(services).filter(
+    (service) => service.definition?.[PROCESS_PREFIX],
+  );
+  for (const service of processServices) {
+    registerProcessServiceHandlers(service);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/lib/processImport.ts b/lib/processImport.ts
index 0e8bec2a..ed22fdd8 100644
--- a/lib/processImport.ts
+++ b/lib/processImport.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import cds from '@sap/cds';
-import * as csn from '../types/csn-extensions';
+import * as csn from './types/csn-extensions';
 import { getServiceCredentials, CachingTokenProvider, createXsuaaTokenProvider } from './auth';
 import {
   createProcessApiClient,
diff --git a/types/cds-extensions.d.ts b/lib/types/cds-extensions.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from types/cds-extensions.d.ts
rename to lib/types/cds-extensions.d.ts
diff --git a/types/cds-plugin.d.ts b/lib/types/cds-plugin.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from types/cds-plugin.d.ts
rename to lib/types/cds-plugin.d.ts
diff --git a/types/csn-extensions.ts b/lib/types/csn-extensions.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from types/csn-extensions.ts
rename to lib/types/csn-extensions.ts
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebbafe3c..156edce0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,8 +2,16 @@
   "name": "@cap-js/process",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",
-  "main": "cds-plugin.ts",
+  "main": "cds-plugin.js",
+  "files": [
+    "cds-plugin.js",
+    "dist/",
+    "srv/*.cds",
+    "srv/*.js"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
+    "prebuild": "npm run compile",
+    "pretest": "npm run compile",
     "test": "jest --silent --testPathIgnorePatterns=/tests/hybrid/programmaticApproach.test.ts",
     "test:watch": "jest --watch",
     "test:hana": "jest tests/integration --silent",
@@ -12,6 +20,7 @@
     "clean:build": "rm -rf gen tests/bookshop/gen && npm run cds-build && npm run cds-build --prefix tests/bookshop",
     "clean:all": "rm -rf node_modules tests/bookshop/node_modules gen tests/bookshop/gen @cds-models tests/bookshop/@cds-models && npm i && npm run cds-typer && npm run cds-typer --prefix tests/bookshop && npm run cds-build && npm run cds-build --prefix tests/bookshop",
     "build": "npm run cds-build && npm run cds-typer",
+    "compile": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "cds-build": "cds-tsx build",
     "cds-typer": "npx @cap-js/cds-typer \"*\" --outputDirectory @cds-models",
     "watch": "cds-tsx watch",
diff --git a/srv/BTPProcessService.cds b/srv/BTPProcessService.cds
index cf4b2857..6619a69f 100644
--- a/srv/BTPProcessService.cds
+++ b/srv/BTPProcessService.cds
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ type AnyType {}
 type AttributesReturn : many AnyType;
 type InstancesReturn : many AnyType;
 
-@impl: './BTPProcessService.ts'
+@impl: './BTPProcessService'
 service ProcessService {
 
   event start {
diff --git a/srv/BTPProcessService.js b/srv/BTPProcessService.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57589eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srv/BTPProcessService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+module.exports = require('../dist/srv/BTPProcessService');
diff --git a/srv/localProcessService.cds b/srv/localProcessService.cds
index 43adb449..daa4b012 100644
--- a/srv/localProcessService.cds
+++ b/srv/localProcessService.cds
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 using ProcessService as service from './BTPProcessService';
 
-annotate service with @impl: './localProcessService.ts';
+annotate service with @impl: './localProcessService';
diff --git a/srv/localProcessService.js b/srv/localProcessService.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66623a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srv/localProcessService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+module.exports = require('../dist/srv/localProcessService');
diff --git a/tsconfig.build.json b/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a39b638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "rootDir": "."
+  },
+  "include": ["./cds-plugin.ts", "./srv/**/*.ts", "./lib/**/*.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "tests", "gen", "@cds-models"]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 6f15775d..e2d80340 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     }
   },
   "include": [
-    "./types/**/*.ts",
+    "lib/types/**/*.ts",
     "cds-plugin.ts",
     "./lib/**/*.ts",
     "./srv/**/*.ts",