import type { SoundPackManifest } from './types.js';
export type LoadJsonOptions = {
    /** Run {@link validateManifest}. Default true on the JSON path. */
    validate?: boolean;
};
export type ScaffoldManifestOptions = {
    name: string;
    author: string;
    from?: SoundPackManifest;
    version?: string;
    description?: string;
};
/** Parse a sound-pack JSON document. Validates the manifest by default. */
export declare function loadJson(text: string, opts?: LoadJsonOptions): SoundPackManifest;
/** Read a sound-pack JSON file and {@link loadJson} it. */
export declare function loadFile(filePath: string, opts?: LoadJsonOptions): Promise<SoundPackManifest>;
/**
 * Clone a pack (CORE_SOUND_PACK by default) into a new author-owned manifest.
 * Nested entry arrays are copied so mutating the scaffold cannot poison `from`.
 */
export declare function scaffoldManifest(opts: ScaffoldManifestOptions): SoundPackManifest;
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