export declare const readFileBasedToken: () => {
    token: string;
    path: string;
} | null;
/**
 * Resolves the API token to use for authentication with the Meticulous API.
 *
 * The resolution order is as follows:
 * 1. Explicit apiToken parameter (e.g. from CLI flag)
 * 2. METICULOUS_API_TOKEN environment variable
 * 3. Legacy ~/.meticulous/config.json file
 *
 * This function does NOT check for OAuth tokens. Use getAuthToken for that functionality.
 */
export declare const getApiToken: (apiToken: string | null | undefined) => string | null;
/**
 * Async version of getApiToken that also checks for OAuth tokens.
 *
 * Resolution order:
 * 1. Explicit apiToken parameter (CLI flag)
 * 2. OAuth access token (with auto-refresh)
 * 3. METICULOUS_API_TOKEN env var
 * 4. Legacy ~/.meticulous/config.json
 *
 * OAuth is preferred over the env var / legacy config file so that a logged-in
 * user is used unless they explicitly `meticulous auth logout`. An explicit
 * `--apiToken` still wins over everything. The chosen source is logged at debug
 * (`meticulous auth whoami` surfaces it at info).
 */
export declare const getAuthToken: (apiToken: string | null | undefined) => Promise<string | null>;
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