/** The flags and positional the `compile-api` subcommand understands. */
export type CompileApiArgs = {
    /** Path to the module exporting the route contracts (the sole positional). */
    routesModule?: string;
    /** Output file for the generated module (`--out`). */
    out?: string;
    /** Import specifier override for the routes module (`--routes-import`). */
    routesImport?: string;
    /** Path to a JSON file spread into the compile options (`--options`). */
    optionsFile?: string;
    /** OpenAPI document path override (`--open-api-path`). */
    openApiPath?: string;
    /** Request body size cap override (`--max-body-bytes`). */
    maxBodyBytes?: number;
    /** True when `--help`/`-h` was passed. */
    help?: boolean;
};
/**
 * Parses the `compile-api` argv into a typed args object. Mirrors the main
 * CLI parser's conventions: kebab-case and camelCase flag spellings, both
 * `--flag value` and `--flag=value`, and a loud error on unknown flags so a
 * typo cannot silently drop an option. Throws on usage errors; the caller
 * turns that into the exit-code-2 path.
 */
export declare const parseCompileApiArgs: (argv: readonly string[]) => CompileApiArgs;