import type { AuthorityTier, SourceDefinition } from "../../types.js";
/**
 * Describes one proposed source candidate that still needs explicit review.
 */
export interface SourceCandidate {
    id: string;
    provenance: "unknown-signal" | "source-health" | "manual-seed";
    label: string;
    evidence: string[];
    score: number;
    duplicate: boolean;
    recommendedTrustTier: AuthorityTier;
    reviewRequired: boolean;
    suggestedAction: "approve" | "defer" | "reject" | "research";
    risky: boolean;
}
/**
 * Describes the persisted queue of source candidates awaiting review.
 */
export interface SourceCandidateQueueReport {
    schemaVersion: number;
    generatedAt: string;
    candidateCount: number;
    reviewRequiredCount: number;
    candidates: SourceCandidate[];
}
/**
 * Writes a structured source candidate queue without promoting candidates.
 */
export declare function writeSourceCandidateQueue(projectRoot: string, sources: SourceDefinition[]): Promise<SourceCandidateQueueReport>;
/**
 * Builds source candidates from unknown-signal evidence and existing source IDs.
 */
export declare function buildSourceCandidateQueue(projectRoot: string, sources: SourceDefinition[]): Promise<SourceCandidateQueueReport>;