import { type ConfigLayer } from "../config.js";
import type { SettingsProvider } from "../contracts.js";
import { type NodeConfigFile } from "./config.js";
export type NodeSettingsFile = NodeConfigFile;
export declare function readSettingsFile(path: string): Promise<ConfigLayer["config"]>;
export declare function loadSettingsFiles(files: readonly NodeSettingsFile[]): Promise<SettingsProvider>;