import type { Extension } from "../contracts.js";
import { createExtensionKernel, type ExtensionKernel } from "../extensions.js";
export interface ExtensionConformanceOptions {
    /**
     * Secret strings that must be redacted from any setup-error event under the
     * default `errorPolicy: "event"`. When omitted, error redaction is not
     * asserted. Ignored under `expectThrow`.
     */
    readonly secrets?: readonly string[];
    /**
     * When true, asserts that a thrown setup error is rethrown to the caller
     * (the `errorPolicy: "throw"` opt-in). Use this to confirm the host's throw
     * policy surfaces setup failures instead of isolating them.
     */
    readonly expectThrow?: boolean;
}
/**
 * Assert that an `Extension` satisfies the core adapter contract: `setup` runs
 * on load, registered contributions land in the inert contribution registries,
 * and (when a `secrets` list is provided) a failing setup emits a redacted
 * `extension_error` event under the default event policy, or rethrows under
 * `expectThrow`. Throws on the first violation; returns the loaded kernel so
 * the caller can inspect registered contributions.
 */
export declare function assertExtensionConforms(extension: Extension, options?: ExtensionConformanceOptions): Promise<ExtensionKernel>;
export { createExtensionKernel };