/**
 * loadRubric — parse a per-agent rubric Markdown file into a string[] of
 * criteria suitable for passing to `LLMJudge.evaluate({ rubric })`.
 *
 * SLICE-101 (FEAT-183 S5b). Operators maintain rubrics at
 * `evals/rubrics/<agent>.md` (one file per agent prompt). Criteria are
 * extracted from:
 *   1. `## ` Markdown H2 headings (one criterion per heading), OR
 *   2. Top-level bullet items (`- ` at column 0), if no H2s present.
 *
 * Choose ONE convention per file — mixing H2 + bullets is supported (we
 * concatenate both) but reduces readability. The loader does NOT validate
 * convention; the operator does that at authoring time.
 *
 * H3+ headings are ignored — they're sub-explanations of the criterion
 * above, not criteria themselves.
 *
 * Bullets nested under headings (after a heading) are also ignored — they're
 * explanation prose. Only TOP-LEVEL bullets count when bullets are the
 * convention chosen.
 */
export interface LoadRubricOpts {
    /** Override the file read — useful for testing. Default: node:fs/promises. */
    readFile?: (path: string) => Promise<string>;
}
/**
 * Load a rubric file from `rubricPath` and return the criteria array.
 * Throws if the file does not exist (caller is expected to handle file
 * absence — the loader does not silently fall back to an empty rubric).
 */
export declare function loadRubric(rubricPath: string, opts?: LoadRubricOpts): Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * Pure parser — exported separately so callers with already-read content
 * (e.g. tests with inline strings, or in-memory rubric templates) can
 * skip the file read.
 */
export declare function parseRubricMarkdown(markdown: string): string[];
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