import type { Settings, SettingsError, SettingsManagerCreateOptions, SettingsScope, SettingsStorage } from "./settings-types.ts";
export declare class SettingsManager {
    /** A defensive snapshot of the effective merged settings. */
    getSettings(): Settings;
    private storage;
    private globalSettings;
    private projectSettings;
    private settings;
    private projectTrusted;
    private modifiedFields;
    private modifiedNestedFields;
    private modifiedProjectFields;
    private modifiedProjectNestedFields;
    private globalSettingsLoadError;
    private projectSettingsLoadError;
    private writeQueue;
    private errors;
    private constructor();
    private mergeEffectiveSettings;
    /** Create a SettingsManager that loads from files */
    static create(cwd: string, agentDir?: string, options?: SettingsManagerCreateOptions): SettingsManager;
    /** Create a SettingsManager from an arbitrary storage backend */
    static fromStorage(storage: SettingsStorage, options?: SettingsManagerCreateOptions): SettingsManager;
    /** Create an in-memory SettingsManager (no file I/O) */
    static inMemory(settings?: Partial<Settings>): SettingsManager;
    private static loadFromStorage;
    private static tryLoadFromStorage;
    private static validateLoadedSettings;
    /** Migrate old settings format to new format */
    private static migrateSettings;
    getGlobalSettings(): Settings;
    getProjectSettings(): Settings;
    isFieldInherited(scope: SettingsScope, field: keyof Settings): boolean;
    isProjectTrusted(): boolean;
    setProjectTrusted(trusted: boolean): void;
    reload(): Promise<void>;
    /** Load a reload candidate without publishing any settings to live readers. */
    prepareReload(): Promise<{
        settingsManager: SettingsManager;
        commit: () => void;
    }>;
    private publishReload;
    /** Apply additional overrides on top of current settings */
    applyOverrides(overrides: Partial<Settings>): void;
    /** Mark a global field as modified during this session */
    private markModified;
    private assertProjectTrustedForWrite;
    /** Mark a project field as modified during this session */
    private markProjectModified;
    private recordError;
    private clearModifiedScope;
    private enqueueWrite;
    private cloneModifiedNestedFields;
    private persistScopedSettings;
    private save;
    private saveProjectSettings;
    flush(): Promise<void>;
    drainErrors(): SettingsError[];
    private touchSplitAccessorMethods;
}
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