import type { Settings } from "./settings-types.ts";
export declare function isToolModifier(entry: string): boolean;
export declare function getToolListError(entries: readonly string[]): string | undefined;
export declare function applyToolModifiers(base: readonly string[], entries: readonly string[]): string[];
export declare function resolveDefaultTools(entries: string[], inherited?: readonly string[]): string[];
/** Deep merge settings: project/overrides take precedence, nested objects merge recursively */
export declare function deepMergeSettings(base: Settings, overrides: Settings): Settings;
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