import type { ParsedDraft, ParsedDraftSuccess, PromotedDraft } from "./types.js";
export declare const REGION_FORMAT = "A column-zero ATX heading whose final content is the exact marker comment, followed by its source region until the next same-or-higher heading.";
/** Parse a draft into a validated, source-preserving promotion input. */
export declare function parseDraft(source: string, sourcePath?: string): ParsedDraft;
/** Serialize only the successful parse branch; malformed drafts have no output state. */
export declare function promoteDraft(parsed: ParsedDraftSuccess): PromotedDraft;
export declare function recoverCriteriaFromPromotedSource(specSource: string): string;