import type { CLIConfig } from "./types";
/** Represents a created CLI instance exposing runtime helpers. */
export interface CLIInstance {
    /** Execute the CLI with optional argv (defaults to process.argv.slice(2)). */
    run: (argv?: string[]) => Promise<number>;
    /** Return a help string. Rendering is delegated to `@clibu/help` in the facade. */
    help: () => string;
    /** The CLI configuration used to build this instance. */
    config: CLIConfig;
}
/**
 * Create a CLI instance from a validated `CLIConfig`.
 *
 * The function performs early validation of option conflicts (alias/kind)
 * and returns a `run` function that builds an execution context and invokes
 * the target command's `run` handler.
 */
export declare function createCLI(config: CLIConfig): CLIInstance;