import { INSTALL_ROOT, DEFAULTS_DIR, PACKAGE_ROOT, SERVER_ROOT, REPO_ROOT, DATA_DIR, CONFIG_DIR, STORE_DIR, CONTEXT_DIR, PROJECTS_DIR, WORKSPACE_DIR, PLUGINS_DIR, PROMPTS_DIR, HOOKS_DIR } from './paths.js';
/** Directories to skip during recursive filesystem scans */
declare const SKIP_DIRS: Set<string>;
declare function moduleDir(importMetaUrl: any): string;
declare function isMainModule(importMetaUrl: any): boolean;
declare function readableTimestamp(): string;
/** Split text into chunks of maxChunk chars, breaking at line boundaries.
 *  When hrSplitEvery > 0, also force a new chunk before the Nth horizontal
 *  rule (---) to avoid Slack's "Show full message" truncation. */
declare function chunkText(text: any, maxChunk?: number, hrSplitEvery?: number): any[];
/** Format seconds as compact human-readable duration (e.g. "5s", "2m 30s", "1m") */
declare function formatDurationCompact(seconds: any): string;
/** Today's date as ISO string (YYYY-MM-DD) */
declare function todayISO(): string;
/**
 * List subdirectories of PROJECTS_DIR that look like project folders.
 *
 * Filters out:
 *   - non-directories (e.g. top-level files like CORTEX.md, AGENTS.md that
 *     some users keep next to their projects/ tree)
 *   - dotfiles (.git, .obsidian, etc.)
 *
 * Returns [] if the directory does not exist or is unreadable.
 * Use this everywhere instead of `fs.readdirSync(PROJECTS_DIR)` to avoid
 * treating stray files as projects (would surface as ghost projects in
 * `cortex-task lock-status`, `stats`, id-assignment, etc.).
 */
declare function listProjectDirs(projectsDir?: string): string[];
/**
 * Sentinel ANTHROPIC_API_KEY value set when the gateway is healthy but no real key exists.
 * Its only purpose is to satisfy Claude Code's startup credential check on machines without
 * OAuth login — upstream auth is handled by the gateway's own configured keys. Anything that
 * treats ANTHROPIC_API_KEY as a real credential (gateway-generator discovery, saved-env
 * snapshots) must ignore this value.
 */
declare const GATEWAY_MANAGED_KEY_PLACEHOLDER = "cortex-gateway-managed";
export { INSTALL_ROOT, DEFAULTS_DIR, PACKAGE_ROOT, SERVER_ROOT, REPO_ROOT, DATA_DIR, CONFIG_DIR, STORE_DIR, CONTEXT_DIR, PROJECTS_DIR, WORKSPACE_DIR, PLUGINS_DIR, PROMPTS_DIR, HOOKS_DIR, SKIP_DIRS, GATEWAY_MANAGED_KEY_PLACEHOLDER, moduleDir, isMainModule, readableTimestamp, chunkText, formatDurationCompact, todayISO, listProjectDirs };