export interface CortexMDEntry {
    path: string;
    content: string;
    mtimeMs: number;
}
/** Walk from the directory containing `targetFilePath` up to the filesystem root,
 *  collecting CORTEX.md and CORTEX.local.md at each level. Also appends the
 *  remote user's ~/.cortex/CORTEX.md if present. Returns leaf→root order. */
export declare function scanCortexMDChain(targetFilePath: string): CortexMDEntry[];