import type { AgentDefinition, ThreadTemplate, ShellTemplateBinding, ShellDefinition } from '../../core/types/thread-types.js';
/** Type guard: a config template entry is a shell binding (needs expansion) vs a full template. */
export declare function isShellBinding(value: unknown): value is ShellTemplateBinding;
/**
 * Expand a shell binding into a full ThreadTemplate by interpolating the shell definition's
 * placeholder graph with the binding's parameter values. Throws (load-time error) on any of:
 * missing param, unknown placeholder, agent not found, missing entryStage, missing stage.
 */
export declare function expandShell(name: string, binding: ShellTemplateBinding, shell: ShellDefinition, agents: Record<string, AgentDefinition>): ThreadTemplate;