/** This binary's own published version. Re-exported here so the version surfaces (`cotal version` and
 *  `cotal status`) have a single import for all version reporting. */
export { cliVersion } from "../seed/paths.js";
export interface CliProvenance {
    kind: "source" | "installed" | "npx";
    root: string;
}
/** The running CLI artifact, resolved through the same package root used for its version. */
export declare function cliProvenance(): CliProvenance;
export interface ExtensionVersion {
    /** Short label — the extension's provided names (`claude`, `web`), deduped; the package name if
     *  it provides nothing named. */
    label: string;
    /** Exact installed version, pinned at add time. */
    version: string;
    /** The npm package name (what `cotal ext list` keys on). */
    pkg: string;
}
/** Installed extensions (seeded built-in connectors + operator `ext add`s) with their pinned
 *  versions, for `cotal version` and `cotal status`. Reads the on-disk manifest directly — no import, no
 *  seeding side effect. Returns `[]` on an absent or corrupt manifest: the version view stays
 *  resilient, and a corrupt manifest is surfaced loudly by the real commands (the overlay is fatal). */
export declare function extensionVersions(): ExtensionVersion[];
/** {@link extensionVersions}, with the reason when the manifest could not be read, so a structured
 *  report can say its list is incomplete rather than empty. */
export declare function readExtensionVersions(): {
    versions: ExtensionVersion[];
    unreadable?: string;
};
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