export interface BootRootOpts {
    cwd: string;
    kind?: string;
    name?: string;
    /** Optional starter prompt (bare `crtr` requires none). */
    prompt?: string;
    /** Explicit `--profile <id-or-name>` on the front-door invocation, validated
     *  through `loadProfileManifest`. Omit to run the MRU/create-or-root-profile
     *  startup selector for `cwd` (see `selectProfileForCwd`) — a root has no
     *  spawner to inherit from, so this is the front door's only source of profile
     *  identity. */
    profile?: string | null;
    /** `crtr --pick-profile`: force the startup profile chooser to open even when
     *  a per-cwd default is pinned, so the user can re-pin or unpin it. Without
     *  this a pinned default auto-picks silently (that is what "default" means). */
    pickProfile?: boolean;
}
/** Boot the front-door root: create the resident root through crtrd (broker
 *  launched + view socket ready server-side), register THIS terminal's pane as
 *  its one viewer, then exec `crtr surface attach` inline so this terminal
 *  becomes the broker's controller-viewer. Does not return — it process.exit()s
 *  when the inline attach exits (detach leaves the resident broker running, to
 *  be reconnected later). */
export declare function bootRoot(opts: BootRootOpts): Promise<never>;