import type { ParseArgsConfig } from "node:util";
/** Default axe server URL for Deque SaaS prod. */
export declare const DEFAULT_WALNUT_URL = "https://axe.deque.com";
/** Common configuration the CLI verbs share. */
export interface CommonArgs {
    /** axe server URL (walnut). */
    walnutURL: string;
    /** Whether non-loopback http walnut/issuer URLs are permitted. */
    allowInsecureIssuer: boolean;
}
/**
 * `parseArgs`-shaped options shared by every CLI verb. `parseArgs`
 * doesn't support `--no-` boolean negation natively, so the opt-out
 * is registered as its own flag and `parseCommonArgs` rejects passing
 * both together.
 */
export declare const COMMON_OPTIONS: NonNullable<ParseArgsConfig["options"]>;
/** Subset of `parseArgs(...).values` this helper consumes. */
export interface ParsedCommonValues {
    server?: string;
    "allow-insecure-issuer"?: boolean;
    "no-allow-insecure-issuer"?: boolean;
}
/** Stored fallback for `allowInsecureIssuer` + the `walnutURL` it was minted against. */
export interface StoredCommonDefaults {
    walnutURL: string;
    allowInsecureIssuer: boolean;
}
/**
 * Resolves common configuration from parsed flag values, falling
 * back to `AXE_SERVER_URL` and finally to `DEFAULT_WALNUT_URL`.
 * `allowInsecureIssuer` falls back to `defaults` only when the
 * resolved walnut URL matches `defaults.walnutURL`.
 */
export declare function parseCommonArgs(values: ParsedCommonValues, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv, defaults?: StoredCommonDefaults | null): CommonArgs;