import type { ConfigTier } from "../interpretation/resolve-options.js";
export declare class ConfigError extends Error {
    constructor(message: string);
}
export declare const userConfigPath: () => string;
/** Project config: `.hcn/config.json` at the git root (P4 ratified as A -
 * auto-discover, no trust gate; the config is code-reviewed like AGENTS.md
 * and every project-tier provenance line names its path). Null outside a
 * repo or when the repo declares none. */
export declare const projectConfigPath: (startDir?: string) => string | null;
/** Parse + validate config text. Throws ConfigError with the offending key
 * named on any violation - never warns and continues. */
export declare const parseUserConfig: (text: string) => ConfigTier;
/** Load the user config if the file exists; absent file is an empty config
 * (no tiers engaged), unreadable or invalid file is a hard error. */
export declare const loadUserConfig: () => {
    config: ConfigTier;
    path: string;
} | null;
/** Load the project config (git-root auto-discovery, ratified A). */
export declare const loadProjectConfig: (startDir?: string) => {
    config: ConfigTier;
    path: string;
} | null;
//# sourceMappingURL=config.d.ts.map