import type { MergedConfig } from "./config-layer.js";
export type ValidationCode = "UNKNOWN_PERSONA" | "MODEL_UNAVAILABLE" | "UNKNOWN_PIPELINE" | "UNRESOLVABLE_OVERRIDE";
export interface ValidationIssue {
    code: ValidationCode;
    message: string;
    /** JSON-pointer-style path to the offending config value */
    path?: string;
}
export interface ValidationReport {
    errors: ValidationIssue[];
    warnings: ValidationIssue[];
}
type AvailableModel = {
    provider: string;
    id: string;
};
/**
 * Validate the merged forge-cli model config against runtime catalogues.
 *
 * - strict=false: unavailability and unknown persona names are warnings.
 * - strict=true: those warnings become errors.
 * - Unknown pipeline names are always errors when pipelineCatalogue is non-null;
 *   warnings when pipelineCatalogue is null (no .forge/config.json found).
 * - Unresolvable model-override strings are always errors.
 *
 * The function is pure — no I/O. Callers pass in the pre-built catalogues.
 */
export declare function validateModelConfig(personaCatalogue: string[], pipelineCatalogue: string[] | null, merged: MergedConfig, availableModels: AvailableModel[], strict: boolean): ValidationReport;
export {};