import type { ResourceManifest } from '../define-resource';
/** A manifest as it survives `JSON.stringify` (no functions, generics erased). */
export type SerializedManifest = ResourceManifest;
export declare function loadManifestFile(path: string): SerializedManifest[];
/** Load + concatenate manifests from several files (no dedup — checks catch dups). */
export declare function loadManifests(paths: string[]): SerializedManifest[];
/**
 * Strip the TS-only generics + any non-JSON residue from a manifest set.
 * A JSON round-trip drops `undefined` keys and would throw on a stray function —
 * a guard that scope templates stayed pure JSON (DEC-2).
 */
export declare function serializeManifests(manifests: ResourceManifest[]): SerializedManifest[];
/**
 * DEC-18 (SDK side): the per-service `authz:export` build step calls this with
 * its registered manifests to emit `dist/authz-manifest.json`. skillID's
 * aggregator and the CI `authz:check` gate reads those files.
 */
export declare function writeManifestFile(path: string, manifests: ResourceManifest[]): void;
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