/**
 * Manifest loading and validation
 */
import type { SkillManifest, ApproachEntry } from './types.js';
/**
 * Loads and validates the skill manifest from `.claude/grimoire.json` (router key).
 *
 * Migration: if grimoire.json has no `router` key but `.claude/skills-manifest.json`
 * exists, the manifest is merged into grimoire.json and the old file is deleted.
 *
 * @param projectDir - Absolute path to the project root
 * @returns Validated SkillManifest
 * @throws Error if config not found, invalid JSON, or schema validation fails
 */
export declare function loadManifest(projectDir: string): SkillManifest;
/**
 * Validates a single raw approach entry. Returns null (never throws) when the
 * entry is not an object or lacks a non-empty `name`/`directive`; a `skill`
 * is kept only when it is a non-empty string.
 */
export declare function parseApproachEntry(raw: unknown): ApproachEntry | null;
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