import type { ConfigLoader } from "./contract.js";
export interface ConfigLoaderOptions {
    /** Configuration file to read. Defaults to `~/.config/resume-from/config.json`. */
    configPath?: string | undefined;
}
/**
 * A loader that reads one JSON file and fills every missing setting with its default.
 * It never writes: a missing file is a missing file, not something to create (T-CFG-13).
 */
export declare function createConfigLoader(options?: ConfigLoaderOptions): ConfigLoader;