/** One entry in the package template manifest (metadata only, no file bodies). */
export interface TemplateManifestEntry {
    /** Template id, e.g. "ui-db". The scaffold dir is `${id}-app`. */
    id: string;
    /** Short human label. */
    label: string;
    /** One-line description for listing. */
    description: string;
    /** Optional discovery tags. */
    tags?: string[];
}
/**
 * Absolute path to the package `templates/` root. The server's gitignore-aware
 * file reader (`server/apps/apps.template-files.ts`) points its scan root here
 * so there is exactly one on-disk source for scaffold files.
 */
export declare function templatesRoot(): string;
/** Read the template manifest (metadata for listing). */
export declare function templateManifest(): TemplateManifestEntry[];
/** Absolute path to a template's scaffold dir. */
export declare function templateDir(id: string): string;
/** Absolute path to the shared scaffold dir merged into every app. */
export declare function sharedTemplateDir(): string;
/** Whether a template id has a scaffold dir in this package. */
export declare function templateExists(id: string): boolean;
/** Relative file paths in a template's scaffold dir. */
export declare function listTemplateFiles(id: string): string[];
/** Relative file paths in the shared scaffold dir. */
export declare function listSharedFiles(): string[];
/** Read one scaffold file's raw contents. Throws if missing. */
export declare function readTemplateFile(id: string, relPath: string): string;
/** Read one shared scaffold file's raw contents. Throws if missing. */
export declare function readSharedFile(relPath: string): string;