/**
 * Resolve a path to its canonical (real) form, following symlinks.
 * Falls back to the raw path if resolution fails (e.g. the target does
 * not exist yet), so that callers never crash on missing filesystem
 * entries.
 */
export declare function canonicalizePath(path: string): string;
/**
 * Whether `target` is `root` itself or sits inside it.
 *
 * Segment-aware, so `/a/bc` is not treated as being inside `/a/b`. Four private
 * copies of this predicate already exist (`core/extensions/loader.ts`,
 * `core/extensions/plugins/install.ts`, `core/skills.ts`,
 * `core/prompt-templates.ts`); new callers should use this one.
 */
export declare function isPathInside(target: string, root: string): boolean;
/**
 * Returns true if the value is NOT a package source (npm:, git:, etc.)
 * or a URL protocol. Bare names and relative paths without ./ prefix
 * are considered local.
 */
export declare function isLocalPath(value: string): boolean;
export declare function getCwdRelativePath(filePath: string, cwd: string): string | undefined;
export declare function formatPathRelativeToCwdOrAbsolute(filePath: string, cwd: string): string;
/**
 * Collect `.agents/<subdir>/` directories walking from startDir up to the git
 * root, cwd-first (so a closer dir overrides an ancestor under first-match-wins).
 * When startDir is not inside a git repo, the walk continues to the filesystem
 * root, mirroring the agent/skill ancestor scanners.
 */
export declare function collectAgentsAncestorDirs(startDir: string, subdir: string): string[];
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