/**

* Whitepaper §4.5 — Normalization + Commitment Preparation.
*/
import type { LemmaClient } from "@lemmaoracle/spec";
import type { Json } from "./internal.js";
import { type PrepareOutput } from "./commitments.js";
export type PrepareInput<Raw> = Readonly<{
    schema: string;
    payload: Raw;
}>;
/**
 * Normalize a credential payload and compute its Poseidon Merkle commitment.
 *
 * This function performs no network I/O. It is a pure local operation:
 * schema lookup, normalization, and in-memory Poseidon commitment. The
 * `_client` parameter is accepted for forward-compatibility of the public
 * signature and is not read; it is retained so future versions may add
 * client-bound behavior without a breaking change.
 *
 * Whitepaper §4.5.
 */
export declare const prepare: <Raw, Norm extends Json>(_client: LemmaClient, input: PrepareInput<Raw>) => Promise<PrepareOutput<Norm>>;
/**
 * Normalize a credential without computing a Merkle-tree commitment.
 *
 * Lightweight alternative to `prepare` that returns only the normalized data.
 * Use this when you need to apply a custom commitment scheme (e.g. the
 * sectioned Poseidon commitment in `@lemmaoracle/agent`).
 *
 * `prepare` is equivalent to `normalize` + `commit`.
 *
 * This function performs no network I/O; it is a pure local normalization.
 * The `_client` parameter is accepted for forward-compatibility of the public
 * signature and is not read; it is retained so future versions may add
 * client-bound behavior without a breaking change.
 */
export declare const normalize: <Raw, Norm extends Json>(_client: LemmaClient, input: PrepareInput<Raw>) => Promise<Norm>;
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