import type { IntentScope } from "./types.js";
/**
 * Collect dot paths of leaf-level differences between two domain states.
 */
export declare function collectChangedStatePaths(before: unknown, after: unknown): readonly string[];
export declare function isPathAllowed(path: string, allowedPaths: readonly string[]): boolean;
/**
 * Returns the changed paths that fall outside the approved scope. An empty
 * result means the settlement stayed within what the authority approved.
 */
export declare function findScopeViolations(changedPaths: readonly string[], scope: IntentScope | null | undefined): readonly string[];
/**
 * Narrow the persisted (unknown-typed) approvedScope back to IntentScope.
 */
export declare function toIntentScope(value: unknown): IntentScope | null;