/**
 * SARIF 2.1.0 serializer — turns app-quality issues into the format GitHub
 * code scanning ingests, so findings appear as native PR annotations.
 *
 * Annotation-noise control: only severities at or above the gate threshold
 * map to SARIF "error"; everything else is "warning"/"note". A PR reviewer
 * drowning in notes stops reading — the gate severity is the attention line.
 */
import type { AppQualityIssue, AppQualitySeverity } from "../app-quality/engine.js";
export interface SarifOptions {
    toolVersion: string;
    /** Severities at or above this map to SARIF "error" (gate-eligible). */
    failOn?: AppQualitySeverity | "none";
    /** Base URI for rule help links. */
    helpBaseUri?: string;
}
export declare function toSarif(issues: AppQualityIssue[], options: SarifOptions): object;