/**
 * Determines whether to use local (in-tree, bundled) templates & metadata.
 * Returns true if:
 * - TEMPLATE_VERSION env variable is set to "local", OR
 * - Package version contains "alpha" (daily build version), OR
 * - The build-time `useLocalTemplate` flag in templates-config.json is true.
 *
 * The `useLocalTemplate` flag is committed `true` on dev and only flipped to
 * `false` for a stable production release (see
 * `.github/scripts/fxcore-sync-up-version.js`), so dev / PR / prerelease builds
 * always read the bundled templates & metadata, keeping every CD-built vsix
 * self-contained. An explicit non-"local" TEMPLATE_VERSION still forces a
 * download of that specific version.
 */
export declare function useLocalTemplate(): boolean;
/**
 * V4 front doors resolve selector/metadata through the staged artifact cache.
 * The legacy metadata/UI readers still read bundled data unless a pre-existing
 * v4 metadata cache marker is present; final staged metadata warming does not
 * write this marker.
 */
export declare function useBundledMetadataForV4(): boolean;
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