/**
 * Early log capture — split out from server.ts to avoid pulling in the entire
 * API server dependency graph when only the log-buffer bootstrap is needed
 * (e.g. during headless `startEliza()`).
 *
 * @module api/early-logs
 */
export interface EarlyLogEntry {
    timestamp: number;
    level: string;
    message: string;
    source: string;
    tags: string[];
}
/**
 * Start capturing logs from the global @elizaos/core logger before the API
 * server is up.  Call this once, early in the startup flow (e.g. before
 * `startEliza`).  When `startApiServer` runs it will flush and take over.
 */
export declare function captureEarlyLogs(): void;
/**
 * Drain the early log buffer and clean up the early logger patch.
 * Called by `startApiServer` to flush buffered entries into the main log
 * buffer, then hand control to the server's own logger patch.
 *
 * Returns the buffered entries (empty array if none).
 */
export declare function flushEarlyLogs(): EarlyLogEntry[];
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