/**
 * Derive whether a rule-compilation freeze is VISIBLE in the repo at `cwd`, for
 * the render-time `[frozen]` help badge (mmnto-ai/totem#2336 D2.4).
 *
 * Reads the canonical freeze primitive — `readEffectiveFreezes` (local
 * freeze.json ∪ the distributed `@mmnto/strategy-doctrine` cohort snapshot) —
 * and matches the canonical machine key `RULE_COMPILATION_FREEZE_ID`, exactly
 * as the verify-manifest gate does. Derived, never hardcoded (Tenet 20): a
 * consumer with no freeze.json and no doctrine pin gets `false` (plain help);
 * the badge surfaces a cohort fact, not a product fact.
 *
 * This lives in a module the full CLI wires and tests import directly, and that
 * neither help.ts nor the esbuild-lite bundle pulls in — the Lite binary renders
 * plain help with no freeze read.
 *
 * The LOCAL freeze read keeps its fail-closed contract: a corrupt freeze.json
 * THROWS (TotemConfigError), which the help wiring routes to the standard CLI
 * error boundary. The badge never silently swallows a corrupt gate input
 * (no fail-open catch).
 *
 * `@mmnto/totem` is imported dynamically inside the function per the repo rule
 * banning top-level VALUE imports from core in CLI files.
 */
/**
 * Whether an argv denotes ROOT help (`totem --help` / `totem -h`, optionally
 * with global flags like `--all`/`--debug`) as opposed to SUBCOMMAND help
 * (`totem lint --help`, `totem lesson compile --help`). Only root help renders
 * the `[frozen]` badge, so only root help should pay the freeze read — a
 * corrupt freeze.json must never break `totem <command> --help`.
 *
 * `argv` is the post-executable arg list (`process.argv.slice(2)`). Any
 * positional (non-flag) token means a subcommand precedes the help flag, so it
 * is NOT root help.
 */
export declare function isRootHelpInvocation(argv: readonly string[]): boolean;
export declare function deriveRuleCompilationFrozen(cwd: string, opts?: {
    totemDir?: string;
    packageName?: string;
}): Promise<boolean>;
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