/** Rule files, across harnesses. Order is the order Issue.md lists them in. */
export declare const RULE_FILENAMES: readonly ["CLAUDE.md", "AGENTS.md", "GEMINI.md", "CONVENTIONS.md", ".cursorrules", ".windsurfrules", ".rules"];
/** The operator's own rules, which apply whatever repository is open. */
export declare function globalRuleFiles(home?: string): Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * Rule files governing `projectDir`: the repository's own, any nested ones in
 * the subtree (a package or app inside a monorepo carries its own), and any in
 * ancestor directories, which is where a workspace keeps the rules its members
 * inherit.
 */
export declare function discoverRuleFiles(projectDir: string, opts?: {
    depth?: number;
    ancestors?: number;
}): Promise<string[]>;
/**
 * Everything that governs work in this repository, global first, so a session
 * reads the operator's standing rules before the project's own.
 */
export declare function allRuleFiles(projectDir: string): Promise<string[]>;