import type { AttributeSet } from "../../types/build-type.js";
export type LeafLike = {
    required?: unknown;
    usage?: unknown;
    info?: unknown;
    owner?: unknown;
    type?: unknown;
};
/**
 * Leniency controls how aggressively a leaf is flagged for re-generation.
 *
 * - `strict`  : only flag when the leaf is missing or entirely empty. Use on
 *               re-runs to skip anything that was already generated, even if
 *               its content looks short or placeholder-ish.
 * - `normal`  : also flag when any required text field is empty/whitespace.
 * - `lenient` : (default) also flag known placeholder markers and very short
 *               `info` strings — catches half-finished or auto-stubbed leaves.
 *
 * Resolved from POLISH_LENIENCY env var (default `lenient`).
 */
export type Leniency = "strict" | "normal" | "lenient";
export declare function resolveLeniency(): Leniency;
/**
 * A leaf is "incomplete" — and so will be re-generated — based on `leniency`.
 * See {@link Leniency} for thresholds.
 */
export declare function isIncompleteLeaf(leaf: LeafLike | undefined | null, leniency?: Leniency): boolean;
/**
 * Look up the _description for a given path in the real x-attributes sets.
 * path[0] is the action; subsequent segments are payload keys (NO array indices).
 * Returns the leaf description object if found, else undefined.
 */
export declare function lookupExistingLeaf(attributes: AttributeSet[], ucId: string, path: string[]): LeafLike | undefined;
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