/**
 * Walk upward from startDir looking for a pnpm-workspace.yaml; return the
 * nearest directory that has one. Falls back to startDir.
 */
export declare function findRepoRoot(startDir: string): string;
/**
 * Parse a KEY=VALUE .env file into a Map without touching process.env.
 * Used when we need to load per-workspace secrets into a session-
 * scoped bag instead of mutating globals. Returns an empty Map if the
 * file is missing or unreadable.
 */
export declare function parseDotEnv(p: string): Map<string, string>;
/**
 * Minimal KEY=VALUE parser. Dedicated dotenv would be overkill for a
 * one-time read.
 *
 * Overwrites empty/undefined parent values but preserves non-empty ones,
 * so a user's shell export still wins over the on-disk .env.
 */
export declare function loadDotEnv(p: string): void;
/**
 * Find the .env to load and read it into process.env. Order matches
 * the config resolver in `config-path.ts`:
 *   1. Active workspace's .env (`~/.cortex/workspaces/<slug>/.env`).
 *   2. Nearest .env walking up from cwd (the repo checkout case).
 *
 * Returning after the first hit means shell exports still win — the
 * loader never overwrites an already-set env var.
 */
export declare function autoLoadDotEnv(): void;
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