/**
 * @oshon-ai/primitives — i18n message-slot skeleton.
 *
 * Phase 3a ships the *contract* so primitives never inline user-visible
 * strings (principle #11). A full `LocaleContext` + ICU-powered runtime
 * lands in Phase 5; for now primitives take a `messages` prop and read
 * keys through `resolveMessage()`. Default text lives at the call site
 * with the primitive and is the English fallback.
 */
/**
 * Shape of the `messages` prop every primitive exposes. Keys are
 * primitive-specific and documented in each manifest's `slots`.
 */
export type MessageBag = Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
/**
 * Resolve a message key against a (possibly undefined) override bag,
 * falling back to the supplied default. Primitives call this for every
 * user-visible string.
 *
 * @example
 *   const closeLabel = resolveMessage(messages, 'close', 'Close');
 */
export declare function resolveMessage(messages: MessageBag | undefined, key: string, defaultValue: string): string;
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