export declare const KNOWN_TEMPLATE_KEYS: Set<string>;
export declare const KNOWN_JOB_KEYS: Set<string>;
export interface ValidationResult {
    errors: string[];
    warnings: string[];
    pages: number;
    fields: number;
}
export interface ValidationInspection {
    schemaTypes: string[];
    requiredPlugins: string[];
    requiredFonts: string[];
    basePdf: {
        kind: string;
        width?: number;
        height?: number;
        paperSize?: string | null;
        path?: string;
        resolvedPath?: string;
    };
}
export interface FieldInputHint {
    name: string;
    type: string;
    pages: number[];
    required: boolean;
    expectedInput: {
        kind: 'string' | 'jsonStringObject' | 'enumString' | 'stringMatrix' | 'stringArray';
        variableNames?: string[];
        allowedValues?: string[];
        example?: string | string[] | string[][];
        format?: string;
        canonicalFormat?: string;
        contentKind?: string;
        rule?: string;
        groupName?: string;
        groupMemberNames?: string[];
        columnCount?: number;
        columnHeaders?: string[];
        acceptsJsonString?: boolean;
    };
}
export interface ValidationSource {
    mode: 'template' | 'job';
    template: Record<string, unknown>;
    inputs?: Record<string, unknown>[];
    options?: unknown;
    templateDir?: string;
    jobWarnings: string[];
}
export declare function findClosestType(type: string): string | null;
export declare function validateTemplate(template: Record<string, unknown>): ValidationResult;
export declare function inspectTemplate(template: Record<string, unknown>, templateDir?: string): ValidationInspection;
export declare function collectInputHints(template: Record<string, unknown>): FieldInputHint[];
export declare function validateInputContracts(template: Record<string, unknown>, inputs: Record<string, unknown>[]): void;
export declare function getInputContractIssues(template: Record<string, unknown>, inputs: Record<string, unknown>[]): string[];
export declare function loadValidationSource(file: string | undefined, options: {
    noInputMessage: string;
}): Promise<ValidationSource>;
export declare function normalizeSchemaPages(rawSchemas: unknown): Array<Array<Record<string, unknown>>>;
export declare function getUniqueStringValues(values: unknown[]): string[];
export declare function summarizeBasePdf(basePdf: unknown, templateDir: string | undefined): ValidationInspection['basePdf'];