/**
 * Task summary for the `aidlc status` column (task-breakdown AC-21).
 *
 * One file read per task-bearing instance, no glob, no cache (NFR4/DD4 —
 * unlike traceability, there is no repo scan to amortize). Phase visibility
 * (design-or-later, with an implementation anchor for templates without a
 * design phase, F3) is checked by the caller, matching the
 * `isTestingOrLater` precedent.
 */
import type { TasksSummary } from './types.js';
/**
 * Read and summarize one instance's tasks.md.
 *
 * @returns null when the file is absent, unreadable, or defines no tasks —
 *   the column renders `-`.
 */
export declare function tasksForStatus(projectRoot: string, instanceName: string): TasksSummary | null;
/** Format for the status table: `done/total`, plus ` ▸n` when deferred (AC-21). */
export declare function formatTasks(summary: TasksSummary): string;
//# sourceMappingURL=status.d.ts.map