import { ContextDiscoveryOptions, DiscoveredContextDir, HierarchicalContextResult } from './types';
/**
 * Discover configuration directories by walking up the directory tree
 */
export declare const discoverConfigDirectories: (options: ContextDiscoveryOptions) => Promise<DiscoveredContextDir[]>;
/**
 * Load and merge hierarchical configuration
 */
export declare const loadHierarchicalConfig: (options: ContextDiscoveryOptions) => Promise<HierarchicalContextResult>;
/**
 * Deep merge utility (similar to Cardigantime's implementation)
 */
export declare function deepMerge<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(target: T, source: T): T;
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