import type { NormalizedRule, ValidationError } from '../types/index.js';
import type { MarkdocSchema } from '../parser/markdoc/schema.js';
export interface LoadResult {
    success: boolean;
    rules: NormalizedRule[];
    errors: ValidationError[];
    configPath?: string;
    /**
     * Opt-in Markdoc tokenization and its resolved schema, threaded from
     * `validate()`'s own `markdoc` field. The CLI's `runCommand` reads this
     * `LoadResult` rather than a `RecheckConfig`, so without these two fields the
     * `recheck/markdoc-*` rules are unreachable from a real `recheck.yaml` even
     * with `markdoc: true` set. Both default to the disabled shape (`false` /
     * `null`) on every early-return error path below.
     */
    markdoc: boolean;
    markdocSchema: MarkdocSchema | null;
    /** Absolute path to the baseline file, when the config sets `baseline`. */
    baselinePath?: string;
}
/**
 * Loads and validates a recheck configuration file
 */
export declare function loadConfig(configPath: string): Promise<LoadResult>;
/**
 * Finds a recheck configuration file in the current directory or parent directories
 */
export declare function findConfigFile(startDir?: string): Promise<string | null>;
/**
 * Loads configuration with automatic discovery
 */
export declare function findAndLoadConfig(configPath?: string): Promise<LoadResult>;
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