import type { Logger } from './types.js';
import type { PermissionMode } from '../../../lib/models/dist/index.js';
/** The 5 composer-writable permission modes, declared once in lib/models. */
export type RequestedMode = PermissionMode;
/** Pure: derive effective mode from log content + spawn-time requested mode.
 *  Returns null when the file has no parseable gate-access line yet (race
 *  between spawn and first read). For non-auto spawns this returns the
 *  requested mode verbatim since no debug capture exists. */
export declare function deriveEffectiveMode(logContent: string, requestedMode: RequestedMode): string | null;
export interface PermissionModeTailDeps {
    logger: Logger;
}
export interface PermissionModeTail {
    /** Read the log file and return the derived effective mode. Returns null
     *  when the file does not exist, cannot be read, or has no gate-access
     *  line yet. The caller (http-server fs-watcher subscriber) compares
     *  this against the sidecar's current `effectivePermissionMode` and
     *  only writes when changed. */
    deriveFromFile(sessionId: string, logPath: string, requestedMode: RequestedMode): string | null;
}
export declare function createPermissionModeTail(deps: PermissionModeTailDeps): PermissionModeTail;
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