/**
 * Branded type marking a string as safe to interpolate into an `html`
 * or `css` tagged template. The brand can only be added via `safe()`,
 * `html\`\``, or `css\`\``, so any direct interpolation of a raw
 * `string` is a compile-time error.
 */
declare const SafeBrand: unique symbol;
export type SafeMarkup = string & {
    readonly [SafeBrand]: true;
};
/**
 * Use this to drop a plain string into an `html` or `css` template.
 * Reach for it sparingly: anything that came from an attribute,
 * property, or message payload belongs outside the template, applied
 * through DOM APIs after render.
 */
export declare const safe: (value: string) => SafeMarkup;
/**
 * Tagged template literal that concatenates strings and `SafeMarkup`
 * values into a `SafeMarkup` result. The `html` name is purely for
 * editor syntax highlighting — it does NOT escape or sanitize. The
 * `SafeMarkup` interpolation constraint at the type level prevents
 * accidentally embedding a raw string without going through `safe()`.
 */
export declare const html: (strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: SafeMarkup[]) => SafeMarkup;
/** Same semantics as `html`; separate name for CSS editor highlighting. */
export declare const css: typeof html;
/**
 * Parses a `SafeMarkup` string into an inert `<template>`.
 */
export declare function createTemplate(content: SafeMarkup): HTMLTemplateElement;
export {};