import type { ScaiClient } from "../connect.js";
export interface RemoveRefArgs {
    itemId: string;
    fieldName: string;
    /** GUID to remove. Matched case-insensitively, with or without braces. */
    refToRemove: string;
    /** When false (default), no mutation is made — returns the diff only. */
    allowWrite?: boolean;
}
export interface RemoveRefResult {
    changed: boolean;
    before: string;
    after: string;
    /** True when the helper made the wire call. False on dry-run or no-op. */
    applied: boolean;
}
/**
 * Remove a specific GUID from a multilist-shaped field on a single
 * item. The match is case-insensitive and brace-tolerant — both
 * `{ABC...}` and `abc...` shapes resolve to the same entry.
 *
 * Returns `changed: true` when the GUID was present in the field
 * (regardless of `allowWrite`). `applied: true` only when the
 * mutation actually reached the Authoring API.
 */
export declare const removeRef: (client: ScaiClient, args: RemoveRefArgs) => Promise<RemoveRefResult>;