import { Command } from "commander";
/**
 * Pick the right message when `am.why(ref)` returns an empty chain. Two
 * distinct causes need different guidance:
 *
 * - The ref **is** a declared dependency (matches `declared` by kind+name) but
 *   isn't in the lock file yet → tell the user to run `skaile install`.
 * - The ref is **not** declared at all → `skaile install` cannot help, so say
 *   plainly that nothing in `skaile.yaml` requires it.
 *
 * Pure and terminal-free so it can be unit-tested; the command wires the
 * returned string into `logErr`.
 *
 * @param declared - Declared deps exposing `.kind` + `.name` (from `listDeclared`).
 */
export declare function whyEmptyMessage(ref: string, declared: Array<{
    kind: string;
    name: string;
}>): string;
/**
 * Creates the `skaile why` command.
 *
 * Shows why an asset is installed by printing its dependency chain from the
 * top-level skaile.yaml requirement down to the asset.
 *
 * @returns Configured {@link Command} ready for `program.addCommand()`.
 * @docLink cli/commands/misc#why
 */
export declare function makeWhyCommand(): Command;
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