import type { TranslationModel } from './translation-model.js';
export type TranslationProvider = 'openai' | 'claude';
export declare const DEFAULT_TRANSLATION_PROVIDER: TranslationProvider;
export type ResolveTranslationModelOptions = {
    /** Override the provider; defaults to RELEASE_NOTES_AI_PROVIDER or "openai". */
    provider?: string;
    /** Override the model; defaults to RELEASE_NOTES_AI_MODEL or the provider's default. */
    model?: string;
};
/** Either a ready-to-use model, or a reason it is unavailable so the caller can skip gracefully. */
export type TranslationModelResolution = {
    model: TranslationModel;
} | {
    unavailable: string;
};
/**
 * Picks the configured translation backend. Returns `{ unavailable }` (rather than throwing)
 * when the provider's API key is missing, so release-note generation degrades gracefully to
 * the English-only notes.
 */
export declare function resolveTranslationModel(options?: ResolveTranslationModelOptions): Promise<TranslationModelResolution>;
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