/**
 * Daemon management utilities for ensuring the HTTP daemon is running.
 * Used by the `serve` command to start the daemon if not already running.
 */
/**
 * Information about a running daemon.
 */
export interface DaemonInfo {
    host: string;
    port: number;
    pid: number;
}
/**
 * Ensure the HTTP daemon is running. If it's not running, start it.
 * Polls for daemon health with a timeout.
 *
 * @param configPath - Path to the limps config file
 * @param timeoutMs - Maximum time to wait for daemon to start (default: 15000ms)
 * @returns DaemonInfo for the running daemon
 * @throws Error if daemon cannot be started within timeout
 */
export declare function ensureDaemonRunning(configPath: string, timeoutMs?: number): Promise<DaemonInfo>;
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