import type { CanonicalState, SynthEvent, CapabilityInvocation } from "../types/index.js";
export declare const MAX_LIFECYCLE_DEPTH = 3;
export interface LifecycleContinuation {
    invocation: CapabilityInvocation;
}
/**
 * Determine the next automatic lifecycle step based on the most recently
 * committed domain event.
 *
 * Lifecycle chain:
 *   REVIEW_GATE_RESOLVED (approved)  [only when evaluation is present]
 *     → EvaluateAndResolveAcceptanceGate
 *   ACCEPTANCE_GATE_RESOLVED (accepted)
 *     → CertifyConvergence   [with review gate evidence attached]
 *   CONVERGENCE_CERTIFIED (converged)
 *     → CompleteMission
 *
 * Returns null if no continuation is applicable (e.g. gate rejected, no
 * evaluation present for auto-detection, or the event type does not trigger
 * a lifecycle transition).
 */
export declare function getLifecycleContinuation(state: CanonicalState, domainEvents: SynthEvent[], actor: string): LifecycleContinuation | null;