interface SettingsRecord extends Record<string, unknown> {
    autoCheckUpdates?: unknown;
    lastUpdateCheckClaim?: unknown;
    updatePolicy?: unknown;
}
interface LoadOptions {
    silent?: unknown;
}
interface MutationOptions {
    lockTimeoutMs?: number;
}
type SettingsMutator = (settings: SettingsRecord) => unknown;
declare function getSettingsFile(): string;
declare function settingsFileExists(): boolean;
declare function loadSettings(options?: LoadOptions): SettingsRecord;
declare function mutateSettings(mutator: SettingsMutator, options?: MutationOptions): unknown;
declare const _default: {
    loadSettings: typeof loadSettings;
    mutateSettings: typeof mutateSettings;
    getSettingsFile: typeof getSettingsFile;
    settingsFileExists: typeof settingsFileExists;
};
export = _default;