import type { Commands } from "./messaging";
/**
 * Represents an error whose message is intended to be presented to end users.
 */
export declare class UserFriendlyError extends Error {
    readonly originalError: Error;
    readonly messageArgs: unknown[];
    constructor(error: Error, message: string, ...args: unknown[]);
}
/**
 * Takes an error and converts it into a user facing error if it is one of the
 * known error types. To be used when calling upon a service to perform an
 * operation that may return IdentifyErrors, SearchErrors, or QueryErrors.
 *
 * @param e The error to be converted.
 * @param message The message to associate with any user friendly errors
 *   created.
 */
export declare function convertUserErrors(e: unknown, message: string): unknown;
/**
 * Takes an error and displays it to the user in a notification. To be used when
 * gracefully handling errors prompted by user actions, particularly temporary
 * errors that might be fixed by the user.
 *
 * @param e The error to be displayed.
 * @param commands The command registry.
 */
export declare function presentUserError(e: unknown, commands: Commands): Promise<void>;