import type { Channel } from './devtools-port.js';
/**
 * Unix socket the proxy listens on. Namespaced to vibe so it never collides with
 * the standalone chrome-use skill's own proxy. Overridable for tests via
 * VIBE_CHROME_USE_SOCKET.
 *
 * A non-default channel/profile gets its OWN socket (and therefore its own proxy)
 * so a proxy already running for one profile is never silently reused to drive a
 * different one. The default stable profile keeps the bare socket name for back
 * compat. (#80)
 */
export declare function getSocketPath(channel?: Channel, userDataDir?: string): string;
/** Absolute path to the compiled proxy entry (dist/chrome-use/proxy.js). */
export declare function getProxyPath(): string;
/** Probe whether a proxy answers a control `__status` within `timeoutMs`. */
export declare function proxyAlive(socketPath: string, timeoutMs?: number): Promise<boolean>;
/**
 * Ensure the proxy is running, starting it (detached double-fork) if not. Polls
 * until it answers `__status` or the attempt budget is exhausted.
 * @throws if the proxy does not come up in time.
 */
export declare function ensureProxy(socketPath?: string, proxyPath?: string, extraEnv?: Record<string, string>): Promise<void>;
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