export interface ResolveContextDirInput {
    cliFlag?: string | undefined;
    configValue?: string | undefined;
}
/**
 * v0.0.14 universal default. Matches the directory `factory init` creates.
 * Replaces the v0.0.13 split where `factory-runtime` defaulted to `./.factory`
 * but `factory finish-task` and `factory-context` defaulted to `./context`.
 */
export declare const FACTORY_CONTEXT_DIR_DEFAULT = "./.factory";
/**
 * Pure resolver for the `--context-dir` precedence chain shared by every CLI
 * that reads the factory context store. Precedence:
 *   CLI flag > factory.config.json runtime.contextDir > universal default.
 *
 * Returns the unresolved path string — callers `resolve(cwd, ...)` themselves
 * so the helper stays pure (deterministic on inputs, no `process.cwd()` reads).
 */
export declare function resolveContextDir(input: ResolveContextDirInput): string;
/**
 * Read `runtime.contextDir` from `<cwd>/factory.config.json` if present.
 * Returns undefined for missing/malformed/non-string values — config is
 * optional by design (mirrors the factory-runtime config-loader pattern).
 */
export declare function readContextDirFromConfig(cwd: string): string | undefined;
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