import type { NmrConfig } from './types.js';
/**
 * Loads the nmr configuration from `.config/nmr.config.ts` under `baseDir`, which is the monorepo root for
 * the repo-wide config and a package directory for the workspace tier. Returns an empty config if the file
 * doesn't exist.
 */
export declare function loadConfig(baseDir: string): Promise<NmrConfig>;
/**
 * Loads the monorepo-root `.config/nmr.config.ts`, the tier that feeds script resolution and `devBin`.
 * Returns an empty config if the file doesn't exist.
 *
 * Throws on a recognized key this tier does not honor. `build` governs one package's compile, which reads the
 * package's own config alone, so a `build` accepted here would apply its patterns nowhere.
 */
export declare function loadRootConfig(monorepoRoot: string): Promise<NmrConfig>;
/**
 * Loads a single package's `.config/nmr.config.ts`, the tier `nmr-compile` reads from its working directory.
 * Returns an empty config if the file doesn't exist.
 *
 * Throws on a recognized key this tier does not honor. Dropping one would leave a package building on
 * settings its own config file appears to change, which nothing in the build's output would reveal.
 */
export declare function loadWorkspaceConfig(packageDir: string): Promise<NmrConfig>;