export interface SuggestCloseIdOptions {
    /**
     * Maximum edit distance accepted for a suggestion.
     *
     * Defaults to `2`, matching the create-template typo guard.
     */
    maxDistance?: number;
    /**
     * Normalizes user input and candidates before comparing them.
     *
     * Defaults to trimming and lowercasing for CLI id-like values.
     */
    normalize?: (value: string) => string;
}
/**
 * Suggest the closest known id for a user-provided CLI value.
 *
 * This helper is intentionally generic so command-specific validation can keep
 * its own wording and special-case handling while sharing typo thresholds.
 */
export declare function suggestCloseId<const TCandidate extends string>(input: string, candidates: readonly TCandidate[], options?: SuggestCloseIdOptions): TCandidate | null;