/**
 * Subagent nickname pool — famous scientists, mathematicians, and computing pioneers.
 * Names are grouped by domain affinity so the nickname hints at the agent's role.
 */
/** Result of a nickname assignment. */
export interface NicknameAssignment {
    /**
     * Canonical pool key (e.g. `von-neumann`). This — NOT the display string — is
     * what callers must add to their `used` set and later remove on release.
     * Deriving the key by parsing the display string is unsafe: multi-word names
     * like "Von Neumann" would be truncated to "von" and never dedupe correctly.
     */
    key: string;
    /** Human display string, e.g. `Von Neumann (Backend)`. */
    display: string;
}
/**
 * Assign a unique nickname to a subagent based on its role.
 *
 * Returns both the canonical pool `key` (for the `used` set) and the formatted
 * `display` string (`Name (Role)`, e.g. `Einstein (Bug Hunter)`).
 *
 * @param role - The subagent's role id (e.g. 'bug-hunter', 'security-scanner')
 * @param used - Set of nickname KEYS already assigned in this fleet
 *               (so no two subagents share the same base name)
 */
export declare function assignNickname(role: string, used: ReadonlySet<string>): NicknameAssignment;
/**
 * Resolve a previously-assigned display string back to its canonical pool key,
 * for release paths that only retained the formatted name (e.g. a manifest
 * entry). Strips the trailing ` (Role)` suffix, then matches the base name
 * against the pool. Returns `undefined` when the name is not a known nickname.
 *
 * Use this instead of `name.split(' ')[0]` — the latter mangles multi-word
 * names like "Von Neumann" and "Berners-Lee".
 */
export declare function nicknameKeyFromDisplay(display: string): string | undefined;
/**
 * Returns all available nickname keys. Useful for testing or reset logic.
 */
export declare function getAllNicknameKeys(): string[];
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