/** The Python environment `agency local serve` sets up by default, under
 *  the home directory. */
export declare function defaultMlxEnv(home: string): string;
/** `--python`, then `client.mlx.python`, then `AGENCY_MLX_PYTHON`, then the
 *  default environment under the home directory. The one order every
 *  caller uses: `serve`, the one-shot image tools, and packages that run
 *  Python of their own. */
export declare function choosePython(flag: string | undefined, configured: string | undefined, env: string | undefined, home: string): string;
/** The Python a stdlib helper runs with, from the config and the
 *  environment of this process. */
export declare function configuredPython(): string;
/** The folder holding the local servers' rules modules, such as
 *  `diffusersImageRules.py`. A package that runs Python of its own puts
 *  this folder on its `sys.path` and imports the same checks the servers
 *  make, instead of keeping a copy. The makefile copies the modules into
 *  `dist/lib/cli`, so the folder sits beside this one in both trees. */
export declare function serverRulesDir(): string;