/**
 * `agent-cards engineer ask` — a BLOCKING question to the live AgentCard
 * engineer (T7, epic #2098 child #7). Pre-mints the question's envelope id,
 * queues it on the outbox spool (the daemon delivers it), then blocks on the
 * local answer inbox until the engineer's reply (`in_reply_to` correlation)
 * lands, or the timeout passes.
 *
 * Same trust boundary as `report`: no token, no network — the daemon owns
 * credentials and delivery. A TIMEOUT IS A DOCUMENTED OUTCOME, NOT AN ERROR
 * (exit 0 with {"timedOut":true}): the wizard's child agent must parse it and
 * proceed, and the answer still arrives in Slack + the inbox — recoverable
 * with `ask --resume <questionId>`.
 */
export interface AskOptions {
    repo?: string;
    question?: string;
    snippet?: string[];
    /** Seconds to wait for the answer (default 480 — under Claude Code's 10-min Bash cap). */
    timeout?: string;
    /** Resume waiting on a previously asked question instead of asking a new one. */
    resume?: string;
    json?: boolean;
    /** Test seams. */
    pollMs?: number;
    sleep?: (ms: number) => Promise<void>;
}
export declare const DEFAULT_ASK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 480;
export declare function engineerAsk(opts: AskOptions): Promise<void>;
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