/**
 * Invoke a tool registered on the *running* OpenClaw gateway via its
 * `tools.invoke` RPC (over `openclaw gateway call`), without starting,
 * stopping, or restarting the gateway process itself.
 *
 * Used by `up`/`down` to start/stop skill-level background work (e.g. the
 * Jarvis voice loop) that would otherwise only toggle via `autoStart` on
 * gateway boot - which doesn't help once the gateway is a persistent host
 * service that `agenticros down` intentionally leaves running.
 */
export declare function isGatewayActive(): Promise<boolean>;
export interface InvokeGatewayToolResult {
    ok: boolean;
    message?: string;
}
/**
 * Call `tools.invoke` for `name` with `args` against the live gateway.
 * Returns `{ ok: false }` quietly (no throw) if the gateway isn't running or
 * has no auth token on file - callers should already have checked
 * `isGatewayActive()` when they want to skip attempting this entirely.
 */
export declare function invokeGatewayTool(name: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<InvokeGatewayToolResult>;
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