import type { ExternalAnalyzerResults } from "audit-tools/shared";
/**
 * One match from `ast-grep scan --json`. The matched file is `file`; a capture
 * naming the edge target (e.g. a module specifier, a referenced path) is read
 * from `metaVariables.single.<TARGET_META_VAR>.text`. Both are optional so a
 * partial / malformed payload degrades rather than throwing.
 */
interface AstGrepMatch {
    file?: string;
    ruleId?: string;
    metaVariables?: {
        single?: Record<string, {
            text?: string;
        } | undefined>;
    };
}
/**
 * Normalize `ast-grep scan --json` output into language-neutral graph edges:
 * one `matched-file → captured-target` edge per match whose target meta-variable
 * resolves to a non-empty string distinct from the matched file. ast-grep is a
 * structural matcher, so the target capture is whatever the operator's rule
 * binds (a module specifier, a referenced symbol path); endpoint resolution
 * against the repo path lookup happens downstream in the graph extractor.
 *
 * Degrades to an empty edge list on any malformed / missing field and never
 * throws; `normalizeGenericExternalEdges` dedupes + sorts for determinism.
 */
export declare function normalizeAstGrepJson(matches: AstGrepMatch[] | undefined, targetMetaVar?: string): ExternalAnalyzerResults;
export {};
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