export interface ExternalStep {
    /** Imperative, e.g. `Setting up your Convex backend`. */
    title: string;
    /** Context printed before the command runs. */
    detail?: string[];
    /** A warning shown before running — browser windows, interactive prompts. */
    heads_up?: string;
    command: string;
    /**
     * The command to suggest on failure. Defaults to `command`; differs when the
     * real invocation has flags the user should not retype.
     */
    retry?: string;
    /** When this fails, abandon the rest of the sequence. */
    required?: boolean;
}
export interface ExternalContext {
    cwd: string;
    /** Prefix each title with its position, as the originals did by hand. */
    numbered?: boolean;
}
/** Runs one step. Returns false when it failed. */
export declare function runExternal(step: ExternalStep, cwd: string, label?: string): boolean;
/**
 * Runs steps in order, stopping early if a `required` one fails.
 *
 * Returns whether every step ran successfully.
 */
export declare function runExternalSequence(steps: ExternalStep[], { cwd, numbered }: ExternalContext): boolean;