import { ClaudeCliExecutor, ClaudeExecParams } from '../implementations/cli';
import { ClaudeCodeOptions, ClaudeCodeError } from '../types';
export declare class BaseClient {
    protected executor: ClaudeCliExecutor;
    protected apiKey?: string;
    protected defaultModel: string;
    protected defaultTimeout: number;
    constructor(options?: ClaudeCodeOptions);
    /**
     * Creates an error object in the style of OpenAI/Anthropic SDKs
     */
    protected createError(message: string, status?: number, code?: string): ClaudeCodeError;
    /**
     * Executes a Claude CLI command with error handling
     */
    protected executeCommand(params: ClaudeExecParams): Promise<string>;
    /**
     * Creates a streaming response from Claude CLI
     */
    protected executeStreamCommand(params: ClaudeExecParams): NodeJS.ReadableStream;
}