export interface Frontmatter {
    fm: Record<string, string | string[]>;
    body: string;
    ok: boolean;
}
/** Minimal frontmatter reader: `key: value`, `- item` lists, `[a, b]` inline lists. */
export declare function parseFrontmatter(src: string): Frontmatter;
/** Split a markdown table row on UNESCAPED pipes — `\|` is legal inside a cell. */
export declare function splitRow(line: string): string[];
export declare function isSeparator(cells: string[]): boolean;
/** Per-line "inside a code fence" mask. Fence delimiters themselves count as inside. */
export declare function fenceMask(lines: string[]): boolean[];
export interface RawSection {
    heading: string | null;
    md: string;
}
/**
 * Split a body into ordered sections: optional preamble (prose before the
 * first `##`, minus the `# Title` line), then one entry per `## Heading`.
 */
export declare function splitSections(body: string): RawSection[];
export interface RawTable {
    header: string[];
    rows: {
        cells: Record<string, string>;
        rawCount: number;
        headerCount: number;
    }[];
}
/**
 * Parse the table rows of a section, keyed by lowercased header (so new
 * optional columns never break old parsers). Multiple tables may follow one
 * heading with DIFFERENT columns: a row whose first cell repeats the current
 * header's first cell starts a new table (kb-lint semantics), and each row is
 * keyed by its own table's header. `header` reports the union of headers seen;
 * rawCount preserves the original cell count for cell/header mismatch checks.
 */
export declare function parseTables(section: string): RawTable;
export declare const LINK_RE: RegExp;