interface McpConfigTarget {
    ide: string;
    file: string;
    /** JSON key that holds the server map in this IDE's config shape. */
    serversKey: "mcpServers" | "servers";
    /** file is an absolute, user-global path (not joined onto the project). */
    absolute?: boolean;
}
/**
 * The Claude DESKTOP app reads a user-global config, not a per-project file —
 * which is why it shows "No servers added" in a project that has .mcp.json.
 * Deliberately NOT part of `--ide all`: a project-scoped command must not
 * touch user-global state unless that target is named explicitly.
 */
export declare function claudeDesktopConfigPath(platform?: NodeJS.Platform, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv, home?: string): string;
/**
 * Resolve the dedicated MCP stdio entry beside the CLI's own entry file.
 * argv[1] is the path Node is executing; npm shims, npx, and direct
 * `node dist/index.js` invocations all set it to the real JS entry. Null when
 * either the CLI entry or its dedicated sibling is absent, so a partial or
 * stale install is never persisted as a path that cannot start the server.
 */
export declare function resolveServeEntry(argv1?: string | undefined): string | null;
export declare function installTarget(projectRoot: string, target: McpConfigTarget, entry?: string | null): "written" | "updated" | "unchanged";
export declare function mcpInstallCommand(options?: {
    ide?: string;
}): Promise<void>;
export declare function mcpServeCommand(): Promise<void>;
export declare function mcpStatusCommand(): Promise<void>;
export {};
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