/**
 * Pure helpers for councillor model fallback chains.
 *
 * Kept free of any schema/validation library import so that runtime consumers
 * (e.g. council dispatch) can resolve a councillor's ordered model chain
 * without pulling in zod or the config schema module.
 */
/** A single model in a councillor fallback chain, with optional variant. */
export type CouncillorModelEntry = {
    id: string;
    variant?: string;
};
/**
 * Flatten a councillor model config into an ordered list of model entries.
 *
 * Accepts either a single "provider/model" string or an ordered fallback
 * chain (array of strings and/or `{ id, variant }` entries). Entries that
 * don't carry their own variant fall back to the shared `fallbackVariant`.
 */
export declare function normalizeCouncillorModels(model: string | Array<string | CouncillorModelEntry>, fallbackVariant?: string): CouncillorModelEntry[];