export declare function globalOpenLoreConfigPath(): string;
export declare class ConfigFileReadError extends Error {
    readonly configPath: string;
    constructor(configPath: string, detail: string, cause?: unknown);
}
export declare function readConfigObject(path: string): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | null>;
export declare function readConfigObjectSync(path: string): Record<string, unknown> | null;
/** Merge object fields; a project array, scalar or null replaces the user value. */
export declare function mergeConfigLayers(defaults: Record<string, unknown>, project: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown>;
/**
 * True when `value` at dotted `field` is the one the user-wide config sets. Such a value
 * is user-authored, so repository trust checks do not apply to it. Fail-closed.
 */
export declare function isUserConfiguredValue(field: string, value: unknown): boolean;
/**
 * Blocks whose user `apiKey` the merge withholds because the project chose its own endpoint
 * for them. Pure; callers report it, so a key that silently stops being sent has a reason.
 */
export declare function withheldUserCredentials(user: Record<string, unknown>, project: Record<string, unknown>): string[];
export declare function readLayeredConfig(projectPath: string, builtInDefaults?: Record<string, unknown>, onWithheldCredential?: (block: string, userPath: string) => void): Promise<Record<string, unknown> | null>;
/** Background auto-init has synchronous suppression checks; share the same merge. */
export declare function readLayeredConfigSync(projectPath: string): Record<string, unknown> | null;
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