export interface CliSettings {
    apiKeyHelper?: string;
    env?: Record<string, string | number>;
    [key: string]: unknown;
}
export interface ExtractedSettings {
    userSettings: CliSettings | null;
    settingsFilePath?: string;
    argsWithoutSettings: string[];
}
/**
 * Extracts --settings from args, returning parsed settings and remaining args
 */
export declare function extractSettingsFromArgs(args: string[]): ExtractedSettings;
/**
 * Deep merges settings, with required settings taking precedence
 */
export declare function mergeCliSettings(userSettings: CliSettings | null, requiredSettings: CliSettings): CliSettings;
/**
 * Builds final args array with merged --settings
 */
export declare function buildArgsWithMergedSettings(args: string[], requiredSettings: CliSettings): string[];