/**
 * v0.4 — `<workspace>/AGENTS.md` loader.
 *
 * AGENTS.md is the **single** workspace persistent guide (v0.4 decision —
 * see docs/plan/v0.4-autonomous-engine.md §4.2). Human-edited only. Loaded
 * once at the start of each `solosquad goal run` and merged with goal.md
 * frontmatter to produce the final Input/Runtime/Output guards.
 *
 * The loader extracts well-known sections by name; everything else is
 * passed through as `raw_body` for the PM session's system prompt.
 *
 * Tolerance contract: if AGENTS.md is missing OR a section is missing, we
 * use safe defaults. Parse errors only thrown when a section IS present
 * but has malformed content (e.g. non-string list items).
 */
export interface PersistentGuide {
    /** True iff AGENTS.md existed at the loaded path. */
    exists: boolean;
    /** Absolute path that was inspected. */
    source_path: string;
    /** Raw file contents (CRLF-normalized). Empty string if missing. */
    raw_body: string;
    /** "SoloSquad v0.4 — Autonomous Goal Conventions" section. */
    immutable_paths: string[];
    modifiable_paths: string[];
    /** External side-effects policy. */
    forbidden_side_effects: string[];
    /** Domain whitelist for outbound HTTP. Empty array = block all external. */
    external_domain_whitelist: string[];
    /** Guardrail numeric thresholds. Defaults applied when missing. */
    stage_timeout_seconds: number;
    consecutive_discard_limit: number;
    cost_cap_warning_pct: number;
}
export declare const DEFAULT_GUIDE: Omit<PersistentGuide, "exists" | "source_path" | "raw_body">;
export declare function agentsMdPath(workspace: string): string;
export declare function loadAgentsMd(workspace: string): PersistentGuide;