import * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
import type { IoHelper } from '../../lib/api-private';
import type { SdkProvider, IReadLock } from '../api';
import type { Configuration } from '../cli/user-configuration';
export interface ExecProgramResult {
    readonly assembly: cxapi.CloudAssembly;
    readonly lock: IReadLock;
}
/** Invokes the cloud executable and returns JSON output */
export declare function execProgram(aws: SdkProvider, ioHelper: IoHelper, config: Configuration): Promise<ExecProgramResult>;
/**
 * Creates an assembly with error handling
 */
export declare function createAssembly(appDir: string): cxapi.CloudAssembly;