export interface PipelineStage {
    /** Stable id an agent can branch on. */
    id: string;
    /** One-line human name. */
    name: string;
    /** Scope: a project-level prerequisite, or a per-episode step. */
    scope: 'project' | 'episode';
    /** What running this stage produces on disk. */
    produces: string;
    /**
     * The gate that must clear before this stage can run, if any. Gates are
     * explicit human decisions and are NOT bypassable by an agent — the
     * `--skip-*` flags exist for a human who accepts the risk, and do not make
     * the underlying condition true.
     */
    gate?: string;
    /** Literal command that advances this stage. `<...>` marks a value to fill. */
    command: string;
}
/**
 * The canonical order. Project prerequisites gate everything downstream, then
 * each episode walks its own steps. Two gates — `approve-script` and
 * `qa-approve` — are explicit human sign-offs.
 */
export declare const PIPELINE_STAGES: readonly PipelineStage[];
/**
 * An alternate entry point that is NOT part of the linear order above. Branches
 * are reachable once their `availableAfter` stage is done, run OUTSIDE the gate
 * sequence, and an agent walking `PIPELINE_STAGES` will never be told they
 * exist — which is exactly why they are stated here as data too. `pipeline`
 * prints them and `pipeline --json` emits them under `branches`.
 */
export interface PipelineBranch {
    /** Stable id an agent can branch on. */
    id: string;
    /** One-line human name. */
    name: string;
    /** The stage id after which this branch becomes available. */
    availableAfter: string;
    /** What it does and how it differs from the linear path. */
    summary: string;
    /** Any gate it skips or precondition it needs. */
    note?: string;
    /** Literal command that runs it. `<...>` marks a value to fill. */
    command: string;
}
export declare const PIPELINE_BRANCHES: readonly PipelineBranch[];
export declare function pipelineAsJson(): {
    version: 1;
    stages: readonly PipelineStage[];
    branches: readonly PipelineBranch[];
};
export declare function formatPipeline(): string;
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