import type { Command } from 'commander';
/**
 * Split a shell line into argv, honouring quotes so prompts survive intact:
 *   workshop-episode --concept "she finds the letter"
 * Commander would otherwise receive five arguments instead of one.
 */
export declare function tokenize(line: string): string[];
export interface ShellOptions {
    /** Defaults to process.stdin. Supplying a stream disables terminal mode. */
    input?: NodeJS.ReadableStream;
    /** Defaults to process.stdout. */
    output?: NodeJS.WritableStream;
    /** Override the TTY requirement (tests drive the loop over plain streams). */
    interactive?: boolean;
    color?: boolean;
}
export declare function startShell(program: Command, options?: ShellOptions): Promise<void>;
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