import type { ResearchBrief, ResearchSource, CrossReference } from '../types.js';
import type { QueryType } from './decompose.js';
export declare function buildResearchBrief(question: string, sources: ResearchSource[], subQueries: string[], perSourceCharCap: number, totalSourcesCharCap: number, queryType?: QueryType, comparisonEntities?: string[], synthesisText?: string): Promise<ResearchBrief>;
export declare function detectCrossReferences(sources: ResearchSource[]): CrossReference[];
export declare function stripMarkdownLinks(text: string): string;
/**
 * Strip presentation chrome from source markdown BEFORE phrase/snippet use:
 * flatten links + images (removes avatar/byline URLs like miro.medium.com and
 * `](/@user?source=post_page…)` orphans) then drop image-caption UI text. Used
 * by cross-reference phrase extraction and citation snippets so neither reports
 * boilerplate as content. Article prose is untouched.
 */
export declare function stripResearchChrome(text: string): string;
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