/**
 * The Sense → Think → Strike → Drift loop.
 *
 * Port of automaton-main/src/agent/loop.ts, adapted for the lobster cosmology.
 * Inference provider is pluggable: pass a `think()` callable.
 */
export interface ClawTool {
    name: string;
    description: string;
    call: (args: unknown) => Promise<unknown>;
}
export interface InferProvider {
    /**
     * Return the assistant's reply given the system prompt + history.
     * `tools` is the merged list of caller-supplied + auto-loaded skill tools;
     * providers that support function/tool calling should expose them to the model.
     */
    think: (model: string, systemPrompt: string, history: {
        role: string;
        content: string;
    }[], tools?: ClawTool[]) => Promise<string>;
    costFor: (tokensIn: number, tokensOut: number, model: string) => number;
}
export interface LoopInput {
    rpcUrl: string;
    tools: ClawTool[];
    infer: InferProvider;
    /** Hard limit per tail-flick — abort if exceeded. */
    maxClawStrikes?: number;
    /** External signal to stop (e.g. SIGINT). */
    abort?: AbortSignal;
    /**
     * Skip auto-loading installed skills as additional tools. By default the
     * leviathan inherits every skill in ~/.openclawd/skills/ at every flick.
     */
    skipSkills?: boolean;
}
export declare function tailFlick(input: LoopInput): Promise<void>;