export interface CanonicalComment {
    user: string;
    createdAt: string;
    body: string;
}
export interface CanonicalIssue {
    identifier: string;
    title: string;
    body: string;
    state: string;
    stateType: string;
    assignees: string[];
    labels: string[];
    project: string | null;
    parent: string | null;
    children: string[];
    branchName: string;
    priority: number;
    devProgress: string | null;
    createdAt: string;
    updatedAt: string;
    completedAt: string | null;
    canceledAt: string | null;
    url: string;
    comments: CanonicalComment[];
}
export declare function stateTypeOf(name: string): 'open' | 'completed' | 'canceled';
/** Normalize a raw `tracker issue view --comments --json` object into the canonical shape. */
export declare function canonicalize(raw: Record<string, unknown>): CanonicalIssue;
export declare function serializeIssue(c: CanonicalIssue): string;
export declare function parseIssue(md: string): CanonicalIssue;
/** Fields where the serialized form must round-trip exactly. Returns the names that differ. */
export declare function roundTripDiff(c: CanonicalIssue): string[];