/**
 * Client-side preflight checks for a pipeline JSON before it's sent to the
 * server. Catches the silent-strip failure mode (invalid step types, missing
 * required fields, unreachable steps, silently-stripped root fields) without
 * spending a create + validate + delete round trip.
 *
 * The valid step types list is kept in sync with the orchestrator's runtime
 * VALID_STEP_TYPES via the drift test in
 * agentled-mcp-server/__tests__/skill-step-types.test.ts.
 */
export interface PreflightIssue {
    severity: 'error' | 'warning';
    stepId?: string;
    code: string;
    message: string;
    suggestedFix?: string;
}
export interface PreflightResult {
    valid: boolean;
    errors: PreflightIssue[];
    warnings: PreflightIssue[];
    stepCount: number;
}
export declare function preflightPipeline(pipeline: any): PreflightResult;
export declare function formatPreflightIssue(issue: PreflightIssue): string;