/**
 * @medicine-wheel/community-review — Elder Validation
 *
 * Wilson describes research validation not through peer review
 * but through community review — Elders validate whether research
 * honors relational accountability.
 */
import type { ReviewCircle } from './types.js';
/**
 * Request Elder validation for a review circle.
 * Sets the elderValidator field and transitions to 'deliberating'.
 */
export declare function requestElderValidation(circle: ReviewCircle, elderId: string): ReviewCircle;
/**
 * Get Elder's guidance for the circle based on voices heard so far.
 * Returns a summary of what the Elder should consider.
 */
export declare function elderGuidance(circle: ReviewCircle): {
    artifactType: string;
    voicesHeard: number;
    directionsRepresented: string[];
    wilsonAlignment: number;
    suggestions: string[];
};
/**
 * Record an Elder's blessing on the review circle.
 * The blessing is added to the talking circle log and stored as Elder validation.
 */
export declare function elderBlessing(circle: ReviewCircle, elderId: string, blessing: string): ReviewCircle;
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