/**
 * Size budgets for tool output.
 *
 * Claude Code rejects an MCP tool result over about 25k tokens, and the call
 * then fails outright. Store text is long-lined (task Context fields and
 * consolidated reference lines run to several KB), so line-based snippets and
 * per-item limits alone do not bound a response. These budgets are in
 * characters of the serialized result; JSON-escaped markdown is roughly 3–4
 * characters per token.
 */
/** Most characters one search result's snippet may use. */
export declare const SNIPPET_MAX_CHARS = 1200;
/** Characters shared by all snippets in one search response (each also appears in `data`). */
export declare const SNIPPETS_TOTAL_CHARS = 6000;
/** Floor for a snippet when many results split the total. */
export declare const SNIPPET_MIN_CHARS = 240;
/** Per-field cap for text shown in list views (task context, truths). */
export declare const LIST_TEXT_MAX_CHARS = 300;
/** Most characters of a project's summary.md shown by get_project_summary. */
export declare const SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 6000;
/** Most truths listed by get_project_summary. */
export declare const SUMMARY_MAX_TRUTHS = 20;
/** Target ceiling for a list response before it shrinks its page size. */
export declare const LIST_RESPONSE_MAX_CHARS = 40000;
/** Page size for full-document reads (get_memory_detail). */
export declare const DETAIL_PAGE_CHARS = 16000;
/** Hard ceiling for any MCP response; past this the payload is replaced, not sent. */
export declare const MCP_RESPONSE_MAX_CHARS = 60000;
/** Per-result snippet budget when `count` results share one response. */
export declare function snippetBudget(count: number): number;
/** Cut `text` to at most `max` characters, ending with an ellipsis when cut. */
export declare function clipText(text: string, max: number): string;
/** Cut `text` to at most `max` characters, keeping the end (for append-only notes). */
export declare function clipTail(text: string, max: number): string;
/**
 * Cut `text` to at most `max` characters, keeping a window around the first
 * occurrence of any term (lowercase). Falls back to the start when no term hits.
 */
export declare function focusText(text: string, terms: string[], max: number): string;
/**
 * Build a list payload, halving its page size until the serialized result fits
 * `maxChars` (or the size reaches 1). `build` receives the size to use.
 */
export declare function shrinkToBudget<T>(initialSize: number, build: (size: number) => T, maxChars?: number): {
    payload: T;
    size: number;
};