/** One explicit JSON-answer validation; the runner owns when to invoke it. */
import { type OutputSchemaParser } from './outputSchema.js';
import type { ArtifactScope, ArtifactStore } from '../artifacts/types.js';
import type { AnswerToolCallsView, AnswerCheck, AnswerValidationOptions, AnswerValidationReport, ResolvedAnswerValidation } from './types.js';
/** Validate and snapshot an authored contract once, before running an agent. */
export declare function resolveAnswerValidation<T = unknown>(options: AnswerValidationOptions<T>): ResolvedAnswerValidation;
/**
 * Validate once. Content is present only when delivery is permitted by this
 * contract. It is the exact JSON string whose detached value was checked;
 * callers must not reparse through a transforming schema or rewrite afterward.
 */
export declare function executeAnswerValidation(raw: string, parser: OutputSchemaParser<unknown>, config: ResolvedAnswerValidation, store: ArtifactStore | undefined, scope: ArtifactScope, signal?: AbortSignal, toolCalls?: AnswerToolCallsView, 
/**
 * Builds the rows of the agent's own checks that `config.agentChecks` lists
 * (`agentChecks.ts`) from the candidate this validation delivers: the same
 * frozen value the validator receives, and its canonical JSON — the exact
 * text that would be delivered. Synchronous library code: a throw, a
 * listed check with no builder, or a row that claims `checked-pass` (an
 * agent row never verifies) makes the report `unverified` — never a pass.
 */
buildAgentRows?: (candidate: unknown, canonical: string) => readonly AnswerCheck[]): Promise<{
    report: AnswerValidationReport;
    content?: string;
}>;