/**
 * Story full-text search.
 *
 * Uses the pre-built `search.json` index (concatenated text per scene) to
 * answer regex queries across all 9271 dialogue scenes without loading
 * each conv file. Returns matching entries with the conv key and a
 * snippet around the match.
 *
 * Depends on `./storyCore.js` for the store accessor and catalog entries.
 */
import type { StoryEntry } from "./storyTypes.js";
/** Reset the search caches. Called by the barrel orchestrator. */
export declare function clearSearchCache(): void;
/**
 * Full-text search across all dialogue scenes.
 *
 * Uses the pre-built search.json index (concatenated text per scene).
 * Returns matching entries with the conv key and a snippet around the
 * match.
 */
export declare function searchStories(pattern: string, maxResults?: number): Array<{
    key: string;
    snippet: string;
    entry: StoryEntry;
}>;