import type { Nitro } from "nitro/types";
import type { PreparedApplicationHost } from "#internal/nitro/host/types.js";
type DevelopmentWatcherNitroOptions = Pick<Nitro["options"], "experimental" | "handlers" | "scheduledTasks" | "tasks" | "virtual"> & Partial<Pick<Nitro["options"], "dev" | "preset">>;
interface DevelopmentWatcherNitro {
    hooks: {
        callHook: Nitro["hooks"]["callHook"];
    };
    options: DevelopmentWatcherNitroOptions;
    routing: {
        sync(): void;
    };
}
/**
 * Handle for the authored-source development watcher.
 */
export interface AuthoredSourceWatcherHandle {
    close(): Promise<void>;
    flush(): Promise<void>;
}
/**
 * Starts the authored-source watcher used by `eve dev`.
 *
 * The watcher recompiles authored artifacts, refreshes runtime caches, and
 * triggers Nitro rebuild reloads only when structural runtime wiring changes.
 */
export declare function startAuthoredSourceWatcher(input: {
    nitro: DevelopmentWatcherNitro;
    preparedHost: PreparedApplicationHost;
}): Promise<AuthoredSourceWatcherHandle>;
export {};