@orkestrel/console 0.0.11 → 0.0.13

package/dist/src/core/index.d.cts

@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-import { EmitterErrorHandler } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
-import { EmitterHooks } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
-import { EmitterInterface } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
+import type { EmitterErrorHandler } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
+import type { EmitterHooks } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
+import type { EmitterInterface } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
 
 /**
- * Pad (or, when over budget, truncate) `text` to exactly `target` VISIBLE columns, positioning
+ * Pads (or, when over budget, truncates) `text` to exactly `columns` visible columns, positioning
  * it by `alignment`. The width primitive the box / table renderers align every cell with.
  *
  * @remarks
  * Measures with {@link width} (visible code points, ANSI-aware), so a styled string aligns by
- * its visible content, not its escape codes. When `width(text) < target`, the deficit is added
+ * its visible content, not its escape codes. When `width(text) < columns`, the deficit is added
  * as spaces — all trailing (`left`), all leading (`right`), or split with the extra space on
- * the right (`center`). When `width(text) > target`, the VISIBLE characters are sliced to
- * `target` (a defensive guard — the renderers size columns to fit, so this is rarely hit; it
+ * the right (`center`). When `width(text) > columns`, the visible characters are sliced to
+ * `columns` (a defensive guard — the renderers size columns to fit, so this is rarely hit; it
  * slices the stripped text, so it never bisects an escape sequence into a broken half).
  *
  * @param text - The cell content (may be styled)
- * @param target - The visible column count to fit `text` into
- * @param alignment - Where to position `text` within the width; defaults to `left`
- * @returns `text` fitted to exactly `target` visible columns
+ * @param columns - The visible column count to fit `text` into
+ * @param alignment - Where to position `text` within that budget; defaults to `left`
+ * @returns `text` fitted to exactly `columns` visible columns
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ import { EmitterInterface } from '@orkestrel/emitter';
  * align('hi', 5, 'center') // ' hi  '
  * ```
  */
-export declare function align(text: string, target: number, alignment?: Alignment): string;
+export declare function align(text: string, columns: number, alignment?: Alignment): string;
 
 /**
- * Horizontal text alignment within a fixed-width cell — the conventional three-value set a
- * {@link ColumnSpec} (and the box / separator title) aligns by. A value pair / set, not a
- * binary toggle (§4.4), so it stays a union.
+ * Names the horizontal text alignment within a fixed-width cell — `left` / `center` / `right`,
+ * the conventional set a {@link ColumnSpec} (and the box / separator title) aligns by.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * A value set rather than a binary toggle, so it stays a union.
  */
 export declare type Alignment = 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
 
@@ -39,13 +41,13 @@ export declare type Alignment = 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
  * Matches any ANSI/VT escape sequence — CSI (SGR color/style plus cursor/erase/scroll,
  * including colon-parameterized SGR), OSC / DCS / PM / APC / SOS string sequences
  * (titles, hyperlinks, device strings), the `nF` charset-select family, and the
- * two-byte `Fp` / `Fe` / `Fs` sequences (e.g. `ESC 7`, `ESC D`, `ESC c` RIS). Global, so
+ * two-byte `Fp` / `Fe` / `Fs` sequences (for example `ESC 7`, `ESC D`, `ESC c` RIS). Global, so
  * `strip` removes every occurrence.
  *
  * @remarks
- * A global `RegExp` carries a mutable `lastIndex`; a scan must build a FRESH `RegExp`
+ * A global `RegExp` carries a mutable `lastIndex`; a scan must build a fresh `RegExp`
  * from this one's `source` + `flags` rather than reuse this instance's `lastIndex`. This
- * is the canonical definition, not a shared scanner. The alternation is ORDERED so the
+ * is the canonical definition, not a shared scanner. The alternation is ordered so the
  * CSI / string-family arms (which can start with a byte a later single-byte arm would
  * also match) win first; every arm uses disjoint, non-nested character classes, so the
  * match is linear in input length — no catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS-safe) even on an
@@ -55,14 +57,15 @@ export declare type Alignment = 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
 export declare const ANSI_PATTERN: RegExp;
 
 /**
- * The cross-environment default {@link RendererInterface} — renders style DATA as ANSI
- * SGR escape codes, exactly as `Scheduler` is the `setTimeout` default for its seam. It
- * is the single styling output the whole console / terminal system uses in a terminal;
- * the browser `%c` / CSS renderer (the C-f branch) implements the SAME contract over
- * the SAME {@link Style}, so retargeting changes the renderer, never the style model.
+ * Implements the cross-environment default {@link RendererInterface} — renders style data as ANSI
+ * SGR escape codes, stateless and event-free.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Style is DATA in, SGR string out.** It reads the style's `foreground` /
+ * It is the single styling output the whole console / terminal system uses in a terminal; the
+ * browser `%c` / CSS renderer implements the same contract over the same {@link Style}, so
+ * retargeting changes the renderer, never the style model.
+ *
+ * - **Style is data in, SGR string out.** It reads the style's `foreground` /
  *   `background` / `attributes` and emits one `ESC[…m` sequence whose parameters are the
  *   mapped SGR numbers (foreground 30–37 / 90–97, background 40–47 / 100–107, attributes
  *   1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 7 / 9), followed by `text`, terminated by the reset `ESC[0m`.
@@ -71,24 +74,25 @@ export declare const ANSI_PATTERN: RegExp;
  * - **`default` and unset colors emit no code** — a `default` (or absent) `foreground` /
  *   `background` leaves the terminal's own ink.
  * - **The empty style and the empty string pass through** — when there is nothing to
- *   apply (no colors, no attributes) or `text` is `''`, `text` is returned VERBATIM with
+ *   apply (no colors, no attributes) or `text` is `''`, `text` is returned verbatim with
  *   no escape codes, so an unstyled render never injects a stray reset.
  * - **Stateless and event-free** — no fields, no events; safe to share one instance.
  */
 export declare class ANSIRenderer implements RendererInterface {
     #private;
     /**
-     * Wrap `text` in the SGR codes for `style`. Returns `text` unchanged when the style
+     * Wraps `text` in the SGR codes for `style`. Returns `text` unchanged when the style
      * is empty or `text` is `''`.
      */
     render(style: Style, text: string): string;
 }
 
 /**
- * A text-style attribute — the six standard SGR text effects.
+ * Names a text-style attribute — `bold` / `dim` / `italic` / `underline` / `inverse` /
+ * `strikethrough`, the standard SGR text effects.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Style as DATA: an `Attribute` is a name. The ANSI renderer maps each to its SGR
+ * Style as data: an `Attribute` is a name. The ANSI renderer maps each to its SGR
  * on-code (`bold` → 1, `dim` → 2, `italic` → 3, `underline` → 4, `inverse` → 7,
  * `strikethrough` → 9), composing several at once; a browser renderer maps the same
  * names to CSS (`font-weight`, `font-style`, `text-decoration`, …).
@@ -96,46 +100,76 @@ export declare class ANSIRenderer implements RendererInterface {
 export declare type Attribute = 'bold' | 'dim' | 'italic' | 'underline' | 'inverse' | 'strikethrough';
 
 /**
- * Each {@link Attribute}'s SGR "on" parameter — `bold` 1, `dim` 2, `italic` 3,
+ * Maps each {@link Attribute} to its SGR "on" parameter — `bold` 1, `dim` 2, `italic` 3,
  * `underline` 4, `inverse` 7, `strikethrough` 9. The renderer composes several by
  * joining their codes with `;` in one SGR sequence.
  */
 export declare const ATTRIBUTE_CODES: Readonly<Record<Attribute, number>>;
 
 /**
- * Every {@link Attribute}, frozen — the attributes the styler exposes as chainable
+ * Lists every {@link Attribute}, frozen — the attributes the styler exposes as chainable
  * accessors. The source of truth for the attribute axis.
  */
 export declare const ATTRIBUTES: readonly Attribute[];
 
 /**
- * Each {@link Color}'s SGR BACKGROUND parameter — the 8 base colors at 40–47 and their
+ * Maps each {@link Color} to its SGR background parameter — the 8 base colors at 40–47 and their
  * bright variants at 100–107. `default` is intentionally absent (it emits no code).
  */
 export declare const BACKGROUND_CODES: Readonly<Record<Exclude<Color, 'default'>, number>>;
 
 /**
- * The default EMPTY-cell glyph {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} draws the remaining run of a
- * progress bar with — the light-shade block `░` (U+2591). A single visible cell; a consumer overrides
- * it via {@link import('./types.js').ProgressBarOptions}`.empty`.
+ * Holds the default empty-cell glyph {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} draws the remaining
+ * run of a progress bar with — the light-shade block `░` (U+2591). A single visible cell; a
+ * consumer overrides it through {@link import('./types.js').BarOptions.empty}.
  */
 export declare const BAR_EMPTY = "\u2591";
 
 /**
- * The default FILLED-cell glyph {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} draws the completed run of a
- * progress bar with — the full block `█` (U+2588). A single visible cell; a consumer overrides it via
- * {@link import('./types.js').ProgressBarOptions}`.fill`.
+ * Holds the default filled-cell glyph {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} draws the completed
+ * run of a progress bar with — the full block `█` (U+2588). A single visible cell; a consumer
+ * overrides it through {@link import('./types.js').BarOptions.fill}.
  */
 export declare const BAR_FILL = "\u2588";
 
-/** The BEL control character (`U+0007`) that can terminate an OSC sequence. */
+/**
+ * Configures the pure {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} renderer — a determinate progress
+ * bar string (`█████░░░░░ 50% (5/10)`), width-aware and styler-optional.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * - `current` / `total` — the filled fraction is `current / total`, clamped to `[0, total]` (a
+ *   `current` past `total` renders a full bar, a negative one an empty bar) — so a caller's overrun
+ *   never produces an over-long bar. A `total` of `0` (or below) renders a full bar (nothing to do).
+ * - `width` — the visible cell count of the bar track (the glyph run between no brackets); defaults
+ *   to {@link DEFAULT_BAR_WIDTH}. The percentage + `(current/total)` count follow the track.
+ * - `fill` — the filled-cell glyph; defaults to {@link BAR_FILL} (`█`). `empty` — the empty-cell
+ *   glyph; defaults to {@link BAR_EMPTY} (`░`). Sized in visible columns ({@link
+ *   import('./helpers.js').width}), so a multi-cell glyph still yields a `width`-wide track.
+ * - `styler` — colors the filled run when supplied (the empty run + the trailing label stay plain);
+ *   the layout is identical with or without color, since the track is measured on visible width.
+ * - `style` — an optional by-value style rendered through `styler` for the filled run.
+ */
+export declare interface BarOptions {
+    readonly current: number;
+    readonly total: number;
+    readonly width?: number;
+    readonly fill?: string;
+    readonly empty?: string;
+    readonly styler?: StylerInterface;
+    readonly style?: Style;
+}
+
+/** Holds the bell control character (`U+0007`) that can terminate an OSC sequence. */
 export declare const BEL: string;
 
 /**
- * The complete {@link BorderChars} junction set for each {@link BorderStyle} — the standard
- * Unicode box-drawing glyphs at the four line weights. The renderers ({@link
- * import('./helpers.js').renderBox} / {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable}) look the
- * style up here, so no glyph literal lives in a renderer. Deeply frozen.
+ * Holds the complete {@link BorderChars} junction set for each {@link BorderStyle} — the standard
+ * Unicode box-drawing glyphs at each line weight, deeply frozen.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * The renderers ({@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} /
+ * {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable}) look the style up here, so no glyph literal lives in
+ * a renderer.
  *
  * @remarks
  * `round` shares `single`'s edges and tees — only its corners differ (the rounded `╭╮╰╯`).
@@ -143,10 +177,13 @@ export declare const BEL: string;
 export declare const BORDER_CHARS: Readonly<Record<BorderStyle, BorderChars>>;
 
 /**
- * One complete box-drawing junction set for a {@link BorderStyle} — every glyph the box /
- * table renderers need to frame content and rule a table. Plain data (the value lives in
- * {@link BORDER_CHARS}); the renderers read these so no glyph literal is hard-coded in a
- * renderer.
+ * Represents one complete box-drawing junction set for a {@link BorderStyle} — the edges, the
+ * corners, and the `T` / cross junctions the box and table renderers need to frame content and
+ * rule a table.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * Plain data (the value lives in {@link BORDER_CHARS}); the renderers read these so no glyph
+ * literal is hard-coded in a renderer.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `horizontal` / `vertical` — the edge run characters.
@@ -171,12 +208,13 @@ export declare interface BorderChars {
 }
 
 /**
- * A box-drawing border style — the four standard Unicode line weights the renderers frame
- * with. Each selects a full junction set in {@link BORDER_CHARS} (corners, edges, and the
- * `T` / cross junctions a table needs). A named, fixed set (an external-spec value family),
- * never a toggle — so it stays a union.
+ * Names a box-drawing border style — `single` / `double` / `round` / `heavy`, the standard
+ * Unicode line weights the renderers frame with, each selecting a full junction set in
+ * {@link BORDER_CHARS}.
  *
  * @remarks
+ * A named, fixed set (an external-spec value family) rather than a toggle, so it stays a union.
+ *
  * `single` (`┌─┐`), `double` (`╔═╗`), `round` (`╭─╮` — single edges, rounded corners), and
  * `heavy` (`┏━┓`). The renderer looks the style up in {@link BORDER_CHARS}; styling the
  * border (a color) is a separate, orthogonal concern handled by the optional `styler`.
@@ -184,14 +222,14 @@ export declare interface BorderChars {
 export declare type BorderStyle = 'single' | 'double' | 'round' | 'heavy';
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} — content framed in box-drawing
- * characters.
+ * Configures {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} — content framed in box-drawing characters. A
+ * `Reporter` supplies its own chrome style only when the caller gives neither `styler` nor `style`.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `content` — the body text; embedded newlines split it into lines, each framed on its own
  *   row. Every row is padded to the inner width measured by {@link import('./helpers.js').width}
- *   (the VISIBLE width), so ANSI-styled content stays aligned inside the frame.
- * - `title` — an optional caption embedded in the TOP border.
+ *   (the visible width), so ANSI-styled content stays aligned inside the frame.
+ * - `title` — an optional caption embedded in the top border.
  * - `padding` — horizontal cells of blank padding inside each vertical edge; defaults to
  *   {@link DEFAULT_PADDING}.
  * - `border` — the {@link BorderStyle}; defaults to {@link DEFAULT_BORDER} (`single`).
@@ -213,32 +251,32 @@ export declare interface BoxOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * An observable console interceptor (AGENTS §13) — it takes control of the global `console.*` on
- * the READ side. While `active`, every configured `console.x` call is captured as a frozen
+ * Implements an observable console interceptor — it takes control of the global `console.*` on
+ * the read side. While `active`, every configured `console.x` call is captured as a frozen
  * {@link CapturedMessage}, buffered (total + by level, bounded), emitted on `capture`, and — per
- * options — mirrored to the real console and/or forwarded to a {@link SinkInterface}.
+ * options — mirrored to the real console, forwarded to a {@link SinkInterface}, or both.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Snapshot-at-start (the no-capture-loop principle).** `start()` snapshots the CURRENT
+ * - **Snapshot-at-start (the no-capture-loop principle).** `start()` snapshots the current
  *   `console[level]` for each configured {@link CaptureLevel}, then installs the wrappers. The
- *   mirror writes through that snapshot — so our OWN console sink output (the Logger / Reporter,
+ *   mirror writes through that snapshot — so our own console sink output (the Logger / Reporter,
  *   which snapshot the real `console` at creation) is never recaptured: `Capture` catches
- *   THIRD-PARTY `console.*`, not our writes. Create your loggers BEFORE installing a capture.
- * - **Idempotent + PROCESS-GLOBAL + NON-REENTRANT.** `start()` while already `active` is a no-op
- *   (never double-patches); `stop()` while inactive is a no-op. It patches the ONE global
- *   `console`, so at most ONE capture may be active at a time — running two concurrently
+ *   third-party `console.*`, not our writes. Create your loggers before installing a capture.
+ * - **Idempotent + process-global + non-reentrant.** `start()` while already `active` is a no-op
+ *   (never double-patches); `stop()` while inactive is a no-op. It patches the one global
+ *   `console`, so at most one capture may be active at a time — running two concurrently
  *   interleaves their buffers and clobbers each other's restore.
  * - **Bounded buffers.** `messages()` / `messages(level)` — the total buffer and each by-level
  *   bucket are each capped at `limit`
  *   (oldest dropped first), never unbounded — the same retention precedent as {@link Logger}.
- * - **Lifecycle (§10).** `start` / `stop` toggle interception (emitting `start` / `stop`);
+ * - **Lifecycle.** `start` / `stop` toggle interception (emitting `start` / `stop`);
  *   `destroy()` stops (restoring `console`) then destroys the emitter.
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
  * const capture = new Capture({ levels: ['warn', 'error'], mirror: true })
  * capture.start()
- * console.warn('third-party noise') // captured AND mirrored to the real console
+ * console.warn('third-party noise') // captured and mirrored to the real console
  * capture.messages('warn') // [{ level: 'warn', text: 'third-party noise', time: … }]
  * capture.stop() // console.warn restored
  * ```
@@ -257,9 +295,10 @@ export declare class Capture implements CaptureInterface {
 }
 
 /**
- * Each {@link CaptureLevel}'s {@link LogLevel} for the optional sink forward — the projection the
+ * Maps each {@link CaptureLevel} to its {@link LogLevel} for the optional sink forward — the projection the
  * Capture routes through when writing an intercepted call to a {@link
- * import('./types.js').SinkInterface} (`sink.write(text, CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP[level])`). `warn` /
+ * import('./types.js').SinkInterface}. `sink.write(text, CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP[level])` is the call
+ * this map backs. `warn` /
  * `error` / `debug` / `info` map to their matching {@link LogLevel}; `log` maps to `info` (a plain
  * console log is informational — the default stream), so a stream-aware sink routes `warn` / `error`
  * captures to the right stream. The source of truth for the capture-to-log projection.
@@ -267,7 +306,7 @@ export declare class Capture implements CaptureInterface {
 export declare const CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP: Readonly<Record<CaptureLevel, LogLevel>>;
 
 /**
- * Every {@link CaptureLevel}, frozen — the `console.*` methods a {@link
+ * Lists every {@link CaptureLevel}, frozen — the `console.*` methods a {@link
  * import('./types.js').CaptureInterface} intercepts by default (and the source of truth for the
  * capture-level axis; drives exhaustive tests). The universal console methods: `log`, `info`,
  * `warn`, `error`, `debug`.
@@ -275,7 +314,7 @@ export declare const CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP: Readonly<Record<CaptureLevel, LogLevel>>
 export declare const CAPTURE_LEVELS: readonly CaptureLevel[];
 
 /**
- * One captured console call — an immutable, serializable record of a single intercepted
+ * Represents one captured console call — an immutable, serializable record of a single intercepted
  * `console.*` invocation. A {@link CaptureInterface} builds one per call, freezes it, buffers it
  * (total + by level), and emits it on `capture`; every consumer reads this exact shape.
  *
@@ -296,108 +335,114 @@ export declare interface CapturedMessage {
 }
 
 /**
- * The observable events a {@link CaptureInterface} emits (AGENTS §13).
+ * Declares the observable events a {@link CaptureInterface} emits — `capture(message)` per
+ * intercepted call, plus the `start` and `stop` lifecycle signals.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `capture` — the core event: fires for EVERY intercepted `console.*` call (one per call,
- *   while active), carrying the frozen {@link CapturedMessage}. The hook a live console viewer /
- *   tee rides.
- * - `start` / `stop` — the lifecycle signals: `start` fires when interception is installed (the
+ * - `capture` — fires for every intercepted `console.*` call (one per call, while active),
+ *   carrying the frozen {@link CapturedMessage}. The hook a live console viewer / tee rides.
+ * - `start` / `stop` — `start` fires when interception is installed (the
  *   first `start()` on an inactive capture), `stop` when it is torn down (a `stop()` on an active
  *   capture, and from `destroy()`); both are pure signals (empty tuples) so a consumer can mirror
- *   the global-patch lifecycle (e.g. log that capture is engaged). They earn their place by
+ *   the global-patch lifecycle (for example log that capture is engaged). They earn their place by
  *   bracketing the process-global side effect a consumer needs to observe.
  *
- * Listener isolation is the emitter's (§13): a listener throw routes to the emitter's `error`
+ * Listener isolation is the emitter's: a listener throw routes to the emitter's `error`
  * handler, never onto this map — so a buggy `capture` listener can never perturb interception (or
  * the underlying program's own `console.*` call). Declared as a `type` alias (not
- * `interface extends EventMap`, §4.5): a type-literal satisfies the `EventMap` constraint
+ * `interface extends EventMap`): a type-literal satisfies the `EventMap` constraint
  * structurally, whereas an interface lacks the index signature.
  */
 export declare type CaptureEventMap = {
-    /** An intercepted `console.*` call — the frozen {@link CapturedMessage}. */
+    /** Fires on an intercepted `console.*` call — the frozen {@link CapturedMessage}. */
     readonly capture: readonly [message: CapturedMessage];
-    /** Interception was installed (an inactive capture's `start()`). */
+    /** Fires after interception was installed (an inactive capture's `start()`). */
     readonly start: readonly [];
-    /** Interception was torn down (an active capture's `stop()` / `destroy()`). */
+    /** Fires after interception was torn down (an active capture's `stop()` / `destroy()`). */
     readonly stop: readonly [];
 };
 
 /**
- * An observable console interceptor (AGENTS §13) — it takes control of the global `console.*` on
- * the READ side: while `active`, every configured `console.x` call is captured as a frozen
+ * Declares an observable console interceptor — it takes control of the global `console.*` on
+ * the read side: while `active`, every configured `console.x` call is captured as a frozen
  * {@link CapturedMessage}, buffered (total + by level, bounded), emitted on `capture`, and —
- * per options — mirrored to the real console and/or forwarded to a {@link SinkInterface}.
+ * per options — mirrored to the real console, forwarded to a {@link SinkInterface}, or both.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Snapshot-at-start.** `start()` snapshots the CURRENT `console[level]` for each configured
+ * - **Snapshot-at-start.** `start()` snapshots the current `console[level]` for each configured
  *   {@link CaptureLevel}, then installs the wrappers. The mirror writes through that snapshot, so
- *   our OWN console sink output (the Logger / Reporter, which snapshot the real `console` at
- *   creation) is never recaptured — `Capture` catches THIRD-PARTY `console.*`, not our writes
- *   (the no-capture-loop principle). Create your loggers BEFORE installing a capture.
+ *   our own console sink output (the Logger / Reporter, which snapshot the real `console` at
+ *   creation) is never recaptured — `Capture` catches third-party `console.*`, not our writes
+ *   (the no-capture-loop principle). Create your loggers before installing a capture.
  * - **Idempotent + non-reentrant.** `start()` while already `active` is a no-op (it never
- *   double-patches), and `stop()` while inactive is a no-op. It is PROCESS-GLOBAL — it patches the
- *   one global `console` — so at most ONE capture may be active at a time; running two
+ *   double-patches), and `stop()` while inactive is a no-op. It is process-global — it patches the
+ *   one global `console` — so at most one capture may be active at a time; running two
  *   concurrently interleaves their buffers and clobbers each other's restore.
  * - **Bounded buffers.** `messages()` returns a copy of the whole buffer (oldest first);
  *   `messages(level)` a copy of one {@link CaptureLevel}'s bucket — each capped at `limit`
- *   (oldest dropped first), never unbounded. `clear()` empties them (it does NOT stop interception).
- * - **Lifecycle (§10).** `start` / `stop` toggle interception; `destroy()` stops (restoring
+ *   (oldest dropped first), never unbounded. `clear()` empties them (it does not stop interception).
+ * - **Lifecycle.** `start` / `stop` toggle interception; `destroy()` stops (restoring
  *   `console`) then destroys the emitter (its listeners go).
  */
 export declare interface CaptureInterface {
     readonly emitter: EmitterInterface<CaptureEventMap>;
-    /** Whether interception is currently installed (between `start()` and `stop()`). */
+    /** Reports whether interception is installed (between `start()` and `stop()`). */
     readonly active: boolean;
-    /** Snapshot the configured `console.*` and install the interceptors — a no-op when already `active`. */
+    /** Snapshots the configured `console.*` and installs the interceptors — a no-op when already `active`. */
     start(): void;
-    /** Restore the snapshot-original `console.*` — a no-op when not `active`. */
+    /** Restores the snapshot-original `console.*` — a no-op when not `active`. */
     stop(): void;
-    /** A copy of the whole captured buffer, oldest first (capped at `limit`). */
+    /**
+     * Returns a copy of the whole captured buffer, oldest first (capped at `limit`), or — given
+     * a {@link CaptureLevel} — a copy of only that level's bucket.
+     */
     messages(): readonly CapturedMessage[];
-    /** A copy of the captured buffer for ONE {@link CaptureLevel}, oldest first (capped at `limit`). */
+    /** Returns a copy of the captured buffer for one {@link CaptureLevel}, oldest first (capped at `limit`). */
     messages(level: CaptureLevel): readonly CapturedMessage[];
-    /** Drop every buffered message (total + by level); does NOT stop interception. */
+    /** Drops every buffered message (total + by level); does not stop interception. */
     clear(): void;
-    /** Tear down — `stop()` (restoring `console`) then destroy the emitter. */
+    /** Tears down — `stop()` (restoring `console`) then destroys the emitter. */
     destroy(): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * One intercepted `console` method — the names a {@link CaptureInterface} patches and reports
- * under. A fixed set keyed off the universal `console.*` methods (`console.log` / `info` / `warn`
- * / `error` / `debug`); a named value family (it indexes {@link CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP} to a
- * {@link LogLevel} for the optional sink forward), never a binary toggle — so it stays a union.
+ * Identifies one intercepted `console` method — `log` / `info` / `warn` / `error` / `debug`, the
+ * names a {@link CaptureInterface} patches and reports under.
  *
  * @remarks
- * DISTINCT from {@link LogLevel}: a `CaptureLevel` names the ORIGINATING console method (which
+ * A named value family (it indexes {@link CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP} to a {@link LogLevel} for the
+ * optional sink forward) rather than a binary toggle, so it stays a union.
+ *
+ * distinct from {@link LogLevel}: a `CaptureLevel` names the originating console method (which
  * `console.x` was called), not a severity threshold — there is no ordering and no gating (every
  * configured method is captured). `log` and `info` are separate methods (both default-stream),
  * mapped to the sink's default / `info` stream respectively; `warn` / `error` / `debug` map to
- * their matching {@link LogLevel}. The default configured set is {@link DEFAULT_CAPTURE_LEVELS}.
+ * their matching {@link LogLevel}. The default configured set is {@link CAPTURE_LEVELS}.
  */
 export declare type CaptureLevel = 'log' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'debug';
 
 /**
- * Options for `createCapture` / the {@link CaptureInterface} constructor.
+ * Configures the {@link import('./Capture.js').Capture} constructor — the `on` / `error` emitter
+ * keys, the `levels` intercepted, the `mirror` pass-through, the `sink` forward, and the buffer
+ * `limit`.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key (§8): initial listeners for the
- *   {@link CaptureEventMap}, wired at construction (e.g. `{ capture: (m) => tee(m) }`).
- * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler (§13); a listener throw routes here.
- * - `levels` — which `console.*` methods to intercept; defaults to {@link DEFAULT_CAPTURE_LEVELS}
- *   (all five). Only the listed methods are patched — an unlisted method is left untouched and
- *   its calls pass through normally.
- * - `mirror` — when `true`, each intercepted call is ALSO forwarded to the snapshot-original
+ * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key: initial listeners for the
+ *   {@link CaptureEventMap}, wired at construction (for example `{ capture: (m) => tee(m) }`).
+ * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler; a listener throw routes here.
+ * - `levels` — which `console.*` methods to intercept; defaults to {@link CAPTURE_LEVELS}. Only the
+ *   listed methods are patched — an unlisted method is left untouched and its calls pass through
+ *   normally.
+ * - `mirror` — when `true`, each intercepted call is also forwarded to the snapshot-original
  *   `console` method, so the program's own console output still appears while being captured;
- *   defaults to `false` (capture silently). Mirrors through the method snapshotted AT `start()`,
+ *   defaults to `false` (capture silently). Mirrors through the method snapshotted at `start()`,
  *   never the live (re-patched) one — no echo loop.
  * - `sink` — an optional {@link SinkInterface} each intercepted call is also written to
- *   (`sink.write(text, level)` with the {@link CaptureLevel} mapped to a {@link LogLevel} via
+ *   (`sink.write(text, level)` with the {@link CaptureLevel} mapped to a {@link LogLevel} through
  *   {@link CAPTURE_LEVEL_MAP}), to tee captured output into the logging pipeline / a file. Absent
  *   ⇒ no forward.
  * - `limit` — the bounded buffer cap: at most this many recent messages are retained per buffer
- *   (the total buffer and EACH by-level bucket; oldest dropped first). Defaults to
+ *   (the total buffer and each by-level bucket; oldest dropped first). Defaults to
  *   {@link DEFAULT_CAPTURE_LIMIT}; never unbounded (a long capture can't grow without bound — the
  *   same retention precedent as {@link LoggerInterface}).
  */
@@ -411,8 +456,8 @@ export declare interface CaptureOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * The structured outcome of {@link import('./helpers.js').withCapture} — the wrapped function's
- * own return `value` plus the {@link CapturedMessage}s intercepted while it ran.
+ * Represents the structured outcome of {@link import('./factories.js').createCaptureResult} — the
+ * wrapped function's own return `value` plus the `messages` it logged while it ran.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `value` — whatever the wrapped `fn` returned (its `T`).
@@ -425,7 +470,7 @@ export declare interface CaptureResult<T> {
 }
 
 /**
- * The cell at `index` of a (possibly ragged) row — `''` when the row is shorter than the
+ * Returns the cell at `index` of a (possibly ragged) row — `''` when the row is shorter than the
  * column count, so a short row pads out instead of throwing (the ragged-row guard
  * {@link renderTable} reads every cell through).
  *
@@ -436,31 +481,31 @@ export declare interface CaptureResult<T> {
 export declare function cellAt(row: readonly string[], index: number): string;
 
 /**
- * A named terminal color — the 8 standard base colors, their 8 bright variants, and
+ * Names a terminal color — the 8 standard base colors, their 8 bright variants, and
  * `default` (the target's own default ink, emitting no color code).
  *
  * @remarks
- * Style as DATA: a `Color` is a name, not an escape sequence. The renderer maps it to
+ * Style as data: a `Color` is a name, not an escape sequence. The renderer maps it to
  * its target's codes — the ANSI renderer to SGR 30–37 / 90–97 (foreground) and 40–47 /
- * 100–107 (background); a browser renderer maps the SAME names to CSS colors.
+ * 100–107 (background); a browser renderer maps the same names to CSS colors.
  * `default` means "leave the target's default" and contributes no code.
  */
 export declare type Color = 'black' | 'red' | 'green' | 'yellow' | 'blue' | 'magenta' | 'cyan' | 'white' | 'brightBlack' | 'brightRed' | 'brightGreen' | 'brightYellow' | 'brightBlue' | 'brightMagenta' | 'brightCyan' | 'brightWhite' | 'default';
 
 /**
- * Every named {@link Color} except `default`, frozen — the colors the styler exposes as
+ * Lists every named {@link Color} except `default`, frozen — the colors the styler exposes as
  * chainable accessors. The source of truth for the color axis; the styler drives its
  * accessors from this array so the literals live in one place.
  */
 export declare const COLORS: ReadonlyArray<Exclude<Color, 'default'>>;
 
 /**
- * One column of a {@link TableOptions} — its header label and how its cells align.
+ * Represents one column of a {@link TableOptions} — its header label and how its cells align.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `label` — the header text shown in the table's first row.
  * - `align` — how this column's header and cells align within the column width; defaults to
- *   {@link DEFAULT_ALIGN} (`left`). The column is sized to the widest VISIBLE content
+ *   {@link DEFAULT_ALIGN} (`left`). The column is sized to the widest visible content
  *   (header or any cell, measured by {@link import('./helpers.js').width}), so a styled cell
  *   never breaks the column.
  */
@@ -470,12 +515,12 @@ export declare interface ColumnSpec {
 }
 
 /**
- * An error thrown by the console layer.
+ * Carries a {@link ConsoleErrorCode} and an optional `context` bag — the error the console layer
+ * throws for an internal invariant violated at a defensive guard.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Carries a {@link ConsoleErrorCode} and an optional `context` bag. Thrown for: an
- * internal invariant violated at a defensive, structurally-unreachable guard
- * (`INVARIANT`) — the one throw site in this codebase today.
+ * `INVARIANT` is the code for a guard that is structurally unreachable, so a `catch` branches on
+ * `error.code` rather than parsing the message.
  */
 export declare class ConsoleError extends Error {
     readonly code: ConsoleErrorCode;
@@ -484,280 +529,152 @@ export declare class ConsoleError extends Error {
 }
 
 /**
- * A machine-readable error code for a {@link import('./errors.js').ConsoleError}.
+ * Names the machine-readable error code a {@link import('./errors.js').ConsoleError} carries —
+ * `INVARIANT`, the only code the package throws.
  *
  * @remarks
- * `INVARIANT` — an internal invariant / unreachable-guard was violated (a defensive
- * check that should be structurally impossible to trip). The sole code today; §21
- * forbids speculating a richer taxonomy before a second throw site exists.
+ * `INVARIANT` reports that an internal invariant or unreachable guard was violated — a defensive
+ * check that is structurally impossible to trip.
  */
 export declare type ConsoleErrorCode = 'INVARIANT';
 
+/**
+ * Names the console-method shape a {@link CaptureInterface} snapshots and swaps at the patch
+ * boundary — a variadic sink of arbitrary arguments.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * It is exactly the universal `console.log` / `info` / `warn` / `error` / `debug` signature, so it
+ * types the global `console` viewed as a record keyed by {@link CaptureLevel}. Every
+ * `CaptureLevel` is a real `Console` method, so `console` is assignable to that view with no type
+ * assertion, which keeps the global-patch boundary honest.
+ */
 export declare type ConsoleMethod = (...args: unknown[]) => void;
 
 /**
- * Matches every C0 control character EXCEPT `\t` / `\n` / `\r` (which are meaningful
+ * Matches every C0 control character except `\t` / `\n` / `\r` (which are meaningful
  * whitespace), plus DEL (`0x7F`) — the non-printing bytes {@link
  * import('./helpers.js').stripControls} removes. Global, ASCII-only source (no raw
  * control-character literal), so a scan builds a fresh `RegExp` the same way as
  * {@link ANSI_PATTERN} to avoid a mutated `lastIndex`.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Deliberately SEPARATE from {@link ANSI_PATTERN}: `strip()` must stay pure ANSI-escape
+ * Deliberately separate from {@link ANSI_PATTERN}: `strip()` must stay pure ANSI-escape
  * removal (width / alignment computations depend on it leaving raw C0 bytes alone), while
- * C0-stripping is an ADDITIONAL, orthogonal pass a non-TTY output sink applies on top.
+ * C0-stripping is an additional, orthogonal pass a non-TTY output sink applies on top.
  */
 export declare const CONTROL_PATTERN: RegExp;
 
 /**
- * Create the cross-environment default {@link RendererInterface} — the ANSI / SGR
- * renderer that turns style DATA into terminal escape codes. The default behind
- * {@link createStyler}; construct one directly to render a {@link import('./types.js').Style}
- * without the fluent surface, or to share one instance across stylers.
+ * Runs `fn` with the global `console.*` captured for its duration, returning the function's `value`
+ * plus the {@link import('./types.js').CapturedMessage}s it logged — the scoped, self-restoring
+ * ergonomic form of the {@link Capture} class.
  *
- * @returns A stateless ANSI {@link RendererInterface}
+ * @param fn - The async function to run under capture (returns `Promise<T>`)
+ * @param options - See {@link CaptureOptions} (`levels` / `mirror` / `sink` / `limit` / `on` /
+ *   `error`); the capture is started for the duration of `fn` regardless
+ * @returns A `Promise<CaptureResult<T>>` — awaited, then `console` restored
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * - **Always restores.** `start()` runs before `fn`; `destroy()` (which calls `stop()`) runs on
+ *   every path — sync success, sync throw, and each async handler — so `console` is restored even
+ *   if `fn` throws / rejects (the throw / rejection still propagates). The capture is local —
+ *   created, used, and destroyed within the call.
+ * - **Sync vs async.** A `fn` returning a `Promise` is detected and awaited before `stop()`, so
+ *   captures during the async work are included; a plain `fn` stops synchronously. The return type
+ *   follows `fn`'s (overloaded).
+ * - **process-global caveat.** Like the {@link Capture} class, this patches the one global
+ *   `console`. Concurrent `createCaptureResult` calls (or one around other capturing code)
+ *   interleave — each captures every `console.*` call in flight, and the inner `stop()` restores
+ *   whatever the outer had installed. Use it for sequential, scoped capture, not overlapping captures.
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * import { createANSIRenderer } from '@src/core'
+ * import { createCaptureResult } from '@orkestrel/console'
  *
- * const renderer = createANSIRenderer()
- * renderer.render({ foreground: 'red', attributes: ['bold'] }, 'alert') // '\x1b[1;31malert\x1b[0m'
+ * // The async call is awaited before `console` is restored, so the capture covers the async work.
+ * const out = await createCaptureResult(async () => {
+ * 	console.warn('async noise')
+ * 	return 'done'
+ * })
+ * out.value // 'done'
+ * out.messages.map((m) => m.text) // ['async noise']
  * ```
  */
-export declare function createANSIRenderer(): RendererInterface;
+export declare function createCaptureResult<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>, options?: CaptureOptions): Promise<CaptureResult<T>>;
 
 /**
- * Create an observable {@link CaptureInterface} — console interception on the READ side. While
- * `active`, every configured `console.*` call is captured as a frozen
- * {@link import('./types.js').CapturedMessage}, buffered (total + by level, bounded), emitted on
- * `capture`, and — per options — mirrored to the real console and/or forwarded to a
- * {@link SinkInterface}.
+ * Runs `fn` with the global `console.*` captured for its duration, returning the function's `value`
+ * plus the {@link import('./types.js').CapturedMessage}s it logged, synchronously.
  *
+ * @param fn - The synchronous function to run under capture (returns `T`)
  * @param options - See {@link CaptureOptions}
- * @returns A {@link CaptureInterface} (inactive until `start()`)
- *
- * @remarks
- * - **Snapshot-at-start — no capture loop.** `start()` snapshots the CURRENT `console[level]` per
- *   configured level, then patches; the mirror writes through that snapshot. Our OWN console sink
- *   output (the Logger / Reporter, which snapshot `console` at creation) is never recaptured —
- *   `Capture` catches THIRD-PARTY `console.*`, not our writes. Create your loggers FIRST.
- * - **PROCESS-GLOBAL + NON-REENTRANT.** It patches the one global `console`, so at most ONE
- *   capture may be active at a time; two concurrent captures interleave and clobber each other's
- *   restore. Prefer {@link withCapture} for a scoped, self-restoring capture.
- * - **Bounded.** `options.limit` (default {@link import('./constants.js').DEFAULT_CAPTURE_LIMIT})
- *   caps both the total buffer and each by-level bucket; never unbounded.
+ * @returns A {@link CaptureResult}`<T>` — `{ value, messages }`, with `console` already restored
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * import { createCapture } from '@src/core'
+ * import { createCaptureResult } from '@orkestrel/console'
  *
- * const capture = createCapture({ levels: ['warn', 'error'] })
- * capture.start()
- * console.error('boom') // captured, NOT mirrored (mirror defaults to false)
- * capture.messages('error') // [{ level: 'error', text: 'boom', time: … }]
- * capture.stop()
+ * // The sync call returns the result directly — no `await`, `console` already restored.
+ * const { value, messages } = createCaptureResult(() => {
+ * 	console.log('working')
+ * 	return 42
+ * })
+ * value // 42
+ * messages.map((m) => m.text) // ['working']
  * ```
  */
-export declare function createCapture(options?: CaptureOptions): CaptureInterface;
+export declare function createCaptureResult<T>(fn: () => T, options?: CaptureOptions): CaptureResult<T>;
 
 /**
- * Create the default {@link SinkInterface} — a console sink that routes by level and writes
- * through the `console` methods SNAPSHOTTED at creation. The default output target behind
- * {@link createLogger}.
+ * Creates the default {@link SinkInterface} — a console sink that routes by level and writes
+ * through the `console` methods snapshotted at creation. The default output target behind the
+ * {@link import('./loggers/Logger.js').Logger}.
  *
  * @returns A console {@link SinkInterface}
  *
  * @remarks
  * - **Snapshotted — no capture loop.** It captures `console.log` / `console.warn` /
- *   `console.error` AT CALL TIME and writes through those references. So when a later
- *   `Capture` (C-d) PATCHES `console.*`, this sink still reaches the REAL streams — the
+ *   `console.error` at call time and writes through those references. So when a later
+ *   `Capture` patches `console.*`, this sink still reaches the real streams — the
  *   writer and the capturer never feed each other (the no-capture-loop principle). Create
- *   the sink (or the logger) BEFORE installing a capture for this to hold.
+ *   the sink (or the logger) before installing a capture for this to hold.
  * - **Routes by level.** `error` → the snapshotted `console.error`, `warn` →
  *   `console.warn`, every other level → `console.log`. The `level` is supplied by the
- *   logger; an omitted `level` goes to `console.log`.
+ *   logger; an omitted `level` goes to `console.log`. The decision is
+ *   {@link import('./helpers.js').selectWriter}'s, shared with the browser and server sinks.
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * import { createConsoleSink } from '@src/core'
+ * import { createConsoleSink } from '@orkestrel/console'
  *
- * const sink = createConsoleSink() // snapshots console.* now
+ * const sink = createConsoleSink() // snapshots console.* at construction
  * sink.write('boom', 'error') // → the real console.error, even after a later console patch
  * ```
  */
 export declare function createConsoleSink(): SinkInterface;
 
 /**
- * Create an observable, leveled {@link LoggerInterface} — the entry point into structured
- * logging. Each `debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error` call builds a frozen
- * {@link import('./types.js').LogRecord}, gates it by severity, retains a bounded tail,
- * ALWAYS emits it on `entry` (the transport seam), and — unless `silent` — writes a styled
- * line to its sink.
- *
- * @param options - See {@link LoggerOptions}
- * @returns A {@link LoggerInterface}
- *
- * @remarks
- * - **Record + event = transport (§13).** Subscribe `logger.emitter.on('entry', …)` to tee
- *   records to a file / JSON / remote transport; the event fires for every accepted record,
- *   even when `silent` (silence suppresses only the SINK WRITE).
- * - **Bounded retention.** `entries()` returns the recent records, capped at `options.limit`
- *   (default {@link DEFAULT_LOG_LIMIT}); never unbounded.
- * - **Sink + styler defaults.** `options.sink` defaults to {@link createConsoleSink} (the
- *   snapshotted, level-routing console sink); `options.styler` to {@link createStyler} (ANSI).
- *   Styling is orthogonal to level — a level only chooses a label color.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { createLogger } from '@src/core'
- *
- * const logger = createLogger({ name: 'http', level: 'info' })
- * logger.info('request', { method: 'GET', path: '/' })
- * logger.debug('verbose') // dropped — below the info threshold
- * ```
- */
-export declare function createLogger(options?: LoggerOptions): LoggerInterface;
-
-/**
- * Create an event-free {@link LoggerManagerInterface} — a §9 registry of named loggers plus
- * a convenience fan-out. It mints + stores {@link LoggerInterface}s keyed by name (its
- * defaults flowing into each), looks them up, removes them, and broadcasts a one-off log to
- * every registered logger.
- *
- * @param options - See {@link LoggerManagerOptions}
- * @returns A {@link LoggerManagerInterface}
+ * Creates the fluent, composable {@link StylerInterface} — ANSI by default, retargeted by a
+ * `renderer` and stripped of color by `enabled: false`.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Defaults flow in.** `options.level` / `sink` / `styler` / `limit` / `silent` are the
- *   defaults flowed into every `register`ed logger unless that call's options override them.
- * - **Event-free.** The manager carries NO emitter (each registered logger owns its own
- *   observable `emitter`) — it is a pure registry.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { createLoggerManager } from '@src/core'
- *
- * const loggers = createLoggerManager({ level: 'warn' })
- * loggers.register('http')
- * loggers.register('db', { level: 'debug' }) // overrides the default
- * loggers.warn('slow', { ms: 900 }) // fans out to both
- * ```
- */
-export declare function createLoggerManager(options?: LoggerManagerOptions): LoggerManagerInterface;
-
-/**
- * Create an update-driven, observable {@link ProgressInterface} — a live progress bar. Each
- * `update(current)` recomputes the bar, writes `\r` + bar to its sink, and emits `{ current, total }`
- * on `update`; `complete` / `failure` commit a final line. The leading `\r` is the sink's to redraw on —
- * a TTY sink (C-g) overwrites, a plain sink (C-f) degrades to a fresh line. NO self-timer — the caller
- * drives the bar.
- *
- * @param options - See {@link ProgressOptions} (`total` is required)
- * @returns A {@link ProgressInterface}
- *
- * @remarks
- * - **Universal + update-driven.** Built on the one styler + the one sink (no `node:*`, no
- *   `process.stdout`); progress advances only when the caller reports it. `current` is always clamped
- *   to `[0, total]`. `options.sink` defaults to {@link createConsoleSink}, `options.styler` to
- *   {@link createStyler} (ANSI).
- * - **Observable (§13).** Subscribe `progress.emitter.on('update', …)` to mirror progress without a
- *   terminal; `complete` signals a successful finish.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { createProgress } from '@src/core'
- *
- * const progress = createProgress({ total: 100, message: 'downloading' })
- * progress.update(40)
- * progress.complete('done')
- * ```
- */
-export declare function createProgress(options: ProgressOptions): ProgressInterface;
-
-/**
- * Create a lean, event-free {@link ReporterInterface} — the entry point into narrative
- * reporting. Each verb (`section` / `step` / `timing` / `status` / `table` / `tree` / `box` /
- * `line` / `blank`) formats through the shared styler + the pure layout renderers and writes to
- * the sink — human / build-run narration over the SAME substrate the logger uses.
- *
- * @param options - See {@link ReporterOptions}
- * @returns A {@link ReporterInterface}
- *
- * @remarks
- * - **One styler, one sink.** `options.styler` defaults to {@link createStyler} (ANSI) and
- *   `options.sink` to {@link createConsoleSink} (the snapshotted, level-routing console sink) —
- *   no second colorizer. A `status('error', …)` routes to the sink's error stream.
- * - **Width-aware.** `options.width` (default {@link DEFAULT_WIDTH}) sizes `section` and a
- *   `box` with no explicit width; the renderers align on VISIBLE width so styled content keeps
- *   its columns.
- * - **Event-free (§13).** The reporter carries no emitter — a pure formatting front-end, like
- *   the renderers and `Scheduler`. Reach for a {@link createLogger} when you need observable,
- *   leveled, transportable records instead.
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { createReporter } from '@src/core'
- *
- * const reporter = createReporter()
- * reporter.section('Build')
- * reporter.step('bundling', { index: 2, total: 5 }) // [2/5] bundling
- * reporter.status('success', 'built in 1.2s') // ✔ built in 1.2s
- *
- * // Disable color (a non-TTY) — every line is plain.
- * const plain = createReporter({ styler: createStyler({ enabled: false }) })
- * ```
- */
-export declare function createReporter(options?: ReporterOptions): ReporterInterface;
-
-/**
- * Create a self-driving, observable {@link SpinnerInterface} — a live activity spinner. `start()`
- * arms a periodic timer that advances a glyph cycle, writing each `\r` + frame line to its sink and
- * emitting it on `frame`; `success` / `failure` commit a final `✔` / `✖` line. The leading `\r` is the
- * sink's to redraw on — a TTY sink (C-g) overwrites for a smooth animation, a plain sink (C-f)
- * degrades to a fresh line.
- *
- * @param options - See {@link SpinnerOptions}
- * @returns A {@link SpinnerInterface} (inactive until `start()`)
- *
- * @remarks
- * - **Universal + leak-free.** Built on `setInterval` + the one styler + the one sink (no `node:*`,
- *   no `process.stdout`); the timer is ALWAYS cleared on `success` / `failure` / `stop` / `destroy`, so
- *   it never leaks. `start()` is idempotent (no second timer while `active`).
- * - **Observable (§13).** Subscribe `spinner.emitter.on('frame', …)` to mirror the animation without
- *   a terminal; `start` / `stop` bracket the timer lifecycle. `options.sink` defaults to
- *   {@link createConsoleSink}, `options.styler` to {@link createStyler} (ANSI).
- *
- * @example
- * ```ts
- * import { createSpinner } from '@src/core'
- *
- * const spinner = createSpinner({ message: 'building' })
- * spinner.start()
- * spinner.success('built in 1.2s') // ✔ built in 1.2s — timer cleared, line committed
- * ```
- */
-export declare function createSpinner(options?: SpinnerOptions): SpinnerInterface;
-
-/**
- * Create the fluent, composable {@link StylerInterface} — the consumer-facing styling
- * API. It builds a {@link import('./types.js').Style} under the hood and renders it
- * through a {@link RendererInterface} (the ANSI default), so `styler.red.bold('hi')`
- * yields styled text. Chains are immutable, so a base styler is freely reusable.
+ * It builds a {@link import('./types.js').Style} under the hood and renders it through a
+ * {@link import('./types.js').RendererInterface}, so `styler.red.bold('hi')` yields styled text.
+ * Chains are immutable, so a base styler is freely reusable.
  *
  * @param options - See {@link StylerOptions}
  * @returns A base {@link StylerInterface}
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `options.renderer` swaps the output target without touching the style model — pass a
- *   browser `%c` / CSS renderer (the C-f branch) to retarget; defaults to the ANSI
+ *   browser `%c` / CSS renderer (the browser branch) to retarget; defaults to the ANSI
  *   renderer (the cross-environment default).
  * - `options.enabled` is the no-color switch: when `false`, the styler returns text
- *   VERBATIM (for a non-TTY, `NO_COLOR`, or piped output); defaults to `true`.
+ *   verbatim (for a non-TTY, `NO_COLOR`, or piped output); defaults to `true`.
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * import { createStyler } from '@src/core'
+ * import { createStyler } from '@orkestrel/console'
  *
  * const style = createStyler()
  * style.red.bold('error') // bold red
@@ -771,7 +688,7 @@ export declare function createSpinner(options?: SpinnerOptions): SpinnerInterfac
 export declare function createStyler(options?: StylerOptions): StylerInterface;
 
 /**
- * Create a {@link Theme} — the app-wide semantic style vocabulary, merged role by role over
+ * Creates a {@link Theme} — the app-wide semantic style vocabulary, merged role by role over
  * {@link DEFAULT_THEME}. Hand one theme to a logger / reporter / spinner / progress and every
  * surface speaks it; omit `options` for the defaults.
  *
@@ -779,8 +696,8 @@ export declare function createStyler(options?: StylerOptions): StylerInterface;
  * @returns A frozen {@link Theme}
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Merges per ROLE, not per theme.** An omitted role keeps its default, and `levels` /
- *   `statuses` merge per ENTRY — `{ levels: { warn: … } }` restyles the `warn` label and
+ * - **Merges per role, not per theme.** An omitted role keeps its default, and `levels` /
+ *   `statuses` merge per entry — `{ levels: { warn: … } }` restyles the `warn` label and
  *   leaves `debug` / `info` / `error` untouched.
  * - **Frozen and shareable.** The factory snapshots and deep-freezes every style leaf. The
  *   returned theme and its `levels` / `statuses` records are frozen. Each status record is also
@@ -788,7 +705,7 @@ export declare function createStyler(options?: StylerOptions): StylerInterface;
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * import { createStyler, createTheme } from '@src/core'
+ * import { createStyler, createTheme } from '@orkestrel/console'
  *
  * const styler = createStyler()
  * const theme = createTheme({
@@ -800,64 +717,70 @@ export declare function createStyler(options?: StylerOptions): StylerInterface;
  */
 export declare function createTheme(options?: ThemeOptions): Theme;
 
-/** The Control Sequence Introducer (`ESC[`) that opens every SGR sequence. */
+/** Holds the Control Sequence Introducer (`ESC[`) that opens every SGR sequence. */
 export declare const CSI: string;
 
-/** The default cell {@link Alignment} a {@link import('./types.js').ColumnSpec} uses when none is given — `left`. */
+/** Sets the default cell {@link Alignment} a {@link import('./types.js').ColumnSpec} uses when none is given — `left`. */
 export declare const DEFAULT_ALIGN: Alignment;
 
 /**
- * The default visible cell count of a progress-bar TRACK — the glyph run {@link
- * import('./helpers.js').renderBar} fills (and a {@link import('./types.js').ProgressInterface} sizes
- * its bar to). Thirty cells is a compact, terminal-friendly default; a consumer overrides it via
- * `options.width`. Distinct from {@link DEFAULT_WIDTH} (the renderers' 80-column line width) — a bar
- * track is one inline element, not a full-width rule.
+ * Sets the default visible cell count of a progress-bar track — the glyph run
+ * {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} fills, and the width a
+ * {@link import('./types.js').ProgressInterface} sizes its bar to. `30` cells.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * Thirty cells is a compact, terminal-friendly default; a consumer overrides it through
+ * `options.width`. It is distinct from {@link DEFAULT_WIDTH} (the renderers' 80-column line
+ * width) — a bar track is one inline element, not a full-width rule.
  */
 export declare const DEFAULT_BAR_WIDTH = 30;
 
-/** The default {@link BorderStyle} the box / table renderers frame with when none is given — `single`. */
+/** Sets the default {@link BorderStyle} the box / table renderers frame with when none is given — `single`. */
 export declare const DEFAULT_BORDER: BorderStyle;
 
 /**
- * The default set of {@link CaptureLevel}s a Capture patches when `options.levels` is omitted —
- * all five universal `console.*` methods ({@link CAPTURE_LEVELS}). A consumer narrows it (e.g. just
- * `['warn', 'error']`) via `options.levels`.
- */
-export declare const DEFAULT_CAPTURE_LEVELS: readonly CaptureLevel[];
-
-/**
- * The default bounded-buffer cap for a {@link import('./types.js').CaptureInterface} — at most this
- * many recent {@link CapturedMessage}s are retained per buffer (the total buffer AND each by-level
- * bucket; oldest dropped first). Capture retention is ALWAYS bounded so a long-running capture can
- * never grow without bound (the same retention precedent as {@link DEFAULT_LOG_LIMIT}); a consumer
- * overrides it via `options.limit`.
+ * Sets the default bounded-buffer cap for a {@link import('./types.js').CaptureInterface} — `1000`,
+ * so at most that many recent {@link CapturedMessage}s are retained per buffer (the total buffer
+ * and each by-level bucket; oldest dropped first) and retention is always bounded.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * A long-running capture can never grow without bound (the same retention precedent as
+ * {@link DEFAULT_LOG_LIMIT}); a consumer overrides the cap through `options.limit`.
  */
 export declare const DEFAULT_CAPTURE_LIMIT = 1000;
 
-/** The default {@link LogLevel} threshold a logger gates at when none is supplied — `info`. */
+/** Sets the default {@link LogLevel} threshold a logger gates at when none is supplied — `info`. */
 export declare const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel;
 
 /**
- * The default bounded-retention cap for a {@link import('./types.js').LoggerInterface} — at
- * most this many recent records are kept (oldest dropped first). Retention is ALWAYS bounded
- * (never the unbounded buffer scsr leaked); a consumer overrides it via `options.limit`.
+ * Sets the default bounded-retention cap for a {@link import('./types.js').LoggerInterface} —
+ * `1000`, so at most that many recent records are kept and retention is always bounded.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * The oldest record is dropped after the cap is reached; a consumer overrides the cap through
+ * `options.limit`.
  */
 export declare const DEFAULT_LOG_LIMIT = 1000;
 
-/** The default horizontal padding inside a box's edges ({@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox}) — one cell. */
+/** Sets the default horizontal padding inside a box's edges ({@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox}) — one cell. */
 export declare const DEFAULT_PADDING = 1;
 
 /**
- * The default timer period in milliseconds between a {@link import('./types.js').SpinnerInterface}'s
- * frames — the `setInterval` interval `start()` arms. Eighty milliseconds (≈12.5 frames/second) is
- * the conventional spinner cadence: fast enough to read as motion, slow enough not to thrash a
- * terminal. A consumer overrides it via `options.interval`.
+ * Sets the default timer period between a {@link import('./types.js').SpinnerInterface}'s frames —
+ * the `setInterval` interval `start()` arms, `80` ms (≈12.5 frames/second).
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * That is the conventional spinner cadence: fast enough to read as motion, slow enough not to
+ * thrash a terminal. A consumer overrides it through `options.interval`.
  */
 export declare const DEFAULT_SPINNER_INTERVAL = 80;
 
 /**
- * The default {@link Theme} — every role bound to its default {@link Style}, deeply frozen.
- * The base {@link import('./factories.js').createTheme} merges over, and the theme every
+ * Holds the default {@link Theme} — every role bound to its default {@link Style}, assembled from
+ * {@link LEVEL_COLORS}, {@link STATUS_ICONS}, and {@link STATUS_COLORS} and deeply frozen.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * It is the base {@link import('./factories.js').createTheme} merges over, and the theme every
  * entity uses when none is supplied.
  *
  * @remarks
@@ -871,34 +794,34 @@ export declare const DEFAULT_SPINNER_INTERVAL = 80;
 export declare const DEFAULT_THEME: Theme;
 
 /**
- * The default visible column width for the width-aware renderers — the separator rule and a
+ * Sets the default visible column width for the width-aware renderers — the separator rule and a
  * {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} with no explicit `width`, and the reporter's
- * `section` rule. A sane terminal default (80 columns); a caller overrides it per-call or via
- * {@link import('./types.js').ReporterOptions}`.width`.
+ * `section` rule. A sane terminal default (80 columns); a caller overrides it per-call or through
+ * {@link import('./types.js').ReporterOptions.width}.
  */
 export declare const DEFAULT_WIDTH = 80;
 
 /**
- * The EMPTY {@link Style} — no foreground, no background, no attributes — frozen. The
+ * Holds the empty {@link Style} — no foreground, no background, no attributes — frozen. The
  * neutral starting point a base styler builds from, and what a renderer passes through
  * unchanged (it carries no codes). Deeply frozen, so it is safe to share as the base.
  */
 export declare const EMPTY_STYLE: Style;
 
 /**
- * The ESC control character (`U+001B`) that begins every ANSI escape sequence. Built
+ * Holds the escape control character (`U+001B`) that begins every ANSI escape sequence. Built
  * with `String.fromCharCode` so no raw control character appears in source.
  */
 export declare const ESC: string;
 
 /**
- * Each {@link Color}'s SGR FOREGROUND parameter — the 8 base colors at 30–37 and their
+ * Maps each {@link Color} to its SGR foreground parameter — the 8 base colors at 30–37 and their
  * bright variants at 90–97. `default` is intentionally absent (it emits no code).
  */
 export declare const FOREGROUND_CODES: Readonly<Record<Exclude<Color, 'default'>, number>>;
 
 /**
- * Stringify a captured `console.*` argument list into ONE line — the text of a {@link
+ * Stringifies a captured `console.*` argument list into one line — the text of a {@link
  * import('./types.js').CapturedMessage}. Each argument is rendered by {@link stringifyValue} and
  * the parts are space-joined, mirroring how a console concatenates its arguments.
  *
@@ -919,7 +842,7 @@ export declare const FOREGROUND_CODES: Readonly<Record<Exclude<Color, 'default'>
 export declare function formatArgs(args: readonly unknown[]): string;
 
 /**
- * Format a millisecond duration as a compact human string — `…ms` below one second, `…s`
+ * Formats a millisecond duration as a compact human string — `…ms` below one second, `…s`
  * (seconds to 2 decimal places) at or above one second. The timing rendering behind
  * {@link import('./types.js').ReporterInterface.timing}.
  *
@@ -933,7 +856,7 @@ export declare function formatArgs(args: readonly unknown[]): string;
 export declare function formatDuration(ms: number): string;
 
 /**
- * Format a {@link LogRecord} into a single styled line — the default human line layout a
+ * Formats a {@link LogRecord} into a single styled line — the default human line layout a
  * {@link import('./types.js').LoggerInterface} writes to its sink.
  *
  * @remarks
@@ -942,7 +865,7 @@ export declare function formatDuration(ms: number): string;
  * the originating logger's `name` in brackets (omitted when absent), the message, and the
  * structured `data` appended as compact JSON (omitted when absent / empty). Coloring flows
  * through the injected `styler`, so a disabled styler yields a plain line and a browser
- * `%c` styler (C-f) retargets it — the layout never changes. Pure: same record + styler →
+ * `%c` styler retargets it — the layout never changes. Pure: same record + styler →
  * same line.
  *
  * @param record - The {@link LogRecord} to render
@@ -963,10 +886,10 @@ export declare function formatDuration(ms: number): string;
 export declare function formatRecord(record: LogRecord, styler: StylerInterface, theme: Theme): string;
 
 /**
- * Format a {@link LogRecord}'s `time` (epoch milliseconds) as an ISO-8601 timestamp string.
+ * Formats a {@link LogRecord}'s `time` (epoch milliseconds) as an ISO-8601 timestamp string.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Deterministic and serializable — `new Date(time).toISOString()`, e.g.
+ * Deterministic and serializable — `new Date(time).toISOString()`, for example
  * `1716900000000 → '2024-05-28T12:40:00.000Z'`. The timestamp portion of the formatted log
  * line; kept a pure helper so the line layout and the logger stay decoupled.
  *
@@ -976,7 +899,8 @@ export declare function formatRecord(record: LogRecord, styler: StylerInterface,
 export declare function formatTime(time: number): string;
 
 /**
- * Snapshot and deeply freeze one {@link Style} value.
+ * Snapshots and deeply freezes one {@link Style} value, including an independent frozen copy of
+ * its `attributes`.
  *
  * @param style - The caller-owned style to snapshot
  * @returns A frozen style record with an independently frozen attributes list
@@ -993,10 +917,10 @@ export declare function formatTime(time: number): string;
 export declare function freezeStyle(style: Style): Style;
 
 /**
- * Narrow an unknown caught value to a {@link ConsoleError}.
+ * Narrows an unknown caught value to a {@link ConsoleError} — the guard a `catch` branches on.
  *
  * @param value - The value to test (typically a `catch` binding)
- * @returns `true` when `value` is a {@link ConsoleError}
+ * @returns True if `value` is a {@link ConsoleError}; false otherwise
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
@@ -1010,8 +934,8 @@ export declare function freezeStyle(style: Style): Style;
 export declare function isConsoleError(value: unknown): value is ConsoleError;
 
 /**
- * Each {@link LogLevel}'s default label {@link Color} — the level's VISUAL treatment, which
- * is a styling choice ORTHOGONAL to the level itself (never a separate pseudo-level). The
+ * Maps each {@link LogLevel} to its default label {@link Color} — the level's visual treatment, which
+ * is a styling choice orthogonal to the level itself (never a separate pseudo-level). The
  * logger colors the level label through its styler with these; swapping a color never
  * changes leveling. `debug` is cyan, `info` blue, `warn` yellow, `error` red.
  *
@@ -1022,32 +946,33 @@ export declare function isConsoleError(value: unknown): value is ConsoleError;
 export declare const LEVEL_COLORS: Readonly<Record<LogLevel, Exclude<Color, 'default'>>>;
 
 /**
- * Each {@link LogLevel}'s numeric SEVERITY — the ascending order the level gate compares
+ * Maps each {@link LogLevel} to its numeric severity — the ascending order the level gate compares
  * through (`debug` 0 < `info` 1 < `warn` 2 < `error` 3). A record is kept when its level's
  * severity is at or above the logger's threshold. The source of truth for level ordering.
  */
 export declare const LEVEL_SEVERITY: Readonly<Record<LogLevel, number>>;
 
 /**
- * Every {@link LogLevel}, in ascending severity order — the levels a logger exposes as
+ * Lists every {@link LogLevel}, in ascending severity order — the levels a logger exposes as
  * methods and the manager fans out to. The source of truth for the level axis (drives
  * exhaustive tests); aligned with {@link LEVEL_SEVERITY}.
  */
-export declare const LEVELS: readonly LogLevel[];
+export declare const LOG_LEVELS: readonly LogLevel[];
 
 /**
- * The line layout a logger writes — one {@link LogRecord} plus the styling substrate in,
- * one finished line out. {@link import('./helpers.js').formatRecord} is the default.
+ * Represents the line layout a logger writes — `(record, styler, theme) => string`, one
+ * {@link LogRecord} plus the styling substrate in and one finished line out.
+ * {@link import('./helpers.js').formatRecord} is the default.
  *
  * @param record - The frozen record to lay out
  * @param styler - The logger's {@link StylerInterface} — color through it (and through
  * {@link StylerInterface.render} for a {@link Theme} role) so a disabled styler yields a
  * plain line with no second code path
  * @param theme - The logger's {@link Theme} — the level label style, the chrome surround
- * @returns The line to write, WITHOUT a trailing terminator (the sink's target supplies it)
+ * @returns The line to write, without a trailing terminator (the sink's target supplies it)
  *
  * @remarks
- * The formatter owns the LINE; the `entry` event owns the RECORD. A transport that wants
+ * The formatter owns the line; the `entry` event owns the record. A transport that wants
  * structure rides the event rather than parsing a line back out of this. A formatter throw
  * propagates to the caller of `logger.info` and prevents that line's write, so keep it total.
  * A manager fans out sequentially; a formatter throw stops the remaining loggers for that call.
@@ -1055,25 +980,25 @@ export declare const LEVELS: readonly LogLevel[];
 export declare type LogFormatFunction = (record: LogRecord, styler: StylerInterface, theme: Theme) => string;
 
 /**
- * An observable, leveled logger (AGENTS §13) — the entry point into the structured-logging
+ * Implements an observable, leveled logger — the entry point into the structured-logging
  * pipeline. Each `debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error` call builds a frozen {@link LogRecord},
- * gates it by severity, retains a bounded tail of accepted records, ALWAYS emits it on
+ * gates it by severity, retains a bounded tail of accepted records, always emits it on
  * `entry` (the transport seam), and — unless `silent` — formats it into a styled line and
  * writes it to its {@link SinkInterface}.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Record + event = transport (§13).** An accepted record is frozen and emitted on
- *   `entry` BEFORE anything else observable — every file / JSON / remote transport rides
+ * - **Record + event = transport.** An accepted record is frozen and emitted on
+ *   `entry` before anything else observable — every file / JSON / remote transport rides
  *   `emitter.on('entry')`. The event fires even when `silent`: silence suppresses only the
- *   SINK WRITE, never the record or the event, so transports keep flowing.
+ *   sink write, never the record or the event, so transports keep flowing.
  * - **Leveled gate.** A record whose {@link LogLevel} is below the logger's `level` threshold
- *   is dropped ENTIRELY — no record built past the level check, no event, no retention, no
+ *   is dropped entirely — no record built past the level check, no event, no retention, no
  *   write (see {@link meetsLevel}).
  * - **Bounded retention.** Accepted records accrue in a ring capped at `limit` (default
  *   {@link DEFAULT_LOG_LIMIT}); the oldest is dropped when full. `entries()` returns a copy,
- *   oldest first; `clear()` empties it. NEVER unbounded (scsr's leak).
+ *   oldest first; `clear()` empties it. Never unbounded — retention is capped at `limit`.
  * - **Styled write, orthogonal to level.** The line ({@link formatRecord}) is colored through
- *   the injected `styler` (the ANSI default, or a browser `%c` styler at C-f) — a level only
+ *   the injected `styler` (the ANSI default, or a browser `%c` styler) — a level only
  *   chooses a label color; styling is not a level. A disabled styler yields a plain line.
  * - **Snapshotted sink.** The default {@link createConsoleSink} writes to the `console`
  *   methods captured at creation, so a later `Capture` patching `console` can't loop the
@@ -1104,25 +1029,26 @@ export declare class Logger implements LoggerInterface {
 }
 
 /**
- * The observable events a {@link LoggerInterface} emits (AGENTS §13) — the transport seam.
+ * Declares the observable events a {@link LoggerInterface} emits — `entry(record)` for every
+ * accepted record, the transport seam.
  *
  * @remarks
- * `entry` fires for EVERY accepted record (one that passed the level gate), carrying the
- * frozen {@link LogRecord} — even when the logger is `silent` (silence suppresses only the
- * SINK WRITE, never the event, so transports keep receiving records). Listener isolation is
- * the emitter's (§13): a listener throw routes to the emitter's `error` handler, never onto
+ * `entry` carries the frozen {@link LogRecord} and fires even when the logger is
+ * `silent` (silence suppresses only the
+ * sink write, never the event, so transports keep receiving records). Listener isolation is
+ * the emitter's: a listener throw routes to the emitter's `error` handler, never onto
  * this map — so a buggy transport can never perturb logging.
  *
- * Declared as a `type` alias (not `interface extends EventMap`, §4.5): a type-literal
+ * Declared as a `type` alias (not `interface extends EventMap`): a type-literal
  * satisfies the `EventMap` constraint structurally, whereas an interface lacks the index signature.
  */
 export declare type LoggerEventMap = {
-    /** A record was logged (passed the level gate) — the frozen {@link LogRecord}. */
+    /** Fires after a record was logged (passed the level gate) — the frozen {@link LogRecord}. */
     readonly entry: readonly [record: LogRecord];
 };
 
 /**
- * An observable, leveled logger — builds a frozen {@link LogRecord} per call, gates it by
+ * Declares an observable, leveled logger — builds a frozen {@link LogRecord} per call, gates it by
  * severity, retains a bounded tail, emits it on `entry`, and (unless silent) writes a
  * styled line to its {@link SinkInterface}.
  *
@@ -1130,7 +1056,7 @@ export declare type LoggerEventMap = {
  * - **Leveled.** Each of `debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error` builds a record at that
  *   {@link LogLevel}; a record below the logger's `level` threshold is dropped entirely (no
  *   event, no retention, no write).
- * - **Transport seam (§13).** An accepted record ALWAYS fires `entry` (even when `silent`),
+ * - **Transport seam.** An accepted record always fires `entry` (even when `silent`),
  *   carrying the frozen {@link LogRecord} — the hook every file / JSON / remote transport rides.
  * - **Bounded retention.** `entries()` returns the recent records, capped at `limit` (oldest
  *   dropped first) — never an unbounded buffer. `clear()` empties it.
@@ -1143,39 +1069,40 @@ export declare interface LoggerInterface {
     readonly emitter: EmitterInterface<LoggerEventMap>;
     readonly level: LogLevel;
     readonly name?: string;
-    /** Log at `debug` — dropped unless the logger's `level` is `debug`. */
+    /** Logs at `debug` — dropped unless the logger's `level` is `debug`. */
     debug(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** Log at `info`. */
+    /** Logs at `info`. */
     info(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** Log at `warn`. */
+    /** Logs at `warn`. */
     warn(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** Log at `error`. */
+    /** Logs at `error`. */
     error(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** The bounded tail of recent {@link LogRecord}s, oldest first (capped at `limit`). */
+    /** Returns the bounded tail of recent {@link LogRecord}s, oldest first (capped at `limit`). */
     entries(): readonly LogRecord[];
-    /** Drop every retained record (does not touch listeners). */
+    /** Drops every retained record (does not touch listeners). */
     clear(): void;
-    /** Tear down — clear retention and destroy the emitter. */
+    /** Tears down — clears retention and destroys the emitter. */
     destroy(): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * An event-free registry of named {@link Logger}s plus a convenience fan-out — the §9
+ * Implements an event-free registry of named {@link Logger}s plus a convenience fan-out — the
  * manager over the logging layer (a registry, never observable itself; each {@link Logger}
  * owns its own `emitter`).
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Registry (§9).** Loggers live in an insertion-ordered `Map` keyed by `name`.
+ * - **Registry.** Loggers live in an insertion-ordered `Map` keyed by `name`.
  *   `register(name, options?)` mints a {@link Logger} named `name` — the manager's default
  *   `level` / `sink` / `styler` / `theme` / `format` / `limit` / `silent` flow in unless
- *   `options` OVERRIDES them
+ *   `options` overrides them
  *   (`name` is always the registry key, so any `options.name` is ignored) — stores it (a
- *   re-`register` of the same name OVERWRITES, last write wins), and returns it. `count` is
+ *   re-`register` of the same name overwrites, last write wins), and returns it. `count` is
  *   the map size, `logger(name)` looks one up, `loggers()` lists them in insertion order.
- * - **Removal (§9.2).** `remove()` clears ALL, `remove(name)` drops ONE (`true` if present),
- *   `remove(names)` drops a batch (`true` if any was removed).
- *   (Removal does NOT `destroy` the returned loggers — a caller still holding one keeps using
- *   it; the manager simply stops tracking it.)
+ * - **Removal.** `remove()` clears all, `remove(name)` drops one (`true` if present),
+ *   `remove(names)` drops a batch (`true` only when every name was present; an empty list
+ *   succeeds vacuously). Every listed name is attempted whatever the result.
+ *   (Removal does not `destroy` the returned loggers — a caller still holding one keeps using
+ *   it; the manager stops tracking it.)
  * - **Fan-out.** `debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error(message, data?)` forward the one call to
  *   every registered logger in insertion order; each gates / emits / writes per its own `level`
  *   and `sink`. A formatter throw is a programmer error and propagates, stopping the remaining
@@ -1209,17 +1136,18 @@ export declare class LoggerManager implements LoggerManagerInterface {
 }
 
 /**
- * An event-free registry of named {@link LoggerInterface}s plus a convenience fan-out — the
- * §9 manager over the logging layer. It mints + stores loggers keyed by `name`, looks them
- * up, removes them, and broadcasts a one-off log to EVERY registered logger.
+ * Declares an event-free registry of named {@link LoggerInterface}s plus a convenience fan-out — the
+ * manager over the logging layer. It mints + stores loggers keyed by `name`, looks them
+ * up, removes them, and broadcasts a one-off log to every registered logger.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Registry (§9).** `register(name, options?)` mints a {@link LoggerInterface} (named
+ * - **Registry.** `register(name, options?)` mints a {@link LoggerInterface} (named
  *   `name`, the manager's defaults flowing in unless `options` overrides them), stores it
- *   (a re-`register` of the same name OVERWRITES — last write wins), and returns it.
+ *   (a re-`register` of the same name overwrites — last write wins), and returns it.
  *   `logger(name)` looks one up; `loggers()` lists them in insertion order; `count` is the size.
- * - **Removal (§9.2).** `remove()` clears ALL, `remove(name)` drops ONE, `remove(names)` drops
- *   a batch (`true` when any was removed).
+ * - **Removal.** `remove()` clears all, `remove(name)` drops one, `remove(names)` drops
+ *   a batch (`true` only when every name was present; an empty list succeeds vacuously).
+ *   Every listed name is attempted whatever the result.
  * - **Fan-out.** `debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error(message, data?)` forward the call to every
  *   registered logger (each gates / emits / writes per its own `level` and `sink`).
  * - **Event-free.** No emitter, no events — each logger carries its own observability; the
@@ -1227,32 +1155,41 @@ export declare class LoggerManager implements LoggerManagerInterface {
  */
 export declare interface LoggerManagerInterface {
     readonly count: number;
+    /**
+     * Mints and stores a logger named `name`, the manager's defaults flowing in — a
+     * re-register of the same name overwrites.
+     */
     register(name: string, options?: LoggerOptions): LoggerInterface;
+    /** Looks one registered logger up by name. */
     logger(name: string): LoggerInterface | undefined;
+    /** Lists the registered loggers in insertion order. */
     loggers(): readonly LoggerInterface[];
-    /** Fan out a `debug` log to every registered logger. */
+    /** Fans out a `debug` log to every registered logger. */
     debug(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** Fan out an `info` log to every registered logger. */
+    /** Fans out an `info` log to every registered logger. */
     info(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** Fan out a `warn` log to every registered logger. */
+    /** Fans out a `warn` log to every registered logger. */
     warn(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
-    /** Fan out an `error` log to every registered logger. */
+    /** Fans out an `error` log to every registered logger. */
     error(message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>): void;
+    /**
+     * Removes every registered logger with `remove()`, one with `remove(name)`, or a batch
+     * with `remove(names)`.
+     */
     remove(): void;
     remove(name: string): boolean;
     remove(names: readonly string[]): boolean;
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for `createLoggerManager` / the {@link LoggerManagerInterface} constructor.
+ * Configures the {@link import('./loggers/LoggerManager.js').LoggerManager} constructor — the
+ * `level` / `sink` / `styler` / `theme` / `format` / `limit` / `silent` defaults flowed into every
+ * logger it mints.
  *
  * @remarks
- * The manager is an event-free registry (§9) — it carries NO emitter of its own (each
- * registered {@link LoggerInterface} owns its observable `emitter`). These options supply
- * the DEFAULTS flowed into every logger the manager mints, unless a per-`register` override
- * wins: `level` (default threshold), `sink` (shared output target), `styler` (shared
- * coloring), `theme` (semantic styles), `format` (line layout), `limit` (retention cap),
- * and `silent`.
+ * The manager is an event-free registry — it carries no emitter of its own (each
+ * registered {@link LoggerInterface} owns its observable `emitter`). A per-`register`
+ * override wins over any default supplied here.
  */
 export declare interface LoggerManagerOptions {
     readonly level?: LogLevel;
@@ -1265,13 +1202,15 @@ export declare interface LoggerManagerOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for `createLogger` / the {@link LoggerInterface} constructor.
+ * Configures the {@link import('./loggers/Logger.js').Logger} constructor — the `on` / `error`
+ * emitter keys, the `level` threshold, the logger's `name`, the `sink` / `styler` / `theme` /
+ * `format` line substrate, the retention `limit`, and the `silent` write switch.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key (§8): initial listeners for the
- *   {@link LoggerEventMap}, wired at construction (e.g. `{ entry: (r) => sink2.write(...) }`).
- * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler (§13); a listener throw routes here.
- * - `level` — the severity THRESHOLD; records below it are dropped. Defaults to `info`.
+ * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key: initial listeners for the
+ *   {@link LoggerEventMap}, wired at construction (for example `{ entry: (r) => sink2.write(...) }`).
+ * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler; a listener throw routes here.
+ * - `level` — the severity threshold; records below it are dropped. Defaults to `info`.
  * - `name` — the logger's name, stamped onto every {@link LogRecord} (`record.name`) and
  *   shown in the formatted line. A manager registers each logger under its name.
  * - `sink` — where formatted lines are written; defaults to
@@ -1284,7 +1223,7 @@ export declare interface LoggerManagerOptions {
  *   {@link import('./helpers.js').formatRecord}.
  * - `limit` — the bounded retention cap: at most this many recent records are kept
  *   (oldest dropped first). Defaults to {@link DEFAULT_LOG_LIMIT}; never unbounded.
- * - `silent` — when `true`, suppresses the SINK WRITE only; `entry` still fires and the
+ * - `silent` — when `true`, suppresses the sink write only; `entry` still fires and the
  *   record is still retained. Defaults to `false`.
  */
 export declare interface LoggerOptions {
@@ -1301,21 +1240,21 @@ export declare interface LoggerOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * The severity level of a {@link LogRecord} — one coherent, ascending-severity scale.
+ * Names the severity level of a {@link LogRecord} — one coherent, ascending scale, `debug` <
+ * `info` < `warn` < `error`, that a {@link LoggerInterface} gates by threshold.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Ordered least-to-most severe: `debug` < `info` < `warn` < `error`. A {@link LoggerInterface}
- * gates by THRESHOLD — a record at or above the logger's `level` is kept (and written),
- * one below it is dropped (see {@link LEVEL_SEVERITY} for the numeric order). A level is a
- * level — its visual treatment (color) is a separate styling concern, NEVER a pseudo-level
+ * A record at or above the logger's `level` is kept (and written), one below it is
+ * dropped (see {@link LEVEL_SEVERITY} for the numeric order). A level is a
+ * level — its visual treatment (color) is a separate styling concern, never a pseudo-level
  * like `success` / `ready`.
  */
 export declare type LogLevel = 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
 
 /**
- * One immutable, serializable log entry — the universal record the whole logging system
- * carries. A {@link LoggerInterface} builds one per call, freezes it, retains a bounded
- * tail of them, and emits it on `entry`; every sink / transport consumes this exact shape.
+ * Represents one immutable, serializable log entry. A {@link LoggerInterface} builds one per call,
+ * freezes it, retains a bounded tail of them, and emits it on `entry`; every sink / transport
+ * consumes this exact shape.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `level` — the record's {@link LogLevel}.
@@ -1325,9 +1264,9 @@ export declare type LogLevel = 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
  * - `name` — the originating logger's `name`, when it has one (a manager-registered logger
  *   is keyed by name; an anonymous logger omits it).
  * - `data` — optional structured context (a flat `Record<string, unknown>`), absent when
- *   no context was supplied. The top-level object is a FROZEN COPY taken at log time (a
+ *   no context was supplied. The top-level object is a frozen copy taken at log time (a
  *   later mutation of the caller's original object never reaches the retained record);
- *   nested values remain BY REFERENCE (only the top level is copied + frozen).
+ *   nested values remain by reference (only the top level is copied + frozen).
  * - The value is frozen at construction — a consumer reads it, never mutates it.
  */
 export declare interface LogRecord {
@@ -1339,17 +1278,17 @@ export declare interface LogRecord {
 }
 
 /**
- * Whether a record at `level` passes a logger gated at `threshold` — i.e. its severity is
- * at or above the threshold's.
+ * Checks whether a record at `level` passes a logger gated at `threshold` — that is, its severity
+ * is at or above the threshold's.
  *
  * @remarks
- * The level gate (AGENTS §5 — the comparison lives here, not inlined in the logger). Reads
+ * The level gate (the comparison lives here, not inlined in the logger). Reads
  * the ascending {@link LEVEL_SEVERITY} order: `meetsLevel('warn', 'error')` is `true`
  * (error ≥ warn), `meetsLevel('warn', 'info')` is `false` (info < warn).
  *
  * @param threshold - The logger's configured minimum {@link LogLevel}
  * @param level - The record's {@link LogLevel}
- * @returns `true` when `level` is at least as severe as `threshold`
+ * @returns True if `level` is at least as severe as `threshold`; false otherwise
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
@@ -1360,12 +1299,12 @@ export declare interface LogRecord {
 export declare function meetsLevel(threshold: LogLevel, level: LogLevel): boolean;
 
 /**
- * Color `text` through `styler`, or return it verbatim when `styler` is `undefined` — the
- * single optional-styling primitive every renderer applies to its border / title / connector
- * glyphs (AGENTS §5 — the ONE styler seam, shared, never re-hand-rolled per renderer).
+ * Colors `text` through `styler` and an optional by-value {@link Style}, or returns it verbatim
+ * when `styler` is `undefined` — the single optional-styling primitive every renderer applies to
+ * its border / title / connector glyphs.
  *
  * @remarks
- * The renderers all take an OPTIONAL `styler`: present ⇒ glyphs are colored, absent ⇒ plain.
+ * The renderers all take an optional `styler`: present ⇒ glyphs are colored, absent ⇒ plain.
  * Folding that `styler === undefined ? text : styler(text)` ternary into one exported helper
  * keeps the renderers terse and the styling decision in one tested place. A disabled styler
  * (`enabled: false`) is still a styler — it returns its text verbatim — so passing one paints
@@ -1379,31 +1318,34 @@ export declare function meetsLevel(threshold: LogLevel, level: LogLevel): boolea
 export declare function paint(styler: StylerInterface | undefined, text: string, style?: Style): string;
 
 /**
- * An update-driven, observable progress bar (AGENTS §13) — {@link update} recomputes the bar via
- * {@link renderBar}, writes `\r` + bar to its {@link SinkInterface}, and emits the `{ current, total }`
- * on `update`. The leading `\r` is what an overwrite-capable sink (the C-g TTY sink) redraws on; a
- * plain sink (C-f) degrades to a fresh, non-overwriting line — the line-OVERWRITE is the SINK's job.
- * UNIVERSAL — the one {@link StylerInterface} + the one {@link SinkInterface}, no `node:*`, no
- * `process.stdout`. NO self-timer (unlike {@link import('./Spinner.js').Spinner}) — the caller drives it.
+ * Implements an update-driven, observable progress bar — {@link update} recomputes the bar through
+ * {@link renderBar}, writes `\r` + bar to its {@link SinkInterface}, and emits the `{ current,
+ * total }` on `update`. No self-timer, unlike {@link import('./Spinner.js').Spinner} — the caller
+ * drives it.
  *
  * @remarks
+ * The leading `\r` is what an overwrite-capable sink (the TTY sink) redraws on; a plain sink
+ * degrades to a fresh, non-overwriting line — the line-overwrite is the sink's job. Universal —
+ * the one {@link StylerInterface} + the one {@link SinkInterface}, no `node:*`, no
+ * `process.stdout`.
+ *
  * - **Update-driven.** Each {@link update} clamps `current` to `[0, total]`, renders the bar (filled
- *   to `current / total`, with the trailing `percent (current/total)` + message) via {@link renderBar},
+ *   to `current / total`, with the trailing `percent (current/total)` + message) through {@link renderBar},
  *   emits `update`, and writes `'\r' + bar`. Progress advances only when the caller reports it.
- * - **Outcome lines.** {@link complete} renders a FULL bar (`current = total`) + message, terminated by
- *   a newline, emits a final `update` then `complete`, and marks `completed`. {@link failure} renders the
- *   bar at its CURRENT fill + message + newline and routes to the sink's error stream (no `complete` —
+ * - **Outcome lines.** {@link succeed} renders a full bar (`current = total`) + message, terminated by
+ *   a newline, emits a final `update` then `succeed`, and marks `succeeded`. {@link fail} renders the
+ *   bar at its current fill + message + newline and routes to the sink's error stream (no `succeed` —
  *   the work did not finish). Both are terminal: a later {@link update} is ignored once `active` is false.
- * - **Bounded.** `current` is always clamped to `[0, total]`; {@link completed} reports whether
- *   {@link complete} has run; {@link active} is `true` until a {@link complete} / {@link failure}.
- * - **Lifecycle (§10).** {@link destroy} destroys the emitter (there is no timer to clear).
+ * - **Bounded.** `current` is always clamped to `[0, total]`; {@link succeeded} reports whether
+ *   {@link succeed} has run; {@link active} is `true` until a {@link succeed} / {@link fail}.
+ * - **Lifecycle.** {@link destroy} destroys the emitter (there is no timer to clear).
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
  * const progress = new Progress({ total: 100, message: 'downloading' })
  * progress.update(40) // ████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 40% (40/100) downloading
  * progress.update(80, 'almost there')
- * progress.complete('done') // a full bar, committed with a newline
+ * progress.succeed('done') // a full bar, committed with a newline
  * ```
  */
 export declare class Progress implements ProgressInterface {
@@ -1411,125 +1353,102 @@ export declare class Progress implements ProgressInterface {
     constructor(options: ProgressOptions);
     get emitter(): EmitterInterface<ProgressEventMap>;
     get active(): boolean;
-    get completed(): boolean;
+    get succeeded(): boolean;
     get current(): number;
     get total(): number;
     update(current: number, message?: string): void;
-    complete(message?: string): void;
-    failure(message?: string): void;
+    succeed(message?: string): void;
+    fail(message?: string): void;
     destroy(): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for the pure {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar} renderer — a determinate progress
- * bar string (`█████░░░░░ 50% (5/10)`), width-aware and styler-optional.
+ * Declares the observable events a {@link ProgressInterface} emits — `update(progress)` per
+ * report, plus a `succeed` signal on a successful finish.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `current` / `total` — the filled fraction is `current / total`, clamped to `[0, total]` (a
- *   `current` past `total` renders a full bar, a negative one an empty bar) — so a caller's overrun
- *   never produces an over-long bar. A `total` of `0` (or below) renders a full bar (nothing to do).
- * - `width` — the visible cell count of the bar TRACK (the glyph run between no brackets); defaults
- *   to {@link DEFAULT_BAR_WIDTH}. The percentage + `(current/total)` count follow the track.
- * - `fill` — the filled-cell glyph; defaults to {@link BAR_FILL} (`█`). `empty` — the empty-cell
- *   glyph; defaults to {@link BAR_EMPTY} (`░`). Sized in VISIBLE columns ({@link
- *   import('./helpers.js').width}), so a multi-cell glyph still yields a `width`-wide track.
- * - `styler` — colors the FILLED run when supplied (the empty run + the trailing label stay plain);
- *   the layout is identical with or without color, since the track is measured on visible width.
- * - `style` — an optional by-value style rendered through `styler` for the filled run.
- */
-export declare interface ProgressBarOptions {
-    readonly current: number;
-    readonly total: number;
-    readonly width?: number;
-    readonly fill?: string;
-    readonly empty?: string;
-    readonly styler?: StylerInterface;
-    readonly style?: Style;
-}
-
-/**
- * The observable events a {@link ProgressInterface} emits (AGENTS §13).
- *
- * @remarks
- * - `update` — the core event: fires on every `update(current)` (and on `complete` / `failure`),
+ * - `update` — fires on every `update(current)` (and on `succeed` / `fail`),
  *   carrying the `{ current, total }` progress (the clamped `current`). The hook a non-sink consumer
  *   rides to observe progress without a terminal.
- * - `complete` — the terminal signal: fires once from `complete()` (a successful finish), a pure
- *   signal (empty tuple) so a consumer can observe the bar reaching its end. (`failure()` emits a final
- *   `update` and routes its line to the error stream, but is NOT a `complete` — completion means the
- *   work finished successfully.)
+ * - `succeed` — the terminal signal: fires once from `succeed()` (a successful finish), a pure
+ *   signal (empty tuple) so a consumer can observe the bar reaching its end. (`fail()` emits a final
+ *   `update` and routes its line to the error stream, but is not a `succeed` — the bar's positive
+ *   outcome is the same word the spinner and the reporter use.)
  *
- * Listener isolation is the emitter's (§13). Declared as a `type` alias (not
- * `interface extends EventMap`, §4.5): a type-literal satisfies the `EventMap` constraint
+ * Listener isolation is the emitter's. Declared as a `type` alias (not
+ * `interface extends EventMap`): a type-literal satisfies the `EventMap` constraint
  * structurally, whereas an interface lacks the index signature.
  */
 export declare type ProgressEventMap = {
-    /** Progress advanced — the clamped `{ current, total }` (fires on `update` and on `complete` / `failure`). */
-    readonly update: readonly [progress: {
-        readonly current: number;
-        readonly total: number;
-    }];
-    /** The bar reached its end via `complete()` (a successful finish). */
-    readonly complete: readonly [];
+    /** Reports progress advancing — the clamped `{ current, total }` (fires on `update` and on `succeed` / `fail`). */
+    readonly update: readonly [progress: ProgressReport];
+    /** Fires after the bar reached its end through `succeed()` (a successful finish). */
+    readonly succeed: readonly [];
 };
 
 /**
- * An update-driven, observable progress bar (AGENTS §13) — `update(current)` recomputes the bar via
- * {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar}, writes `\r` + bar to its {@link SinkInterface}, and emits
- * the `{ current, total }` on `update`. The line-OVERWRITE is the sink's job (a TTY sink overwrites
- * on the `\r`; a plain sink degrades to a fresh line). NO self-timer — the caller drives it.
+ * Declares an update-driven, observable progress bar — `update(current)` recomputes the bar through
+ * {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar}, writes `\r` + bar to its {@link SinkInterface}, and
+ * emits the `{ current, total }` on `update`. The line-overwrite is the sink's job (a TTY sink
+ * overwrites on the `\r`; a plain sink degrades to a fresh line). No self-timer — the caller drives
+ * it.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - **Update-driven.** Each `update(current, message?)` clamps `current` to `[0, total]`, renders
  *   the bar (filled to `current / total`, with the trailing `percent (current/total)` + message),
  *   emits `update`, and writes `'\r' + bar`. There is no internal timer (unlike {@link
  *   SpinnerInterface}) — progress advances only when the caller reports it.
- * - **Outcome lines.** `complete(message?)` renders a FULL bar (`current = total`) + message,
- *   terminated by a newline, emits a final `update` then `complete`, and marks `completed`.
- *   `failure(message?)` renders the bar at its CURRENT fill + message + newline and routes to the sink's
- *   error stream (no `complete` — the work did not finish). Both are terminal: a later `update` after
- *   a `complete` / `failure` is ignored (`active` is `false`).
- * - **Bounded.** `current` is always clamped to `[0, total]`; `completed` reports whether
- *   `complete()` has run; `active` is `true` until a `complete` / `failure`.
+ * - **Outcome lines.** `succeed(message?)` renders a full bar (`current = total`) + message,
+ *   terminated by a newline, emits a final `update` then `succeed`, and marks `succeeded`.
+ *   `fail(message?)` renders the bar at its current fill + message + newline and routes to the sink's
+ *   error stream (no `succeed` — the work did not finish). Both are terminal: a later `update` after
+ *   a `succeed` / `fail` is ignored (`active` is `false`).
+ * - **Bounded.** `current` is always clamped to `[0, total]`; `succeeded` reports whether
+ *   `succeed()` has run; `active` is `true` until a `succeed` / `fail`.
  */
 export declare interface ProgressInterface {
     readonly emitter: EmitterInterface<ProgressEventMap>;
-    /** Whether the bar is still advancing (before any `complete()` / `failure()`). */
+    /** Reports whether the bar is still advancing (before any `succeed()` / `fail()`). */
     readonly active: boolean;
-    /** Whether `complete()` has run (the bar finished successfully). */
-    readonly completed: boolean;
-    /** The current value, clamped to `[0, total]`. */
+    /** Reports whether `succeed()` has run (the bar finished successfully). */
+    readonly succeeded: boolean;
+    /** Holds the current value, clamped to `[0, total]`. */
     readonly current: number;
-    /** The target value the bar fills toward. */
+    /** Holds the target value the bar fills toward. */
     readonly total: number;
-    /** Report progress: clamp `current`, re-render the bar, emit `update`, write `\r` + bar. Ignored once terminal. */
+    /**
+     * Reports progress: clamps `current`, re-renders the bar, emits `update`, writes `\r` + bar.
+     * Ignored after a terminal `succeed` or `fail`.
+     */
     update(current: number, message?: string): void;
-    /** Finish successfully — render a FULL bar + newline, emit a final `update` then `complete`. */
-    complete(message?: string): void;
-    /** Finish unsuccessfully — render the bar at its current fill + newline to the error stream (no `complete`). */
-    failure(message?: string): void;
-    /** Tear down — destroy the emitter. */
+    /** Finishes successfully — renders a full bar + newline, emits a final `update` then `succeed`. */
+    succeed(message?: string): void;
+    /** Finishes unsuccessfully — renders the bar at its current fill + newline to the error stream (no `succeed`). */
+    fail(message?: string): void;
+    /** Tears down — destroys the emitter. */
     destroy(): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for `createProgress` / the {@link ProgressInterface} constructor.
+ * Configures the {@link import('./Progress.js').Progress} constructor — the `on` / `error` emitter
+ * keys, the required `total`, the `message` shown, the bar's `width` / `fill` / `empty` glyphs, and
+ * the `sink` / `styler` / `theme` line substrate.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key (§8): initial listeners for the
+ * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key: initial listeners for the
  *   {@link ProgressEventMap}, wired at construction.
- * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler (§13); a listener throw routes here.
- * - `total` — the value `current` advances toward (the `100%` point); the only REQUIRED option.
+ * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler; a listener throw routes here.
+ * - `total` — the value `current` advances toward (the `100%` point); the only required option.
  * - `message` — text shown after the bar; defaults to `''`. Overridden per-`update` and by a
- *   `complete` / `failure` argument.
+ *   `succeed` / `fail` argument.
  * - `width` — the bar track's visible cell count, handed to {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar};
  *   defaults to {@link DEFAULT_BAR_WIDTH}.
  * - `fill` / `empty` — the filled and empty track glyphs handed to
  *   {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBar}; default to {@link BAR_FILL} / {@link BAR_EMPTY}.
  * - `sink` — where each `\r` + bar line is written; defaults to
- *   {@link import('./factories.js').createConsoleSink}. A TTY sink (C-g) overwrites on the `\r`.
+ *   {@link import('./factories.js').createConsoleSink}. A TTY sink overwrites on the `\r`.
  * - `styler` — the {@link StylerInterface} the filled run is colored through; defaults to
- *   {@link import('./factories.js').createStyler} (ANSI). The ONE styler the whole system shares.
+ *   {@link import('./factories.js').createStyler} (ANSI). The one styler the whole system shares.
  * - `theme` — the {@link Theme} supplying the filled run's accent role; defaults to
  *   {@link DEFAULT_THEME}.
  */
@@ -1547,26 +1466,44 @@ export declare interface ProgressOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Render a determinate progress bar string — a filled / empty glyph track followed by the percentage
- * and the `(current/total)` count (`█████░░░░░ 50% (5/10)`). Pure: same {@link ProgressBarOptions} →
- * same string. The animation-layer sibling of the C-c `render*` renderers (box / table / tree /
- * separator), shared so a {@link import('./types.js').ProgressInterface} and any direct caller draw
- * the ONE bar — never a second, hand-rolled one (AGENTS §5; scsr shipped three).
+ * Reports one advance of a {@link ProgressInterface} — the clamped payload carried by the `update`
+ * event of {@link ProgressEventMap}.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * `current` is always the value after clamping into `[0, total]`, so a listener never sees an
+ * overrun or a negative. `total` is the bar's fixed target, repeated on every report so a listener
+ * needs no reference to the bar itself. The same record is emitted from `update`, `succeed`, and
+ * `fail`.
+ */
+export declare interface ProgressReport {
+    readonly current: number;
+    readonly total: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a determinate progress bar string — a filled / empty glyph track followed by the percentage
+ * and the `(current/total)` count (`█████░░░░░ 50% (5/10)`). Pure and width-aware: same
+ * {@link BarOptions} → same string.
  *
  * @remarks
+ * It is the animation-layer sibling of the `render*` renderers (box / table / tree / separator),
+ * shared so a {@link import('./types.js').ProgressInterface} and any direct caller draw the one
+ * bar — never a second,
+ * hand-rolled one.
+ *
  * - **Fill fraction, clamped.** The filled cell count is `round((current / total) · width)` with
  *   `current` clamped to `[0, total]`, so an overrun never over-fills and a negative never under-fills.
- *   A `total <= 0` renders a FULL track (there is nothing to fill toward — the work is trivially done).
+ *   A `total <= 0` renders a full track (there is nothing to fill toward — the work is trivially done).
  * - **Width-aware track.** The filled run is `fill` tiled to the filled cell count and the empty run
- *   `empty` tiled to the remainder, each via {@link repeatTo} — so the TRACK is exactly `width` VISIBLE
+ *   `empty` tiled to the remainder, each through {@link repeatTo} — so the track is exactly `width` visible
  *   columns even for a multi-cell glyph (its escape codes / extra cells never break the width).
- * - **Styling.** `options.styler` colors the FILLED run only (the empty run + the trailing
+ * - **Styling.** `options.styler` colors the filled run only (the empty run + the trailing
  *   `percent (count)` label stay plain), through {@link paint}; the layout is identical with or
  *   without color, since the track is measured on visible width.
- * - **Label.** The percentage is the rounded `current / total` (e.g. `50%`); the count is the CLAMPED
+ * - **Label.** The percentage is the rounded `current / total` (for example `50%`); the count is the clamped
  *   `current` over `total` (`(5/10)`), a single space separating the track, the percent, and the count.
  *
- * @param options - See {@link ProgressBarOptions}
+ * @param options - See {@link BarOptions}
  * @returns The rendered bar line (no trailing newline)
  *
  * @example
@@ -1575,22 +1512,22 @@ export declare interface ProgressOptions {
  * renderBar({ current: 10, total: 10, width: 4 }) // '████ 100% (10/10)'
  * ```
  */
-export declare function renderBar(options: ProgressBarOptions): string;
+export declare function renderBar(options: BarOptions): string;
 
 /**
- * Render `content` framed in box-drawing characters, optionally captioned, width-aware so
+ * Renders `content` framed in box-drawing characters, optionally captioned, width-aware so
  * styled content stays aligned inside the frame. Pure: same {@link BoxOptions} → same string.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Lines.** `content` is split on `\n` OR `\r\n`, so caller text written on Windows frames
- *   exactly as the same text written on POSIX; a LONE `\r` is kept inside its line (it is a
+ * - **Lines.** `content` is split on `\n` or `\r\n`, so caller text written on Windows frames
+ *   exactly as the same text written on POSIX; a lone `\r` is kept inside its line (it is a
  *   cursor control — the animation frame prefix — not a line separator). Each line is padded
  *   (left-aligned) to the inner
- *   width by {@link align} — measured on VISIBLE width, so a styled line never breaks the
+ *   width by {@link align} — measured on visible width, so a styled line never breaks the
  *   right edge. The inner width is the widest line's visible width (or `width − borders −
  *   2·padding` when an explicit `width` is given and is wider), plus `padding` blank cells
  *   inside each {@link BorderChars.vertical} edge.
- * - **Title.** An optional `title` is embedded in the TOP border (` title `), the remaining
+ * - **Title.** An optional `title` is embedded in the top border (` title `), the remaining
  *   top edge drawn as fill; a title wider than the inner width widens the box to fit it.
  * - **Border + styling.** The {@link BorderStyle} (`options.border`, default
  *   {@link DEFAULT_BORDER}) selects the glyph set from {@link BORDER_CHARS}; `options.styler`
@@ -1604,21 +1541,21 @@ export declare function renderBar(options: ProgressBarOptions): string;
 export declare function renderBox(options: BoxOptions): string;
 
 /**
- * A swappable style renderer — the seam that turns style DATA into output for ONE
+ * Declares a swappable style renderer — the seam that turns style data into output for one
  * target. The cross-environment default is the ANSI renderer (SGR escape codes); a
- * browser `%c` / CSS renderer implements the SAME contract over the SAME {@link Style}
- * model, so it drops in without touching the style data (the C-f browser branch).
+ * browser `%c` / CSS renderer implements the same contract over the same {@link Style}
+ * model, so it drops in without touching the style data (the browser branch).
  */
 export declare interface RendererInterface {
     /**
-     * Render `text` wrapped in the target codes for `style`. The EMPTY style (no colors,
+     * Renders `text` wrapped in the target codes for `style`. The empty style (no colors,
      * no attributes) and the empty string both return `text` unchanged — no wrapping.
      */
     render(style: Style, text: string): string;
 }
 
 /**
- * Render a horizontal rule — an optional centered title embedded in a line of fill characters,
+ * Renders a horizontal rule — an optional centered title embedded in a line of fill characters,
  * to a fixed visible width. Pure: same {@link SeparatorOptions} → same string.
  *
  * @remarks
@@ -1627,10 +1564,10 @@ export declare interface RendererInterface {
  *   side) in the line, splitting the remaining fill between the two sides (the extra column,
  *   when the remainder is odd, goes to the right). The visible width stays exactly `width`,
  *   even when the title is styled (the title's escape codes don't count toward the budget) —
- *   a title at least as wide as `width` yields just the gapped title (no fill).
+ *   a title at least as wide as `width` yields only the gapped title (no fill).
  * - **Styling.** When `options.styler` is given, the fill runs (and the embedded title) are
  *   colored through it; the layout is identical with or without color, since width is measured
- *   on the visible content (AGENTS — width-aware via {@link width}).
+ *   on the visible content (width-aware through {@link width}).
  *
  * @param options - See {@link SeparatorOptions}
  * @returns The rule line (no trailing newline)
@@ -1644,17 +1581,17 @@ export declare interface RendererInterface {
 export declare function renderSeparator(options: SeparatorOptions): string;
 
 /**
- * Render a bordered grid of `columns` + `rows` with per-column alignment and width-aware
+ * Renders a bordered grid of `columns` + `rows` with per-column alignment and width-aware
  * column sizing. Pure: same {@link TableOptions} → same string.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Column sizing — visible width.** Each column is sized to the widest VISIBLE width
+ * - **Column sizing — visible width.** Each column is sized to the widest visible width
  *   ({@link width}) among its header label and its cells, so an already-styled cell never
  *   breaks the column (its escape codes don't count toward the width).
  * - **Ragged rows.** A row shorter than the column count is padded with empty cells; a longer
  *   row is truncated to the column count — a ragged input never throws.
  * - **Alignment.** Each cell is positioned by its column's {@link ColumnSpec.align} (default
- *   {@link DEFAULT_ALIGN}) via {@link align}.
+ *   {@link DEFAULT_ALIGN}) through {@link align}.
  * - **Frame.** The {@link BorderStyle} (`options.border`, default {@link DEFAULT_BORDER})
  *   draws the outer frame, the header rule (a `teeRight … cross … teeLeft` line), and the
  *   `vertical` column separators; `options.styler` colors the frame + header labels when
@@ -1667,8 +1604,8 @@ export declare function renderSeparator(options: SeparatorOptions): string;
 export declare function renderTable(options: TableOptions): string;
 
 /**
- * Render a nested {@link TreeNode} tree with box-drawing connectors. Pure: same
- * {@link TreeOptions} → same string.
+ * Renders a nested {@link TreeNode} tree whose connectors derive from the chosen `border` set.
+ * Pure: same {@link TreeOptions} → same string.
  *
  * @remarks
  * The `root` label is the unindented first line; its descendants are drawn beneath it with
@@ -1692,13 +1629,17 @@ export declare function renderTable(options: TableOptions): string;
 export declare function renderTree(options: TreeOptions): string;
 
 /**
- * Render the connector-prefixed lines for a {@link TreeNode} list — the recursive core
- * behind {@link renderTree}. Each child is drawn as `prefix` + its connector (`├─ ` for
- * any but the last, `└─ ` for the last) + its label, with its own descendants recursed
- * beneath under the carried guide (`│  ` under a non-last node, `   ` under the last).
+ * Renders the connector-prefixed lines for a {@link TreeNode} list — the recursive core behind
+ * {@link renderTree}, whose third options argument requires `border` and groups the optional
+ * `styler` and `style`.
  *
  * @remarks
- * A centralized, exported recursion branch (AGENTS §5) so it is directly testable and
+ * Each child is drawn as `prefix` + its connector (`├─ ` for any but the last, `└─ ` for the
+ * last) + its label, with its own descendants recursed beneath under the carried guide (`│  `
+ * under a non-last node, `   ` under the last).
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * A centralized, exported recursion branch so it is directly testable and
  * reusable outside {@link renderTree}'s top-level `root.label` framing.
  *
  * @param nodes - The sibling {@link TreeNode}s to render at this depth
@@ -1716,17 +1657,17 @@ export declare function renderTree(options: TreeOptions): string;
 export declare function renderTreeChildren(nodes: readonly TreeNode[], prefix: string, options: Required<Pick<TreeOptions, 'border'>> & Pick<TreeOptions, 'style' | 'styler'>): readonly string[];
 
 /**
- * Repeat `unit` until it fills exactly `count` VISIBLE columns, trimming a trailing partial
+ * Repeats `unit` until it fills exactly `columns` visible columns, trimming a trailing partial
  * unit so the run is never over-wide — the fill primitive the separator + box edges draw with.
  *
  * @remarks
  * Counts in code points ({@link width}-consistent), so a multi-cell or astral `unit` is laid
- * down whole and the result is sliced to exactly `count` visible columns. `count <= 0` (or an
+ * down whole and the result is sliced to exactly `columns` visible columns. `columns <= 0` (or an
  * empty / zero-width `unit`) yields `''`.
  *
  * @param unit - The (possibly multi-character) fill unit
- * @param count - The visible column count to fill
- * @returns `unit` tiled to exactly `count` visible columns
+ * @param columns - The visible column count to fill
+ * @returns `unit` tiled to exactly `columns` visible columns
  *
  * @example
  * ```ts
@@ -1734,27 +1675,27 @@ export declare function renderTreeChildren(nodes: readonly TreeNode[], prefix: s
  * repeatTo('=-', 5) // '=-=-='
  * ```
  */
-export declare function repeatTo(unit: string, count: number): string;
+export declare function repeatTo(unit: string, columns: number): string;
 
 /**
- * A lean, event-free narrative reporter (AGENTS §13) — the composable verb set for human /
- * build-run output. Each verb FORMATS its line through the shared {@link StylerInterface} and
+ * Implements a lean, event-free narrative reporter — the composable verb set for human /
+ * build-run output. Each verb formats its line through the shared {@link StylerInterface} and
  * the pure layout renderers ({@link renderSeparator} / {@link renderBox} / {@link renderTable}
- * / {@link renderTree}) and WRITES it to a {@link SinkInterface} — the SAME styler + sink
+ * / {@link renderTree}) and writes it to a {@link SinkInterface} — the same styler + sink
  * substrate the logger uses, never a second colorizer.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **A SMALL set, not a grab-bag.** `section` / `step` / `timing` / `status` / `table` /
+ * - **A small set, not a grab-bag.** `section` / `step` / `timing` / `status` / `table` /
  *   `tree` / `box` / `line` / `blank`. No spinner / bar (the animation chunk), no buffering /
- *   capture (the capture chunk), no level retention (the logger). Just format + write.
- * - **`status` is a narrative OUTCOME, not a log level.** Its {@link StatusLevel} (`success` /
+ *   capture (the capture chunk), no level retention (the logger). Format and write, nothing more.
+ * - **`status` is a narrative outcome, not a log level.** Its {@link StatusLevel} (`success` /
  *   `error` / `warn` / `info`) is distinct from {@link import('./types.js').LogLevel}: an icon
  *   supplied theme status icon + style, with `error` routed to the sink's
  *   error stream (the `level` hint forwarded to {@link SinkInterface.write}) — there is no
  *   gating and no severity ordering.
  * - **Width-aware.** `section` (and a `box` with no explicit `width`) lay out to the reporter's
- *   `#width`; the renderers measure on VISIBLE width (ANSI-aware), so styled content aligns.
- * - **Event-free (§13).** No `#emitter` — a pure formatting front-end with no observable
+ *   `#width`; the renderers measure on visible width (ANSI-aware), so styled content aligns.
+ * - **Event-free.** No `#emitter` — a pure formatting front-end with no observable
  *   lifecycle (like the renderers and `Scheduler`). It is reusable and holds no per-call state.
  *
  * @example
@@ -1781,61 +1722,63 @@ export declare class Reporter implements ReporterInterface {
 }
 
 /**
- * A lean, event-free narrative reporter — the composable verb set for human / build-run
+ * Declares a lean, event-free narrative reporter — the composable verb set for human / build-run
  * output (sections, steps, timings, outcomes, tables, trees, boxes), formatting through the
  * shared {@link StylerInterface} + layout renderers and writing to a {@link SinkInterface}.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **A SMALL composable set**, not a grab-bag: `section` / `step` / `timing` / `status` /
- *   `table` / `tree` / `box` / `line` / `blank`. Coloring is the ONE styler; layout is the
+ * - **A small composable set**, not a grab-bag: `section` / `step` / `timing` / `status` /
+ *   `table` / `tree` / `box` / `line` / `blank`. Coloring is the one styler; layout is the
  *   pure renderers ({@link import('./helpers.js').renderSeparator} /
  *   {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} / {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable} /
  *   {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTree}). No second colorizer, no spinner / bar (that
  *   is the animation chunk), no buffering / capture (that is the capture chunk).
  * - **`status` is a narrative outcome, not a log level.** Its {@link StatusLevel} is
- *   `success` / `error` / `warn` / `info` (DISTINCT from {@link LogLevel}); `error` routes to
+ *   `success` / `error` / `warn` / `info` (distinct from {@link LogLevel}); `error` routes to
  *   the sink's error stream.
- * - **Event-free (§13).** No emitter — a pure formatting front-end. Each verb FORMATS then
- *   WRITES immediately; there is no retained state worth observing.
+ * - **Event-free.** No emitter — a pure formatting front-end. Each verb formats then
+ *   writes immediately; there is no retained state worth observing.
  */
 export declare interface ReporterInterface {
-    /** Write a titled separator block — a section heading framed by a horizontal rule. */
+    /** Writes a titled separator block — a section heading framed by a horizontal rule. */
     section(title: string): void;
-    /** Write a step line, optionally prefixed with its `[index/total]` {@link StepPosition}. */
+    /** Writes a step line, optionally prefixed with its `[index/total]` {@link StepPosition}. */
     step(message: string, position?: StepPosition): void;
-    /** Write a timing line — `label … 1.23s` (sub-second shown as `…ms`). */
+    /** Writes a timing line — `label … 1.23s` (sub-second shown as `…ms`). */
     timing(label: string, ms: number): void;
-    /** Write an icon + colored outcome line for `level` (`error` routes to the error stream). */
+    /** Writes an icon + colored outcome line for `level` (`error` routes to the error stream). */
     status(level: StatusLevel, message: string): void;
-    /** Render a {@link TableOptions} grid through {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable} and write it. */
+    /** Renders a {@link TableOptions} grid through {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable} and writes it. */
     table(options: TableOptions): void;
-    /** Render a {@link TreeOptions} tree through {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTree} and write it. */
+    /** Renders a {@link TreeOptions} tree through {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTree} and writes it. */
     tree(options: TreeOptions): void;
-    /** Render a {@link BoxOptions} frame through {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} and write it. */
+    /** Renders a {@link BoxOptions} frame through {@link import('./helpers.js').renderBox} and writes it. */
     box(options: BoxOptions): void;
-    /** Write one raw line, colored through the styler if any styling is embedded — no prefix, no icon. */
+    /** Writes one raw line, colored through the styler if any styling is embedded — no prefix, no icon. */
     line(text: string): void;
-    /** Write `count` blank lines (default `1`). */
+    /** Writes `count` blank lines (default `1`). */
     blank(count?: number): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link createReporter} / the {@link ReporterInterface} constructor.
+ * Configures the {@link import('./Reporter.js').Reporter} constructor — the `sink` every line is
+ * written to, the `styler` and `theme` it formats through, and the `width` its layouts measure
+ * against.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `sink` — where every formatted line is written; defaults to
  *   {@link import('./factories.js').createConsoleSink} (the snapshotted, level-routing console
- *   sink) — the SAME seam the logger writes through. A `status('error', …)` passes the
+ *   sink) — the same seam the logger writes through. A `status('error', …)` passes the
  *   `error` level so a stream-aware sink routes it to `stderr`.
  * - `styler` — the {@link StylerInterface} every line is colored through; defaults to
- *   {@link import('./factories.js').createStyler} (ANSI). The ONE styler the whole system
+ *   {@link import('./factories.js').createStyler} (ANSI). The one styler the whole system
  *   shares — no second colorizer. A disabled styler yields plain narration.
  * - `theme` — the {@link Theme} supplying status, accent, and chrome roles; defaults to
  *   {@link DEFAULT_THEME}.
  * - `width` — the default column width handed to the separator / box renderers (the section
  *   rule, a `box` with no explicit width); defaults to {@link DEFAULT_WIDTH}.
  *
- * Event-free (§13): the reporter has no `on` / `error` — it is a formatting front-end with no
+ * Event-free: the reporter has no `on` / `error` — it is a formatting front-end with no
  * observable lifecycle, so (like the renderers and `Scheduler`) it carries no emitter.
  */
 export declare interface ReporterOptions {
@@ -1845,37 +1788,135 @@ export declare interface ReporterOptions {
     readonly width?: number;
 }
 
-/** The full SGR reset sequence (`ESC[0m`) appended after a styled run. */
+/** Holds the full SGR reset sequence (`ESC[0m`) appended after a styled run. */
 export declare const RESET: string;
 
-/** The SGR RESET parameter (0) — terminates a styled run, clearing all colors and attributes. */
+/** Holds the SGR RESET parameter (0) — terminates a styled run, clearing all colors and attributes. */
 export declare const RESET_CODE = 0;
 
 /**
- * The number of milliseconds at or above which {@link import('./helpers.js').formatDuration}
- * (and so `Reporter.timing`) switches from a `…ms` rendering to a `…s` (seconds, 2 d.p.)
- * rendering — exactly one second.
+ * Implements the bounded, level-keyed retention engine the console and process captures buffer
+ * through — one capped total buffer
+ * plus one capped bucket per level, generic over the record type each capture carries.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * - **One engine, two captures.** The core `Capture` retains
+ *   {@link import('./types.js').CapturedMessage}s keyed by
+ *   {@link import('./types.js').CaptureLevel}, and the server `ProcessCapture` retains chunks keyed
+ *   by its stream level; both compose this, so their retention semantics cannot drift apart.
+ * - **Bounded on both axes.** `add` appends to the total buffer and to the record's bucket, then
+ *   drops the oldest of whichever exceeded `limit`, so neither grows without bound.
+ * - **Buckets are fixed at construction.** Only the levels passed to the constructor get a bucket.
+ *   A record at any other level still joins the total buffer, and `records(level)` for a level with
+ *   no bucket returns an empty list.
+ * - **Copies out.** `records` returns a fresh list each call, so retained state is never reachable
+ *   for mutation through a returned value.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const retention = new Retention<{ level: 'warn' | 'error'; text: string }>(['warn'], 2)
+ * retention.add({ level: 'warn', text: 'first' })
+ * retention.add({ level: 'error', text: 'second' }) // no bucket, still in the total buffer
+ * retention.records().length // 2
+ * retention.records('warn').map((record) => record.text) // ['first']
+ * retention.clear()
+ * retention.records() // []
+ * ```
+ */
+export declare class Retention<T extends {
+    readonly level: string;
+}> implements RetentionInterface<T> {
+    #private;
+    constructor(levels: ReadonlyArray<T['level']>, limit: number);
+    add(record: T): void;
+    records(): readonly T[];
+    records(level: T['level']): readonly T[];
+    clear(): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Declares the bounded, level-keyed retention buffer a capture keeps its records in — one capped total
+ * buffer plus one capped bucket per level configured at construction.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * - **Bounded on both axes.** The total buffer and each bucket are capped at the same `limit`,
+ *   dropping the oldest record first, so neither can grow without bound.
+ * - **Buckets are fixed at construction.** A record whose `level` has no bucket still joins the
+ *   total buffer, and `records(level)` for an unconfigured level returns an empty list rather than
+ *   failing.
+ * - **Copies out.** Each `records` call returns a fresh list, so a caller can never mutate the
+ *   retained state through the value it receives.
+ */
+export declare interface RetentionInterface<T extends {
+    readonly level: string;
+}> {
+    /**
+     * Retains one record — appends it to the total buffer and to its level's bucket, evicting the
+     * oldest of each past `limit`.
+     */
+    add(record: T): void;
+    /**
+     * Returns a copy of the whole retained buffer, oldest first, or — given a level — a copy of
+     * that level's bucket, empty for a level with no bucket.
+     */
+    records(): readonly T[];
+    /** Returns a copy of one level's bucket, oldest first; empty for a level with no bucket. */
+    records(level: T['level']): readonly T[];
+    /** Drops every retained record from the total buffer and every bucket. */
+    clear(): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sets the millisecond threshold at or above which {@link import('./helpers.js').formatDuration}
+ * (and so `Reporter.timing`) switches from a `…ms` rendering to a `…s` (seconds, 2 d.p.) rendering
+ * — `1000`, exactly one second.
  */
 export declare const SECOND_MS = 1000;
 
-/** The default fill character {@link import('./helpers.js').renderSeparator} draws its rule with — `─`. */
+/**
+ * Selects the member of a {@link WriterSet} a {@link LogLevel} routes to — `error` to `error`,
+ * `warn` to `warn`, every other level and an omitted level to `log`.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * The single owner of the level-to-target decision every sink backend shares, so core's console
+ * sink, the browser `%c` sink, and the server stream sink cannot drift apart. A backend that sends
+ * two levels to one destination passes the same member twice: the server sink routes `warn`
+ * alongside `error` by supplying its error stream for both, which matches `console.warn` writing
+ * to `stderr`. The member type is the caller's, so the same leaf selects a bound console method, a
+ * stream target, or a per-target styling fact.
+ *
+ * @param level - The originating record's {@link LogLevel}, or `undefined` when the caller has none
+ * @param writers - See {@link WriterSet}
+ * @returns The member `level` routes to
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * selectWriter('error', { log: 'stdout', warn: 'stderr', error: 'stderr' }) // 'stderr'
+ * selectWriter('warn', { log: 'stdout', warn: 'stderr', error: 'stderr' }) // 'stderr'
+ * selectWriter('debug', { log: 'stdout', warn: 'stderr', error: 'stderr' }) // 'stdout'
+ * selectWriter(undefined, { log: 'stdout', warn: 'stderr', error: 'stderr' }) // 'stdout'
+ * ```
+ */
+export declare function selectWriter<T>(level: LogLevel | undefined, writers: WriterSet<T>): T;
+
+/** Holds the default fill character {@link import('./helpers.js').renderSeparator} draws its rule with — `─`. */
 export declare const SEPARATOR_FILL = "\u2500";
 
 /**
- * The single padding cell on each side of a separator's embedded title (` title `) — keeps the
+ * Holds the single padding cell on each side of a separator's embedded title (` title `) — keeps the
  * title from butting against the rule. One space.
  */
 export declare const SEPARATOR_TITLE_GAP = " ";
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link import('./helpers.js').renderSeparator} — a horizontal rule, optionally
- * carrying a centered title.
+ * Configures {@link import('./helpers.js').renderSeparator} — a horizontal rule, optionally
+ * carrying a centered title. Every key is optional.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `title` — text to embed in the rule (e.g. a section heading). Omitted ⇒ an unbroken line.
+ * - `title` — text to embed in the rule (for example a section heading). Omitted ⇒ an unbroken line.
  * - `width` — the visible column count of the whole rule; defaults to {@link DEFAULT_WIDTH}.
  * - `fill` — the single character the rule is drawn with; defaults to {@link SEPARATOR_FILL}
- *   (`─`). The VISIBLE width of the rule is `width` regardless of the fill's escape codes.
+ *   (`─`). The visible width of the rule is `width` regardless of the fill's escape codes.
  * - `styler` — colors the rule (and the embedded title) when supplied; the layout is
  *   identical with or without it, since width is measured on the visible content.
  * - `style` — an optional by-value style rendered through `styler` for the rule and title.
@@ -1889,59 +1930,63 @@ export declare interface SeparatorOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * The minimal output primitive — the seam every formatted line is written through. A
- * `Sink` is the ONE place text leaves the logging system; redirect output (to a file, a
+ * Declares the minimal output primitive — the seam every formatted line is written through. A
+ * `Sink` is the one place text leaves the logging system; redirect output (to a file, a
  * buffer, a test recorder, the browser `%c` path, a server TTY) by supplying a different
  * `SinkInterface`, with no change to the logger.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - **`write(text)` is the whole contract.** A custom sink (file / buffer / recorder)
- *   implements just `write(text)` and ignores the rest — the optional `level` exists ONLY so
- *   a stream-aware sink can ROUTE. The logger passes the originating record's {@link LogLevel}.
+ *   implements only `write(text)` and ignores the rest — the optional `level` exists only so
+ *   a stream-aware sink can route. The logger passes the originating record's {@link LogLevel}.
  * - **The default {@link import('./factories.js').createConsoleSink} routes by level** —
  *   `error` → `console.error`, `warn` → `console.warn`, everything else → `console.log` — and
- *   writes to the UNDERLYING `console` methods SNAPSHOTTED at creation, so a later `Capture`
+ *   writes to the underlying `console` methods snapshotted at creation, so a later `Capture`
  *   that patches `console` can never feed the sink's own output back into itself (the
- *   no-capture-loop principle). The same `level` seam lets the C-g server TTY sink send
+ *   no-capture-loop principle). The same `level` seam lets the server TTY sink send
  *   `error` / `warn` to `stderr`.
  */
 export declare interface SinkInterface {
     /**
-     * Write one already-formatted chunk of output. `text` receives ONE LINE WITHOUT its
-     * terminator — the sink's target supplies it (e.g. `console.log`; the server TTY sink
-     * appends one) — UNLESS `text` begins with `\r`: that is an in-place REDRAW frame (the
-     * Spinner / Progress animation protocol), written verbatim. A tick frame carries no
-     * terminator; a final frame carries its own.
-     * `level` is the originating record's {@link LogLevel} — supplied so a stream-aware sink
-     * can route (e.g. `error` to `stderr`); a plain sink ignores it.
+     * Writes one already-formatted chunk of output — one line without its terminator, or a
+     * `\r`-leading redraw frame written verbatim, routed by the optional `level`.
+     *
+     * @remarks
+     * The sink's target supplies the terminator (for example `console.log`; the server TTY sink
+     * appends one), unless `text` begins with `\r`: that is an in-place redraw frame (the
+     * Spinner / Progress animation protocol). A tick frame carries no terminator; a final frame
+     * carries its own. `level` is the originating record's {@link LogLevel} — supplied so a
+     * stream-aware sink can route (for example `error` to `stderr`); a plain sink ignores it.
      */
     write(text: string, level?: LogLevel): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * A self-driving, observable activity spinner (AGENTS §13) — a glyph cycle that advances on a
+ * Implements a self-driving, observable activity spinner — a glyph cycle that advances on a
  * periodic timer, writing each `\r` + frame line to its {@link SinkInterface} and emitting it on
- * `frame`. The leading `\r` is what an overwrite-capable sink (the C-g TTY sink) redraws on; a plain
- * sink (C-f) degrades to a fresh, non-overwriting line — the line-OVERWRITE is the SINK's job, never
- * the spinner's. UNIVERSAL — `setInterval` + the one {@link StylerInterface} + the one
- * {@link SinkInterface}, no `node:*`, no `process.stdout`.
+ * `frame`. The timer is always cleared on an outcome, so the spinner is leak-free.
  *
  * @remarks
+ * The leading `\r` is what an overwrite-capable sink (the TTY sink) redraws on; a plain sink
+ * degrades to a fresh, non-overwriting line — the line-overwrite is the sink's job, never the
+ * spinner's. Universal — `setInterval` + the one {@link StylerInterface} + the one
+ * {@link SinkInterface}, no `node:*`, no `process.stdout`.
+ *
  * - **Self-driving but deterministically testable.** `start()` arms a `setInterval` that calls
  *   {@link tick} each `interval`; each {@link tick} builds the styled `glyph + message` line for the
  *   current frame, emits it on `frame`, writes `'\r' + line` to the sink, then advances the frame
  *   index (wrapping). A test drives frames by calling {@link tick} directly, or arms a real short
  *   `interval` and proves the timer arms / clears through the sink it writes to.
- * - **Leak-free timer.** The interval is ALWAYS cleared on {@link success} / {@link failure} /
+ * - **Leak-free timer.** The interval is always cleared on {@link succeed} / {@link fail} /
  *   {@link stop} / {@link destroy} — `#handle` is the single source of `active`, set on arm and unset
  *   on clear, so a spinner never leaks a running interval.
  * - **Idempotent `start`.** A {@link start} while already `active` is a no-op (it never arms a second
  *   timer).
- * - **Outcome lines.** {@link success} / {@link failure} clear the timer then write + emit a FINAL line —
+ * - **Outcome lines.** {@link succeed} / {@link fail} clear the timer then write + emit a final line —
  *   the supplied theme status icon + style (`✔` / `✖` by default) + the message — terminated
- *   by a newline (the activity is over; the line is committed, not overwritten). {@link failure} routes to
+ *   by a newline (the activity is over; the line is committed, not overwritten). {@link fail} routes to
  *   the sink's error stream.
- * - **Lifecycle (§10).** {@link stop} clears the timer and LEAVES the current line; {@link destroy}
+ * - **Lifecycle.** {@link stop} clears the timer and leaves the current line; {@link destroy}
  *   stops then destroys the emitter. {@link update} swaps the message and re-renders immediately when
  *   `active`.
  *
@@ -1950,7 +1995,7 @@ export declare interface SinkInterface {
  * const spinner = new Spinner({ message: 'building' })
  * spinner.start() // arms the timer, paints the first frame to the sink
  * spinner.update('bundling') // message changes, re-rendered at once
- * spinner.success('built in 1.2s') // ✔ built in 1.2s — timer cleared, line committed
+ * spinner.succeed('built in 1.2s') // ✔ built in 1.2s — timer cleared, line committed
  * ```
  */
 export declare class Spinner implements SpinnerInterface {
@@ -1962,113 +2007,119 @@ export declare class Spinner implements SpinnerInterface {
     start(): void;
     tick(): void;
     update(message: string): void;
-    success(message?: string): void;
-    failure(message?: string): void;
+    succeed(message?: string): void;
+    fail(message?: string): void;
     stop(): void;
     destroy(): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * The default spinner frame cycle a {@link import('./types.js').SpinnerInterface} advances through —
- * the ten braille-pattern glyphs (U+2800 block) that read as a smoothly rotating dot, the universal
- * terminal-spinner convention. Frozen; a consumer swaps the whole cycle via `options.frames`.
+ * Holds the default spinner frame cycle a {@link import('./types.js').SpinnerInterface} advances
+ * through — the braille-pattern glyphs (`⠋⠙⠹…`, the U+2800 block) that read as a smoothly rotating
+ * dot.
  *
  * @remarks
+ * The cycle is the universal terminal-spinner convention. Frozen; a consumer swaps the whole
+ * cycle through `options.frames`.
+ *
  * Braille glyphs are single visible cells, so every frame occupies one column — the spinner glyph
  * never shifts the message beside it as it advances. The source of truth for the default frame axis.
  */
 export declare const SPINNER_FRAMES: readonly string[];
 
 /**
- * The observable events a {@link SpinnerInterface} emits (AGENTS §13).
+ * Declares the observable events a {@link SpinnerInterface} emits — `frame(line)` per advance and
+ * per outcome, plus the `start` and `stop` timer-lifecycle signals.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `frame` — the core event: fires once per advance (every `tick()`, whether driven by the internal
- *   timer or called directly) AND on the final `success` / `failure` line, carrying the rendered frame
- *   line (the SAME text written to the sink, minus the leading `\r`). The hook a non-sink consumer
+ * - `frame` — fires once per advance (every `tick()`, whether driven by the internal
+ *   timer or called directly) and on the final `succeed` / `fail` line, carrying the rendered frame
+ *   line (the same text written to the sink, minus the leading `\r`). The hook a non-sink consumer
  *   (a test, a remote mirror) rides to observe the animation without a terminal.
  * - `start` / `stop` — the lifecycle signals bracketing the internal timer: `start` fires when the
  *   timer is armed (the first `start()` on an inactive spinner), `stop` when it is cleared (a
- *   `stop()` / `success()` / `failure()` on an active spinner, and from `destroy()`); both pure signals
+ *   `stop()` / `succeed()` / `fail()` on an active spinner, and from `destroy()`); both pure signals
  *   (empty tuples) so a consumer can observe the activity lifecycle.
  *
- * Listener isolation is the emitter's (§13): a listener throw routes to the emitter's `error`
- * handler, never onto this map. Declared as a `type` alias (not `interface extends EventMap`, §4.5):
+ * Listener isolation is the emitter's: a listener throw routes to the emitter's `error`
+ * handler, never onto this map. Declared as a `type` alias (not `interface extends EventMap`):
  * a type-literal satisfies the `EventMap` constraint structurally, whereas an interface lacks the
  * index signature.
  */
 export declare type SpinnerEventMap = {
-    /** A frame was produced (a `tick()` advance or the final `success` / `failure` line) — the rendered line. */
+    /** Fires after a frame was produced (a `tick()` advance or the final `succeed` / `fail` line) — the rendered line. */
     readonly frame: readonly [line: string];
-    /** The internal timer was armed (an inactive spinner's `start()`). */
+    /** Fires after the internal timer was armed (an inactive spinner's `start()`). */
     readonly start: readonly [];
-    /** The internal timer was cleared (an active spinner's `stop()` / `success()` / `failure()` / `destroy()`). */
+    /** Fires after the internal timer was cleared (an active spinner's `stop()` / `succeed()` / `fail()` / `destroy()`). */
     readonly stop: readonly [];
 };
 
 /**
- * A self-driving, observable activity spinner (AGENTS §13) — a glyph cycle that advances on a
+ * Declares a self-driving, observable activity spinner — a glyph cycle that advances on a
  * periodic timer, writing each `\r` + frame line to its {@link SinkInterface} and emitting it on
- * `frame`. The line-OVERWRITE is the sink's job (a TTY sink overwrites on the `\r`; a plain sink
+ * `frame`. The line-overwrite is the sink's job (a TTY sink overwrites on the `\r`; a plain sink
  * degrades to a fresh line).
  *
  * @remarks
  * - **Self-driving but deterministically testable.** `start()` arms a `setInterval` (universal — no
  *   `node:*`) that calls `tick()` each `interval`; each `tick()` advances the frame index, builds the
  *   styled `glyph + message` line, emits it on `frame`, and writes `'\r' + line` to the sink. A test
- *   drives frames by calling `tick()` directly (NO real clock) and proves the timer arms / clears
- *   with fake timers — the timer is ALWAYS cleared on `success` / `failure` / `stop` / `destroy`, so it
+ *   drives frames by calling `tick()` directly (no real clock) and proves the timer arms / clears
+ *   with fake timers — the timer is always cleared on `succeed` / `fail` / `stop` / `destroy`, so it
  *   never leaks.
  * - **Idempotent `start`.** A `start()` while already `active` is a no-op (it never arms a second
- *   timer). `active` reflects whether the timer is currently armed.
- * - **Outcome lines.** `success(message?)` / `failure(message?)` clear the timer, then write + emit a
- *   FINAL line — the theme's success / error status icon + style (`✔` / `✖` by default) + the
+ *   timer). `active` reflects whether the timer is armed.
+ * - **Outcome lines.** `succeed(message?)` / `fail(message?)` clear the timer, then write + emit a
+ *   final line — the theme's success / error status icon + style (`✔` / `✖` by default) + the
  *   message — terminated by a newline (the activity is over; the line is committed, not overwritten).
- *   `failure` routes to the sink's error stream.
- * - **Lifecycle (§10).** `stop()` clears the timer and LEAVES the current line (no final write);
+ *   `fail` routes to the sink's error stream.
+ * - **Lifecycle.** `stop()` clears the timer and leaves the current line (no final write);
  *   `destroy()` stops then destroys the emitter. `update(message)` swaps the message (re-rendering
  *   immediately when active, so the change shows without waiting for the next tick).
  */
 export declare interface SpinnerInterface {
     readonly emitter: EmitterInterface<SpinnerEventMap>;
-    /** Whether the internal timer is currently armed (between `start()` and `stop` / `success` / `failure`). */
+    /** Reports whether the internal timer is armed (between `start()` and `stop` / `succeed` / `fail`). */
     readonly active: boolean;
-    /** The current message shown beside the glyph. */
+    /** Holds the current message shown beside the glyph. */
     readonly message: string;
-    /** Arm the periodic timer and render the first frame — a no-op when already `active`. */
+    /** Arms the periodic timer and renders the first frame — a no-op when already `active`. */
     start(): void;
-    /** Advance one frame: build the line, emit `frame`, and write `\r` + line to the sink. */
+    /** Advances one frame: builds the line, emits `frame`, and writes `\r` + line to the sink. */
     tick(): void;
-    /** Change the message; re-renders immediately when `active` so the change shows at once. */
+    /** Changes the message; re-renders immediately when `active` so the change shows at once. */
     update(message: string): void;
-    /** Stop with a SUCCESS line — clear the timer, write + emit `✔ message` + newline. */
-    success(message?: string): void;
-    /** Stop with a FAILURE line — clear the timer, write + emit `✖ message` + newline (error stream). */
-    failure(message?: string): void;
-    /** Clear the timer and LEAVE the current line (no final write) — a no-op when not `active`. */
+    /** Stops with a success line — clears the timer, writes + emits `✔ message` + newline. */
+    succeed(message?: string): void;
+    /** Stops with an error line — clears the timer, writes + emits `✖ message` + newline (error stream). */
+    fail(message?: string): void;
+    /** Clears the timer and leaves the current line (no final write) — a no-op when not `active`. */
     stop(): void;
-    /** Tear down — `stop()` then destroy the emitter. */
+    /** Tears down — `stop()` then destroys the emitter. */
     destroy(): void;
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for `createSpinner` / the {@link SpinnerInterface} constructor.
+ * Configures the {@link import('./Spinner.js').Spinner} constructor — the `on` / `error` emitter
+ * keys, the `message` shown, the glyph `frames` and their `interval`, and the `sink` / `styler` /
+ * `theme` line substrate.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key (§8): initial listeners for the
+ * - `on` — the reserved {@link EmitterHooks} key: initial listeners for the
  *   {@link SpinnerEventMap}, wired at construction.
- * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler (§13); a listener throw routes here.
+ * - `error` — the emitter's listener-error handler; a listener throw routes here.
  * - `message` — the text shown beside the spinner glyph; defaults to `''` (a bare glyph). Changed
- *   live via `update(message)` and overridden by a `success` / `failure` argument.
+ *   live through `update(message)` and overridden by a `succeed` / `fail` argument.
  * - `frames` — the cycle of glyph frames the spinner advances through; defaults to
  *   {@link SPINNER_FRAMES} (the braille set `⠋⠙⠹…`). Each `tick()` advances to the next, wrapping.
  * - `interval` — the timer period in milliseconds between frames; defaults to
- *   {@link DEFAULT_SPINNER_INTERVAL}. The timer is ALWAYS cleared on `success` / `failure` / `stop` /
- *   `destroy`, so it never leaks; tests drive frames deterministically via `tick()` (no real clock).
+ *   {@link DEFAULT_SPINNER_INTERVAL}. The timer is always cleared on `succeed` / `fail` / `stop` /
+ *   `destroy`, so it never leaks; tests drive frames deterministically through `tick()` (no real clock).
  * - `sink` — where each `\r` + frame line is written; defaults to
- *   {@link import('./factories.js').createConsoleSink}. A TTY sink (C-g) overwrites on the `\r`.
+ *   {@link import('./factories.js').createConsoleSink}. A TTY sink overwrites on the `\r`.
  * - `styler` — the {@link StylerInterface} the glyph is colored through; defaults to
- *   {@link import('./factories.js').createStyler} (ANSI). The ONE styler the whole system shares.
+ *   {@link import('./factories.js').createStyler} (ANSI). The one styler the whole system shares.
  * - `theme` — the {@link Theme} supplying the accent and outcome roles; defaults to
  *   {@link DEFAULT_THEME}.
  */
@@ -2084,34 +2135,35 @@ export declare interface SpinnerOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Each {@link StatusLevel}'s {@link Color} — the icon + message color a `status` line renders
- * in (`success` green, `error` red, `warn` yellow, `info` blue). The VISUAL treatment of a
+ * Maps each {@link StatusLevel} to its {@link Color} — the icon + message color a `status` line renders
+ * in (`success` green, `error` red, `warn` yellow, `info` blue). The visual treatment of a
  * narrative outcome, colored through the reporter's styler; orthogonal to leveling, like
  * {@link LEVEL_COLORS}. Excludes `default` so each value indexes a real styler accessor.
  */
 export declare const STATUS_COLORS: Readonly<Record<StatusLevel, Exclude<Color, 'default'>>>;
 
 /**
- * Each {@link StatusLevel}'s icon glyph — the leading mark a {@link
+ * Maps each {@link StatusLevel} to its icon glyph — the leading mark a {@link
  * import('./types.js').ReporterInterface.status} outcome line shows: `success` ✔, `error` ✖,
  * `warn` ⚠, `info` ℹ. The narrative-outcome counterpart to a log level's label; frozen.
  */
 export declare const STATUS_ICONS: Readonly<Record<StatusLevel, string>>;
 
 /**
- * Every {@link StatusLevel}, frozen — the outcomes a `status` line supports (drives exhaustive
+ * Lists every {@link StatusLevel}, frozen — the outcomes a `status` line supports (drives exhaustive
  * tests). The source of truth for the status axis; aligned with {@link STATUS_ICONS} /
  * {@link STATUS_COLORS}.
  */
 export declare const STATUS_LEVELS: readonly StatusLevel[];
 
 /**
- * A narrative outcome level — the four states {@link ReporterInterface.status} reports, each
- * with its own icon + color ({@link STATUS_ICONS} / {@link STATUS_COLORS}).
+ * Names a narrative outcome level — `success` / `error` / `warn` / `info`, the states
+ * {@link ReporterInterface.status} reports, each with its own icon + color
+ * ({@link STATUS_ICONS} / {@link STATUS_COLORS}).
  *
  * @remarks
- * DISTINCT from {@link LogLevel} (`debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error`): a `StatusLevel` is a
- * narrative OUTCOME (did the step success?), not a log SEVERITY threshold — there is no
+ * distinct from {@link LogLevel} (`debug` / `info` / `warn` / `error`): a `StatusLevel` is a
+ * narrative outcome (did the step success?), not a log severity threshold — there is no
  * ordering and no gating. `success` (`✔`, green), `error` (`✖`, red), `warn` (`⚠`, yellow),
  * `info` (`ℹ`, blue). `error` routes to the sink's error stream (the `level` hint passed to
  * {@link SinkInterface.write}); the other three go to the default stream.
@@ -2119,8 +2171,8 @@ export declare const STATUS_LEVELS: readonly StatusLevel[];
 export declare type StatusLevel = 'success' | 'error' | 'warn' | 'info';
 
 /**
- * A step's position in a sequence — the `{ index, total }` a {@link ReporterInterface.step}
- * renders as a `[2/5]` prefix.
+ * Represents where one step sits in a sequence — what {@link ReporterInterface.step} renders as a
+ * `[2/5]` prefix.
  *
  * @remarks
  * Both are 1-based for display (`{ index: 2, total: 5 }` ⇒ `[2/5]`); the reporter formats
@@ -2133,17 +2185,18 @@ export declare interface StepPosition {
 }
 
 /**
- * Stringify ONE captured console argument into a line fragment — the per-argument rule behind
+ * Stringifies one captured console argument into a line fragment — the per-argument rule behind
  * {@link formatArgs}: an `Error` → `name: message`, a plain object / array → circular-safe JSON,
  * anything else (string, number, boolean, `null`, `undefined`, symbol, function) → `String(value)`.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - **Total + never throws.** Like a guard (§14), this never throws on adversarial input — a value
+ * - **Total + never throws.** Like a guard, this never throws on adversarial input — a value
  *   carrying a circular reference, a `BigInt`, or a throwing `toJSON` is rendered, not raised. The
  *   `JSON.stringify` runs with a circular-guard replacer (a seen-set drops a back-reference as
- *   `'[Circular]'`); should `JSON.stringify` still throw (e.g. a `BigInt`), the value falls back to
- *   `String(value)`. So a `Capture` can never crash the program whose `console.*` it intercepts.
- * - **`Error` first.** An `Error` renders as `name: message` (e.g. `TypeError: bad`) — the useful
+ *   `'[Circular]'`); if `JSON.stringify` still throws (for example on a `BigInt`), the value falls
+ *   back to `String(value)`. So a `Capture` can never crash the program whose `console.*` it
+ *   intercepts.
+ * - **`Error` first.** An `Error` renders as `name: message` (for example `TypeError: bad`) — the useful
  *   one-line form, since `JSON.stringify(error)` is `{}` (its fields are non-enumerable).
  * - **Objects → JSON.** A non-null `object` (including an array) is `JSON.stringify`d; a primitive
  *   (or `null` / `undefined` / `function` / `symbol`) goes through `String`.
@@ -2164,11 +2217,11 @@ export declare interface StepPosition {
 export declare function stringifyValue(value: unknown): string;
 
 /**
- * Remove every ANSI escape sequence from `text`, returning the plain visible string.
+ * Removes every ANSI escape sequence from `text`, returning the plain visible string.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Strips SGR color/style codes AND other CSI controls (cursor, erase) plus OSC
- * sequences (titles, hyperlinks) — see {@link ANSI_PATTERN}. A FRESH `RegExp` is built
+ * Strips SGR color/style codes and other CSI controls (cursor, erase) plus OSC
+ * sequences (titles, hyperlinks) — see {@link ANSI_PATTERN}. A fresh `RegExp` is built
  * per call from the canonical pattern's `source` + `flags`, so the shared global
  * pattern's `lastIndex` is never mutated across calls (re-entrant and deterministic).
  *
@@ -2183,14 +2236,15 @@ export declare function stringifyValue(value: unknown): string;
 export declare function strip(text: string): string;
 
 /**
- * Remove every non-printing C0 control character from `text` EXCEPT `\t` / `\n` / `\r`
- * (meaningful whitespace), plus DEL — returning the sanitized string.
+ * Removes every non-printing C0 control character from `text` except `\t` / `\n` / `\r`
+ * (meaningful whitespace), plus DEL — a separate pass from {@link strip}, so `width` stays
+ * untouched.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Deliberately SEPARATE from {@link strip} (ANSI-escape removal only, so `width` /
+ * Deliberately separate from {@link strip} (ANSI-escape removal only, so `width` /
  * `align` stay untouched) — this is the additional pass a non-TTY output sink applies
  * on top of `strip`, so a captured `\x07` bell or stray `\x00` never reaches a log file
- * / non-terminal target. A FRESH `RegExp` is built per call from {@link CONTROL_PATTERN}'s
+ * / non-terminal target. A fresh `RegExp` is built per call from {@link CONTROL_PATTERN}'s
  * `source` + `flags`, the same re-entrant idiom as `strip`.
  *
  * @param text - Any string, possibly carrying raw control bytes
@@ -2204,7 +2258,7 @@ export declare function strip(text: string): string;
 export declare function stripControls(text: string): string;
 
 /**
- * Text style as DATA — a frozen, readonly record of a foreground color, a background
+ * Represents text style as data — a frozen, readonly record of a foreground color, a background
  * color, and a set of text attributes. The single style value the whole console /
  * terminal system shares; a {@link RendererInterface} renders it for one target.
  *
@@ -2213,7 +2267,7 @@ export declare function stripControls(text: string): string;
  *   emits a color code only for a set, non-`default` color.
  * - `attributes` is a de-duplicated, order-stable list (a set modelled as an array so
  *   the value stays plain JSON data — no `Set` to clone or serialize). An empty list +
- *   no colors is the EMPTY style, which renders text unchanged.
+ *   no colors is the empty style, which renders text unchanged.
  * - The value is deeply frozen; compose a new style with the styler rather than mutating.
  */
 export declare interface Style {
@@ -2223,10 +2277,10 @@ export declare interface Style {
 }
 
 /**
- * The fluent, composable styling surface — the consumer-facing API. It is BOTH a
- * function (call it with text to render the accumulated style) AND a record of
+ * Declares the fluent, composable styling surface — the consumer-facing API. It is both a
+ * function (call it with text to render the accumulated style) and a record of
  * chainable accessors: every {@link Color} and {@link Attribute} is a getter returning a
- * NEW styler with that token added, so `styler.red.bold('hi')` and
+ * new styler with that token added, so `styler.red.bold('hi')` and
  * `styler.red(styler.bold('hi'))` both work and nothing is mutated.
  *
  * @remarks
@@ -2234,24 +2288,24 @@ export declare interface Style {
  *   styler is reusable and the chains never interfere.
  * - Calling the styler builds the {@link Style} under the hood and renders it through the
  *   injected renderer. When `enabled` is `false`, it returns the text verbatim.
- * - `render` is the DATA door beside the accessor chain: it renders a {@link Style} value
+ * - `render` is the data door beside the accessor chain: it renders a {@link Style} value
  *   (a {@link Theme} role, say) merged over the accumulated style, so a caller styles by
  *   value where the chain styles by name. Both go through the same renderer and the same
  *   `enabled` switch.
- * - `style` exposes the accumulated style DATA (the empty style on a base styler), and
+ * - `style` exposes the accumulated style data (the empty style on a base styler), and
  *   `enabled` reflects the switch — both inspectable and testable.
  * - A later color of the same channel wins (`styler.red.blue` is blue); a repeated
  *   attribute is idempotent (`styler.bold.bold` carries one `bold`).
  */
 export declare interface StylerInterface {
-    /** Render the accumulated style around `text` (verbatim when `enabled` is `false`). */
+    /** Renders the accumulated style around `text` (verbatim when `enabled` is `false`). */
     (text: string): string;
-    /** The accumulated style DATA — the empty style on a base styler. */
+    /** Holds the accumulated style data — the empty style on a base styler. */
     readonly style: Style;
-    /** Whether styling is applied; when `false`, calls return text unchanged. */
+    /** Reports whether styling is applied; when `false`, calls return text unchanged. */
     readonly enabled: boolean;
     /**
-     * Render `text` in `style` merged OVER the accumulated style — the by-value counterpart
+     * Renders `text` in `style` merged over the accumulated style — the by-value counterpart
      * of the accessor chain, and the door a {@link Theme} role is applied through.
      *
      * @param style - The style to overlay; its colors win over the accumulated ones and its
@@ -2262,7 +2316,7 @@ export declare interface StylerInterface {
      *
      * @example
      * ```ts
-     * import { createStyler, DEFAULT_THEME } from '@src/core'
+     * import { createStyler, DEFAULT_THEME } from '@orkestrel/console'
      *
      * const styler = createStyler()
      * styler.render(DEFAULT_THEME.levels.warn, 'WARN') // yellow
@@ -2295,14 +2349,15 @@ export declare interface StylerInterface {
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link createStyler}.
+ * Configures {@link createStyler} — `renderer` selects the output target, defaulting to the ANSI
+ * renderer, and `enabled` is the no-color switch, defaulting to `true`.
  *
  * @remarks
- * - `renderer` — the {@link RendererInterface} every style renders through; defaults to
- *   the ANSI renderer (the cross-environment default), so the styler works unchanged in
- *   any terminal. Inject a browser `%c` renderer (C-f) to retarget with no other change.
- * - `enabled` — the no-color switch. When `false`, the styler returns text VERBATIM
- *   (for a non-TTY, a `NO_COLOR` environment, or piped output); defaults to `true`.
+ * - `renderer` — the {@link RendererInterface} every style renders through, so the styler
+ *   works unchanged in any terminal. Inject a browser `%c` renderer to retarget with no
+ *   other change.
+ * - `enabled` — when `false`, the styler returns text verbatim, for a non-TTY, a
+ *   `NO_COLOR` environment, or piped output.
  */
 export declare interface StylerOptions {
     readonly renderer?: RendererInterface;
@@ -2310,8 +2365,9 @@ export declare interface StylerOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable} — a bordered grid of columns + rows
- * with per-column alignment and width-aware sizing.
+ * Configures {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTable} — a bordered grid of columns + rows with
+ * per-column alignment and width-aware sizing. A `Reporter` supplies its own chrome style only when
+ * the caller gives neither `styler` nor `style`.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `columns` — the {@link ColumnSpec}s, left to right; their `label`s form the header row.
@@ -2320,7 +2376,7 @@ export declare interface StylerOptions {
  * - `border` — the {@link BorderStyle} the frame + header rule + column separators draw in;
  *   defaults to {@link DEFAULT_BORDER} (`single`).
  * - `styler` — colors the border + header labels when supplied; the cells are written as
- *   given (already-styled cells are honored — their VISIBLE width drives column sizing, never
+ *   given (already-styled cells are honored — their visible width drives column sizing, never
  *   their raw `.length`).
  * - `style` — an optional by-value style rendered through `styler` for the frame and headers.
  */
@@ -2333,9 +2389,8 @@ export declare interface TableOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * The app-wide semantic style vocabulary — every role the console system styles, bound to a
- * {@link Style} value. Pass one theme to a logger / reporter / spinner / progress and every
- * surface speaks it.
+ * Represents the app-wide semantic style vocabulary — each role bound to a {@link Style} value.
+ * Pass one theme to a logger / reporter / spinner / progress and every surface speaks it.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `levels` — the label style per {@link LogLevel} (a log line's severity label).
@@ -2345,7 +2400,7 @@ export declare interface TableOptions {
  *   step prefix.
  * - `chrome` — the frame role: separators, box / table / tree connectors, and a log line's
  *   timestamp / name / data surround.
- * - A theme is the vocabulary the WHOLE application shares; a per-entity option (a
+ * - A theme is the vocabulary the whole application shares; a per-entity option (a
  *   `ProgressOptions.fill`, a `BoxOptions.border`) is the presentation of that one instance.
  * - A theme returned by {@link createTheme} is frozen with every {@link Style} leaf deeply
  *   frozen, so one theme is safely shared across every entity.
@@ -2358,14 +2413,14 @@ export declare interface Theme {
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link createTheme} — the roles to override on {@link DEFAULT_THEME}.
+ * Holds the options for {@link createTheme} — the roles to override on {@link DEFAULT_THEME}, a
+ * status supplying its whole copied `{ icon, style }` record.
  *
  * @remarks
- * Every key is optional and merges per ROLE, never per theme: an omitted role keeps its
+ * Every key is optional and merges per role, never per theme: an omitted role keeps its
  * default, and `levels` / `statuses` merge per entry, so `{ levels: { warn: … } }` restyles
- * the `warn` label and leaves the other three alone. A status override supplies its whole
- * `{ icon, style }` record; {@link createTheme} snapshots and freezes that record and every
- * style leaf it receives.
+ * the `warn` label and leaves `debug`, `info`, and `error` alone. {@link createTheme}
+ * snapshots and freezes each status record and every style leaf it receives.
  */
 export declare interface ThemeOptions {
     readonly levels?: Readonly<Partial<Record<LogLevel, Style>>>;
@@ -2375,12 +2430,12 @@ export declare interface ThemeOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * One narrative outcome's presentation — the icon glyph a {@link StatusLevel} shows and the
+ * Represents one narrative outcome's presentation — the icon glyph a {@link StatusLevel} shows and the
  * {@link Style} the line renders in.
  *
  * @remarks
  * The themed counterpart of the {@link STATUS_ICONS} / {@link STATUS_COLORS} defaults: those
- * two constants are the SOURCE of {@link DEFAULT_THEME}'s statuses. A status override supplies
+ * two constants are the source of {@link DEFAULT_THEME}'s statuses. A status override supplies
  * the whole record — both `icon` and `style` — through {@link ThemeOptions}.
  */
 export declare interface ThemeStatus {
@@ -2389,7 +2444,7 @@ export declare interface ThemeStatus {
 }
 
 /**
- * One node of a {@link TreeOptions} tree — a label plus optional children, recursively.
+ * Represents one node of a {@link TreeOptions} tree — a label plus optional children, recursively.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `label` — the node's text (a single visible line; it may already be styled).
@@ -2402,8 +2457,9 @@ export declare interface TreeNode {
 }
 
 /**
- * Options for {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTree} — a nested {@link TreeNode} tree drawn
- * with box-drawing connectors.
+ * Configures {@link import('./helpers.js').renderTree} — a nested {@link TreeNode} tree drawn with
+ * box-drawing connectors. A `Reporter` supplies its own chrome style only when the caller gives
+ * neither `styler` nor `style`.
  *
  * @remarks
  * - `root` — the top {@link TreeNode}; its `label` is the unindented first line and its
@@ -2422,13 +2478,13 @@ export declare interface TreeOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * The visible width of `text` — its length after ANSI escapes are stripped, counted in
+ * Measures how many visible columns `text` occupies — its length after ANSI escapes are stripped, counted in
  * Unicode code points (so an astral character such as an emoji counts as one, not the
  * two UTF-16 units `String.length` would report).
  *
  * @remarks
  * The basis for terminal layout (box / table / progress alignment): the column count a
- * styled string occupies, independent of its escape codes. It does NOT account for
+ * styled string occupies, independent of its escape codes. It does not account for
  * wide (CJK / fullwidth) glyphs occupying two cells — a deliberate, documented
  * simplification at this layer; callers needing east-asian width handle it above.
  *
@@ -2442,8 +2498,21 @@ export declare interface TreeOptions {
  */
 export declare function width(text: string): number;
 
-export declare function withCapture<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>, options?: CaptureOptions): Promise<CaptureResult<T>>;
-
-export declare function withCapture<T>(fn: () => T, options?: CaptureOptions): CaptureResult<T>;
+/**
+ * Groups the write targets a level-routing sink chooses between — each of the backend's own member
+ * type.
+ *
+ * @remarks
+ * The member type is the sink's own: a bound `console` method in core, a browser `%c` console
+ * method, a stream target on the server, or any per-target fact routed the same way. A backend
+ * that sends two levels to one place supplies the same member twice; that is how the server sink
+ * routes `warn` alongside `error` to its error stream.
+ * {@link import('./helpers.js').selectWriter} is the one place the level-to-member decision lives.
+ */
+export declare interface WriterSet<T> {
+    readonly log: T;
+    readonly warn: T;
+    readonly error: T;
+}
 
 export { }