fix: clean daily/note output and confirm writes

- dailyPath returns { path }

- dailyRead and note:read return { content }

- vault and vaults return parsed structured JSON

- write operations return { ok: true }

- keep stderr/timed_out only when present

- bump n8n node package to 0.2.4

packages/n8n-nodes-obsidian-api/nodes/ObsidianApi/ObsidianApi.node.ts

@@ -264,9 +264,49 @@ export class ObsidianApi implements INodeType {
 				// Always keep n8n output minimal/clean.
 				// - Prefer parsed stdout (e.g. vault/vaults)
 				// - Otherwise keep stdout as-is
+				// Build a stable, minimal output shape for n8n.
+				// We try to expose the single most useful field name per operation.
+				const stdout = result.stdout ?? '';
+
+				// Daily notes
+				if (resource === 'daily' && operation === 'dailyPath') {
+					const out: any = { path: stdout };
+					if (result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
+					if (result.timed_out) out.timed_out = result.timed_out;
+					returnData.push({ json: out, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (resource === 'daily' && operation === 'dailyRead') {
+					const out: any = { content: stdout };
+					if (result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
+					if (result.timed_out) out.timed_out = result.timed_out;
+					returnData.push({ json: out, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// Notes
+				if (resource === 'note' && operation === 'read') {
+					const out: any = { content: stdout };
+					if (result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
+					if (result.timed_out) out.timed_out = result.timed_out;
+					returnData.push({ json: out, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// vault and vaults are parsed as structured JSON
 				const parsed = (result as any).parsed_stdout;
-				const out: any = parsed ? parsed : { stdout: result.stdout };
+				if (parsed) {
-				if (!parsed && result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
+					const out: any = parsed;
+					if (result.timed_out) out.timed_out = result.timed_out;
+					if (result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
+					returnData.push({ json: out, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// Everything else (writes, deletes, rename, list files, etc.):
+				// keep output clean/stable and only confirm success.
+				const out: any = { ok: true };
+				if (result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
 				if (result.timed_out) out.timed_out = result.timed_out;
 
 				returnData.push({ json: out, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });

packages/n8n-nodes-obsidian-api/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "n8n-nodes-obsidian-cli-api",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "n8n-nodes-obsidian-cli-api",
-      "version": "0.2.3",
+      "version": "0.2.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^24.0.0",

packages/n8n-nodes-obsidian-api/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "n8n-nodes-obsidian-cli-api",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "description": "n8n community nodes for the Obsidian API Docker service backed by the official Obsidian CLI.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://git.yiprawr.dev/Docker/obsidian-api",