fix: always return minimal n8n output

- Node now outputs only stdout (parsed or raw) plus optional stderr

- Keep output stable across all operations to simplify n8n mappings

- Trim trailing newlines from runner stdout/stderr for cleaner display

- Bump server version to 1.0.3 to ship runner/output changes

- Bump n8n node package via versioned build artifacts

app/runner.py

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ async def execute_command(args:list[str], cwd:Path, stdin:str|None, timeout:floa
     timed_out = True
 
   duration_ms = int((time.perf_counter() - started) * 1000)
-  stdout = stdout_b.decode(errors="replace")
-  stderr = stderr_b.decode(errors="replace")
+  stdout = stdout_b.decode(errors="replace").rstrip()
+  stderr = stderr_b.decode(errors="replace").rstrip()
   exit_code = process.returncode if process.returncode is not None else -1
 
   if timed_out:

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

@@ -260,7 +260,16 @@ export class ObsidianApi implements INodeType {
 				}
 
 				const result = await executeObsidianCommand(this, itemIndex, args, { vault, timeout });
-				returnData.push({ json: result, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });
+
+				// Always keep n8n output minimal/clean.
+				// - Prefer parsed stdout (e.g. vault/vaults)
+				// - Otherwise keep stdout as-is
+				const stdoutValue = (result as any).parsed_stdout ?? result.stdout;
+				const out: any = { stdout: stdoutValue };
+				if (result.stderr) out.stderr = result.stderr;
+				if (result.timed_out) out.timed_out = result.timed_out;
+
+				returnData.push({ json: out, pairedItem: { item: itemIndex } });
 			} catch (error) {
 				if (this.continueOnFail()) {
 					const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);

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

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "n8n-nodes-obsidian-cli-api",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "n8n-nodes-obsidian-cli-api",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
       "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": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
   "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",

packages/n8n-nodes-obsidian-api/shared/ObsidianApiClient.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface ObsidianCommandResult extends IDataObject {
 	stderr: string;
 	duration_ms: number;
 	timed_out: boolean;
+	parsed_stdout?: IDataObject;
 }
 
 export interface ObsidianCredentials extends IDataObject {
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ export async function executeObsidianCommand(
 	}
 	const result = normalizeCommandResult(response);
 
+	const parsed = maybeParseStdout(result);
+	if (parsed) result.parsed_stdout = parsed;
+
 	if (result.exit_code !== 0) {
 		throw new NodeOperationError(
 			context.getNode(),
@@ -139,6 +143,42 @@ function extractErrorMessage(body: unknown): string {
 	return '';
 }
 
+function maybeParseStdout(result: ObsidianCommandResult): IDataObject | undefined {
+	const lastArg = result.command[result.command.length - 1];
+	if (lastArg !== 'vault' && lastArg !== 'vaults') return undefined;
+
+	// Obsidian CLI prints either:
+	// vault:
+	//   key<TAB>value\nkey<TAB>value\n...
+	// vaults:
+	//   often one vault per line (names) or a similar tabular output.
+	const lines = (result.stdout || '')
+		.split(/\r?\n/)
+		.map((l) => l.trim())
+		.filter(Boolean);
+
+	if (!lines.length) return undefined;
+
+	const isKv = lines.some((l) => l.includes('\t'));
+	if (!isKv && lastArg === 'vaults') {
+		return { vaults: lines };
+	}
+
+	const kv: Record<string, string | number> = {};
+	for (const line of lines) {
+		const parts = line.split('\t');
+		if (parts.length < 2) continue;
+		const key = parts[0].trim();
+		const rawValue = parts.slice(1).join('\t').trim();
+		if (!key || !rawValue) continue;
+
+		if (/^-?\d+$/.test(rawValue)) kv[key] = Number(rawValue);
+		else kv[key] = rawValue;
+	}
+
+	return Object.keys(kv).length ? kv : undefined;
+}
+
 function normalizeCommandResult(response: unknown): ObsidianCommandResult {
 	const data = extractResponseBody(response);
 	const result = typeof data === 'string' ? JSON.parse(data) : data;

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "obsidian-api"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 description = "HTTP API wrapper for running Obsidian CLI commands from n8n, SDKs, or agent harnesses."
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
 dependencies = [

uv.lock

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "obsidian-api"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.3"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "starlette" },