Fix workflow bash output quoting

.archon/workflows/defaults/archon-fix-github-issue.yaml

@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ nodes:
 
   - id: fetch-issue
     bash: |
-      # Strip quotes, whitespace, markdown backticks from AI output
-      ISSUE_NUM=$(echo "$extract-issue-number.output" | tr -d "'\"\`\n " | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
+      RAW_ISSUE_NUM=$extract-issue-number.output
+      ISSUE_NUM=$(echo "$RAW_ISSUE_NUM" | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
       if [ -z "$ISSUE_NUM" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to extract issue number from: $extract-issue-number.output" >&2
+        echo "Failed to extract issue number from: $RAW_ISSUE_NUM" >&2
         exit 1
       fi
       gh issue view "$ISSUE_NUM" --json title,body,labels,comments,state,url,author

.archon/workflows/e2e-opencode-all-nodes-smoke.yaml

@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ nodes:
   # 8. depends_on + $nodeId.output substitution
   #    Use printf to safely handle multi-line output with special chars
   - id: downstream
-    bash: "printf \"downstream got: %s\\n\" \"$prompt-node.output\""
+    bash: |
+      prompt_output=$prompt-node.output
+      printf "downstream got: %s\n" "$prompt_output"
     depends_on: [ prompt-node ]
 
   # 9. when: conditional (JSON dot-access on upstream output)

.archon/workflows/e2e-opencode-inline-multi-agents.yaml

@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ nodes:
 
   - id: assert
     bash: |
-      echo "$multi.output" | grep -q "FIRST_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
-      && echo "$multi.output" | grep -q "SECOND_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
-      && echo "$inline.output" | grep -q "INLINE_AGENT_OK" \
+      multi_output=$multi.output
+      inline_output=$inline.output
+      echo "$multi_output" | grep -q "FIRST_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
+      && echo "$multi_output" | grep -q "SECOND_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
+      && echo "$inline_output" | grep -q "INLINE_AGENT_OK" \
       && echo "PASS: both agents in multi node executed parallel, inline agent verified" \
       || (echo "FAIL: multi/inline agent output assertion failed"; exit 1)
     timeout: 60000

.archon/workflows/e2e-opencode-smoke.yaml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ nodes:
     idle_timeout: 60000
 
   - id: assert
-    bash: "echo \"$simple.output\" | grep -q \"OPENCODE_OK\" && echo \"PASS\" ||
-      (echo \"FAIL\"; exit 1)"
+    bash: |
+      simple_output=$simple.output
+      echo "$simple_output" | grep -q "OPENCODE_OK" && echo "PASS" ||
+        (echo "FAIL"; exit 1)
     depends_on: [ simple ]

.archon/workflows/experimental/archon-fix-github-issue-experimental.yaml

@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ nodes:
 
   - id: fetch-issue
     bash: |
-      # Strip quotes, whitespace, markdown backticks from AI output
-      ISSUE_NUM=$(echo "$extract-issue-number.output" | tr -d "'\"\`\n " | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
+      RAW_ISSUE_NUM=$extract-issue-number.output
+      ISSUE_NUM=$(echo "$RAW_ISSUE_NUM" | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
       if [ -z "$ISSUE_NUM" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to extract issue number from: $extract-issue-number.output" >&2
+        echo "Failed to extract issue number from: $RAW_ISSUE_NUM" >&2
         exit 1
       fi
       gh issue view "$ISSUE_NUM" --json title,body,labels,comments,state,url,author

.archon/workflows/experimental/archon-release.yaml

@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ nodes:
     bash: |
       set -euo pipefail
 
+      bump=$parse-args.output.bump
+      dry_run=$parse-args.output.dryRun
+
       echo "::: Validating release preconditions :::"
-      echo "Bump:    $parse-args.output.bump"
-      echo "Dry run: $parse-args.output.dryRun"
+      echo "Bump:    $bump"
+      echo "Dry run: $dry_run"
       echo
 
       git fetch origin --quiet
@@ -533,7 +536,8 @@ nodes:
       git add -A
       git status --short
 
-      git commit -m "Release $bump-version.output.newVersion"
+      version=$bump-version.output.newVersion
+      git commit -m "Release $version"
       git push origin dev
     timeout: 60000
     depends_on: [write-files, bump-version]

.archon/workflows/maintainer/maintainer-review-pr.yaml

@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ nodes:
 
   - id: fetch-pr
     bash: |
-      PR_NUM=$(echo "$extract-pr-number.output" | tr -d "'\"\`\n " | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
+      RAW_PR_NUM=$extract-pr-number.output
+      PR_NUM=$(echo "$RAW_PR_NUM" | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
       if [ -z "$PR_NUM" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to extract PR number from: $extract-pr-number.output" >&2
+        echo "Failed to extract PR number from: $RAW_PR_NUM" >&2
         exit 1
       fi
       echo "$PR_NUM" > "$ARTIFACTS_DIR/.pr-number"

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-claude-smoke.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ nodes:
   # 2. Assert non-empty output — fails CI if Claude returned nothing
   - id: assert
     bash: |
-      output="$simple.output"
+      output=$simple.output
       if [ -z "$output" ]; then
         echo "FAIL: simple node returned empty output"
         exit 1

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-codex-smoke.yaml

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ nodes:
   # Assert both nodes returned output
   - id: assert
     bash: |
-      simple_out="$simple.output"
-      structured_out="$structured.output"
+      simple_out=$simple.output
+      structured_out=$structured.output
       if [ -z "$simple_out" ]; then
         echo "FAIL: simple node returned empty output"
         exit 1

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-copilot-all-nodes-smoke.yaml

@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ nodes:
   # 10. when: conditional on AI structured output (proves output_format
   #     parsed and dot-access works on the resulting object).
   - id: structured-check
-    bash: "echo \"structured.status=$structured-node.output.status\""
+    bash: |
+      structured_status=$structured-node.output.status
+      echo "structured.status=$structured_status"
     depends_on: [structured-node]
     when: "$structured-node.output.status == 'ok'"
 
@@ -129,17 +131,28 @@ nodes:
           fail=1
         fi
       }
-      check prompt-node       "$prompt-node.output"
-      check command-node      "$command-node.output"
-      check loop-node         "$loop-node.output"
-      check bash-json-node    "$bash-json-node.output"
-      check script-bun-node   "$script-bun-node.output"
-      check script-python-node "$script-python-node.output"
-      check downstream        "$downstream.output"
-      check gated             "$gated.output"
-      check merge             "$merge.output"
-      check structured.status "$structured-node.output.status"
-      check structured.value  "$structured-node.output.value"
+      prompt_output=$prompt-node.output
+      command_output=$command-node.output
+      loop_output=$loop-node.output
+      bash_json_output=$bash-json-node.output
+      script_bun_output=$script-bun-node.output
+      script_python_output=$script-python-node.output
+      downstream_output=$downstream.output
+      gated_output=$gated.output
+      merge_output=$merge.output
+      structured_status=$structured-node.output.status
+      structured_value=$structured-node.output.value
+      check prompt-node       "$prompt_output"
+      check command-node      "$command_output"
+      check loop-node         "$loop_output"
+      check bash-json-node    "$bash_json_output"
+      check script-bun-node   "$script_bun_output"
+      check script-python-node "$script_python_output"
+      check downstream        "$downstream_output"
+      check gated             "$gated_output"
+      check merge             "$merge_output"
+      check structured.status "$structured_status"
+      check structured.value  "$structured_value"
 
       if [ "$fail" -eq 1 ]; then exit 1; fi
       echo "PASS: all node types + structured output verified"

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-deterministic.yaml

@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ nodes:
       for name in bash-echo script-bun script-python bash-read-output branch-true merge-node; do
         echo "$name output received"
       done
-      bash_echo="$bash-echo.output"
-      script_bun="$script-bun.output"
-      script_python="$script-python.output"
-      bash_read="$bash-read-output.output"
-      branch_t="$branch-true.output"
-      merge="$merge-node.output"
+      bash_echo=$bash-echo.output
+      script_bun=$script-bun.output
+      script_python=$script-python.output
+      bash_read=$bash-read-output.output
+      branch_t=$branch-true.output
+      merge=$merge-node.output
       if [ -z "$bash_echo" ]; then echo "FAIL: bash-echo empty"; fail=1; fi
       if [ -z "$script_bun" ]; then echo "FAIL: script-bun empty"; fail=1; fi
       if [ -z "$script_python" ]; then echo "FAIL: script-python empty"; fail=1; fi

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-minimax-smoke.yaml

@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ nodes:
   - id: assert
     depends_on: [hello, identify, json]
     bash: |
-      math="$hello.output"
-      ident="$identify.output"
-      jname="$json.output.name"
-      jok="$json.output.ok"
+      math=$hello.output
+      ident=$identify.output
+      jname=$json.output.name
+      jok=$json.output.ok
 
       echo "── results ──"
       echo "math      = $math"

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-mixed-providers.yaml

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ nodes:
   # 3. Assert both providers returned output
   - id: assert
     bash: |
-      claude_out="$claude-node.output"
-      codex_out="$codex-node.output"
+      claude_out=$claude-node.output
+      codex_out=$codex-node.output
       if [ -z "$claude_out" ]; then
         echo "FAIL: claude-node returned empty output"
         exit 1

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-pi-all-nodes-smoke.yaml

@@ -90,15 +90,24 @@ nodes:
           fail=1
         fi
       }
-      check prompt-node "$prompt-node.output"
-      check command-node "$command-node.output"
-      check loop-node "$loop-node.output"
-      check bash-json-node "$bash-json-node.output"
-      check script-bun-node "$script-bun-node.output"
-      check script-python-node "$script-python-node.output"
-      check downstream "$downstream.output"
-      check gated "$gated.output"
-      check merge "$merge.output"
+      prompt_output=$prompt-node.output
+      command_output=$command-node.output
+      loop_output=$loop-node.output
+      bash_json_output=$bash-json-node.output
+      script_bun_output=$script-bun-node.output
+      script_python_output=$script-python-node.output
+      downstream_output=$downstream.output
+      gated_output=$gated.output
+      merge_output=$merge.output
+      check prompt-node "$prompt_output"
+      check command-node "$command_output"
+      check loop-node "$loop_output"
+      check bash-json-node "$bash_json_output"
+      check script-bun-node "$script_bun_output"
+      check script-python-node "$script_python_output"
+      check downstream "$downstream_output"
+      check gated "$gated_output"
+      check merge "$merge_output"
       if [ "$fail" -eq 1 ]; then exit 1; fi
       echo "PASS: all 9 node types produced output"
     depends_on: [merge, loop-node, command-node]

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-pi-smoke.yaml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ nodes:
   # 2. Assert non-empty output — fails CI if Pi returned nothing
   - id: assert
     bash: |
-      output="$simple.output"
+      output=$simple.output
       if [ -z "$output" ]; then
         echo "FAIL: simple node returned empty output"
         exit 1