chore(workflows): remove double-quoted $node.output refs (fixes #2242)

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

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ 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_out=$prompt-node.output; printf \"downstream got: %s\\n\" \"$prompt_out\""
     depends_on: [ prompt-node ]
 
   # 9. when: conditional (JSON dot-access on upstream output)

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

@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ nodes:
 
   - id: assert
     bash: |
-      echo "$multi.output" | grep -q "FIRST_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
-      && echo "$multi.output" | grep -q "SECOND_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
-      && echo "$inline.output" | grep -q "INLINE_AGENT_OK" \
+      v=$multi.output
+      echo "$v" | grep -q "FIRST_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
+      && echo "$v" | grep -q "SECOND_MULTI_AGENT_OK" \
+      && v2=$inline.output && echo "$v2" | 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 \"$simple.output\" | grep -q \"OPENCODE_OK\" && echo \"PASS\" ||
-      (echo \"FAIL\"; exit 1)"
+    bash: |
+      v=$simple.output
+      echo "$v" | grep -q "OPENCODE_OK" && echo "PASS" \
+      || (echo "FAIL"; exit 1)
     depends_on: [ simple ]

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

@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ 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)
+      ISSUE_NUM=$(echo $extract-issue-number.output | tr -d "'\"\`\n " | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
       if [ -z "$ISSUE_NUM" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to extract issue number from: $extract-issue-number.output" >&2
+        raw_issue_num=$extract-issue-number.output
+      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-fix-github-issue-minimax.yaml

@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@ 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)
+      ISSUE_NUM=$(echo $extract-issue-number.output | tr -d "'\"\`\n " | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
       if [ -z "$ISSUE_NUM" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to extract issue number from: $extract-issue-number.output" >&2
+        raw_issue_num=$extract-issue-number.output
+        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

@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ nodes:
       set -euo pipefail
 
       echo "::: Validating release preconditions :::"
-      echo "Bump:    $parse-args.output.bump"
-      echo "Dry run: $parse-args.output.dryRun"
+      bump=$parse-args.output.bump
+      dry_run=$parse-args.output.dryRun
+      echo "Bump:    $bump"
+      echo "Dry run: $dry_run"
       echo
 
       git fetch origin --quiet
@@ -533,7 +535,8 @@ nodes:
       git add -A
       git status --short
 
-      git commit -m "Release $bump-version.output.newVersion"
+      new_version=$bump-version.output.newVersion
+      git commit -m "Release $new_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)
+      PR_NUM=$(echo $extract-pr-number.output | tr -d "'\"\`\n " | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | head -1)
       if [ -z "$PR_NUM" ]; then
-        echo "Failed to extract PR number from: $extract-pr-number.output" >&2
+        raw_pr_num=$extract-pr-number.output
+        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

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ nodes:
 
   # 8. depends_on + $nodeId.output substitution
   - id: downstream
-    bash: "echo 'downstream got: $prompt-node.output'"
+    bash: "prompt_out=$prompt-node.output; echo \"downstream got: $prompt_out\""
     depends_on: [prompt-node]
 
   # 9. when: conditional (JSON dot-access on bash JSON output)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ 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=$structured-node.output.status\""
+    bash: "status_val=$structured-node.output.status; echo \"structured.status=$status_val\""
     depends_on: [structured-node]
     when: "$structured-node.output.status == 'ok'"
 
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ nodes:
   # 12. Verify every upstream node produced non-empty output, including
   #     dot-access on the structured-output node (proves output_format
   #     parsed and downstream consumers can index into it).
-  #     Note: value-equality on string fields is avoided on purpose —
-  #     shellQuote() wraps strings in literal single quotes, so a literal
-  #     `[ "$x" != "ok" ]` would always fail. Non-emptiness is the right
-  #     bar for a smoke; the `when:` gate on structured-check already
-  #     proved the value matched 'ok' to reach this node.
   - id: assert
     bash: |
       fail=0
@@ -129,17 +124,28 @@ nodes:
           fail=1
         fi
       }
-      check prompt-node       "$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"
+      v=$prompt-node.output
+      check prompt-node        "$v"
+      v=$command-node.output
+      check command-node       "$v"
+      v=$loop-node.output
+      check loop-node          "$v"
+      v=$bash-json-node.output
+      check bash-json-node     "$v"
+      v=$script-bun-node.output
+      check script-bun-node    "$v"
+      v=$script-python-node.output
+      check script-python-node "$v"
+      v=$downstream.output
+      check downstream         "$v"
+      v=$gated.output
+      check gated              "$v"
+      v=$merge.output
+      check merge              "$v"
+      v=$structured-node.output.status
+      check structured.status  "$v"
+      v=$structured-node.output.value
+      check structured.value   "$v"
 
       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 "$merge.output"
+      v=$prompt-node.output
+      check prompt-node        "$v"
+      v=$command-node.output
+      check command-node       "$v"
+      v=$loop-node.output
+      check loop-node          "$v"
+      v=$bash-json-node.output
+      check bash-json-node     "$v"
+      v=$script-bun-node.output
+      check script-bun-node    "$v"
+      v=$script-python-node.output
+      check script-python-node "$v"
+      v=$downstream.output
+      check downstream         "$v"
+      v=$gated.output
+      check gated              "$v"
+      v=$merge.output
+      check merge              "$v"
       if [ "$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

.archon/workflows/test-workflows/e2e-structured-output-failfast.yaml

@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ nodes:
   - id: bad-ref
     depends_on: [classify]
     bash: |
-      echo "this line should never print: $classify.output.nonexistent_field"
+      bad_ref=$classify.output.nonexistent_field
+      echo "this line should never print: $bad_ref"