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**Newline pitfall**: Use `\n` for line breaks in JSON strings. Do **not** use the literal `\\n` -- Obsidian renders that as the characters `\` and `n`.

**Quote pitfall**: Escape double quotes inside JSON string values as `\"`. Unescaped quotes produce invalid JSON that Obsidian cannot render:

```json
// ❌ Invalid — unescaped quotes break JSON syntax
"text": "She said "hello world""

// ✅ Valid — quotes escaped
"text": "She said \"hello world\""
```

### File Nodes

| Attribute | Required | Type | Description |
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7. Color presets are `"1"` through `"6"` or valid hex (e.g., `"#FF0000"`)
8. JSON is valid and parseable

If validation fails, check for duplicate IDs, dangling edge references, or malformed JSON strings (especially unescaped newlines in text content).
If validation fails, check for duplicate IDs, dangling edge references, or malformed JSON strings (especially unescaped double quotes or newlines in text content).

## Complete Examples

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