diff --git a/app/core/note_payload.py b/app/core/note_payload.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+import os
+import hashlib
+from typing import Dict
+from .parser import ParsedNote
+from .parser import extract_wikilinks
+
+def sha256_text(text: str) -> str:
+    h = hashlib.sha256()
+    h.update(text.encode("utf-8"))
+    return h.hexdigest()
+
+def make_note_payload(parsed: ParsedNote, vault_root: str) -> Dict:
+    fm = parsed.frontmatter
+    body = parsed.body
+    rel_path = os.path.relpath(parsed.path, vault_root) if vault_root else parsed.path
+
+    payload = {
+        "note_id": fm.get("id"),
+        "title": fm.get("title"),
+        "type": fm.get("type"),
+        "status": fm.get("status"),
+        "created": fm.get("created"),
+        "updated": fm.get("updated"),
+        "tags": fm.get("tags") or [],
+        "priority": fm.get("priority"),
+        "effort_min": fm.get("effort_min"),
+        "due": fm.get("due"),
+        "people": fm.get("people") or [],
+        "aliases": fm.get("aliases") or [],
+        "depends_on": fm.get("depends_on") or [],
+        "assigned_to": fm.get("assigned_to") or [],
+        "references": list(sorted(set(extract_wikilinks(body)))),
+        "lang": fm.get("lang") or None,
+        "path": rel_path.replace("\\", "/"),
+        "hash_fulltext": sha256_text(body.strip()),
+    }
+    # Entferne None-Werte für saubere Payloads
+    return {k: v for k, v in payload.items() if v not in (None, [])}