diff --git a/src/buildPost.test.ts b/src/buildPost.test.ts
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+++ b/src/buildPost.test.ts
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+import { expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { buildPost } from "./buildPost";
+
+test("assembles frontmatter + body with single trailing newline", () => {
+  const out = buildPost({
+    frontmatterPairs: [{ key: "layout", value: "post" }],
+    body: "Hello world",
+  });
+  expect(out).toBe("---\nlayout: post\n---\n\nHello world\n");
+});
+
+test("empty frontmatter still emits a delimiter block", () => {
+  expect(buildPost({ frontmatterPairs: [], body: "x" })).toBe("---\n\n---\n\nx\n");
+});
diff --git a/src/buildPost.ts b/src/buildPost.ts
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+import { Pair, serializeFrontmatter } from "./frontmatter";
+
+export function buildPost(o: { frontmatterPairs: Pair[]; body: string }): string {
+  const fm = serializeFrontmatter(o.frontmatterPairs);
+  const body = o.body.replace(/\s+$/, "");
+  return `${fm}\n${body}\n`;
+}