diff --git a/src/app/api/assignments/[id]/route.ts b/src/app/api/assignments/[id]/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { auth } from "@/auth";
+import { returnAssignment, validateReturnAssignmentInput } from "@/lib/assignments";
+
+// First dynamic-segment ([id]) route in the codebase — see
+// docs/asset-license-management.md's "Assignment (chốt 2026-08-02)" section,
+// bullet (b): update routes use PATCH /api/<entity>/[id], not an
+// action-based sub-route (e.g. NOT /api/assignments/[id]/return). Next.js
+// 14 App Router route handler params are a plain synchronous object (not a
+// Promise) — that changed starting in Next.js 15, which this project does
+// not use (see package.json / CLAUDE.md).
+export async function PATCH(
+  request: Request,
+  { params }: { params: { id: string } }
+): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const session = await auth();
+  if (!session) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
+  }
+
+  // Validate the [id] path segment's format up front — an invalid UUID
+  // passed straight to Prisma's `findUnique({ where: { id } })` (a `@db.Uuid`
+  // column) throws a raw PrismaClientKnownRequestError that
+  // returnAssignment()'s try/catch doesn't specifically handle, which would
+  // otherwise leak as an uncaught 500 instead of a clean 400.
+  if (!z.string().uuid().safeParse(params.id).success) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "id must be a valid UUID string" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  let body: unknown;
+  try {
+    body = await request.json();
+  } catch {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Request body must be valid JSON" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  if (typeof body !== "object" || body === null) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Request body must be a JSON object" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const { returnedAt } = body as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const validation = validateReturnAssignmentInput({ returnedAt });
+
+  if (!validation.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: validation.error }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const updated = await returnAssignment(params.id, validation.value);
+  if (!updated.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: updated.error }, { status: updated.status });
+  }
+  return NextResponse.json(updated.value, { status: 200 });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/api/assignments/route.ts b/src/app/api/assignments/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { auth } from "@/auth";
+import {
+  createAssignment,
+  listAssignments,
+  validateCreateAssignmentInput,
+} from "@/lib/assignments";
+
+// Mirrors src/app/api/licenses/route.ts's pattern — middleware.ts excludes
+// /api from route protection, so this checks the session itself. Flat
+// permission model (CLAUDE.md): only "logged in or not", no role check.
+export async function POST(request: Request): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const session = await auth();
+  if (!session) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
+  }
+
+  let body: unknown;
+  try {
+    body = await request.json();
+  } catch {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Request body must be valid JSON" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  if (typeof body !== "object" || body === null) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Request body must be a JSON object" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const { employeeId, assetItemId, licenseId } = body as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const validation = validateCreateAssignmentInput({ employeeId, assetItemId, licenseId });
+
+  if (!validation.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: validation.error }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const created = await createAssignment(validation.value);
+  if (!created.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: created.error }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+  return NextResponse.json(created.value, { status: 201 });
+}
+
+export async function GET(): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const session = await auth();
+  if (!session) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
+  }
+
+  const assignments = await listAssignments();
+  return NextResponse.json(assignments, { status: 200 });
+}