diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20260803004634_add_asset_model/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20260803004634_add_asset_model/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a0694b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20260803004634_add_asset_model/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "asset_models" (
+    "id" UUID NOT NULL,
+    "category_id" UUID NOT NULL,
+    "manufacturer" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "name" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "specs" JSONB NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+    "created_at" TIMESTAMPTZ(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+
+    CONSTRAINT "asset_models_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+);
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "asset_models" ADD CONSTRAINT "asset_models_category_id_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("category_id") REFERENCES "asset_categories"("id") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE CASCADE;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index e5f45f3..4e13dfd 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ model AssetCategory {
   valueGroup    AssetCategoryValueGroup      @map("value_group")
   createdAt     DateTime                     @default(now()) @map("created_at") @db.Timestamptz(6)
   attributeDefs AssetCategoryAttributeDef[]
+  // Back-relation for AssetModel.categoryId — see "Cập nhật 2026-08-02 (2)"
+  // in docs/asset-license-management.md. Only categories with
+  // valueGroup=high_value are ever actually referenced by an AssetModel (a
+  // business rule enforced in src/lib/asset-models.ts's createAssetModel(),
+  // not expressible as a Prisma-level constraint), but the relation itself
+  // is not restricted to high_value categories at the schema level.
+  assetModels   AssetModel[]
 
   @@map("asset_categories")
 }
@@ -293,6 +300,37 @@ model AssetCategoryAttributeDef {
   @@map("asset_category_attribute_defs")
 }
 
+// Sits between AssetCategory and AssetItem — see docs/
+// asset-license-management.md's "Cập nhật 2026-08-02 (2)" section and the
+// `AssetModel` row in the "Data model (sơ bộ)" table. 1 AssetModel has many
+// AssetItem serials (AssetItem.modelId FK, not built in this task).
+// `manufacturer`/`name` are deliberately two separate String fields (not
+// merged into one), per the doc, to allow filtering/reporting by
+// manufacturer alone (e.g. "Dell") without string-parsing a combined field.
+// `categoryId` is a required FK to AssetCategory — the DB layer doesn't
+// enforce that the referenced category is `high_value` (Prisma/Postgres FK
+// constraints can't express that), that business rule is checked in
+// src/lib/asset-models.ts's createAssetModel() via an explicit lookup
+// before the create, per the doc's "Ràng buộc dữ liệu" section. `specs` is
+// JSONB, defaulting to an empty object — the real per-category dynamic
+// attribute *values* (whose *shape* is defined by
+// AssetCategoryAttributeDef rows for this model's category). This task
+// deliberately does NOT validate specs against the category's attribute
+// defs (loose z.record(z.unknown()) validation only, see
+// src/lib/asset-models.ts) — that dynamic cross-validation is a separate
+// follow-up task per the doc's "Cập nhật 2026-08-02 (3)" section.
+model AssetModel {
+  id           String        @id @default(uuid()) @db.Uuid
+  categoryId   String        @map("category_id") @db.Uuid
+  category     AssetCategory @relation(fields: [categoryId], references: [id])
+  manufacturer String
+  name         String
+  specs        Json          @default("{}")
+  createdAt    DateTime      @default(now()) @map("created_at") @db.Timestamptz(6)
+
+  @@map("asset_models")
+}
+
 // Minimal internal auth accounts — NOT company SSO (deliberately ruled out,
 // see CLAUDE.md / auth decision notes). A handful of trusted IT staff
 // accounts, created by hand via scripts/create-user.ts, no self-registration.
diff --git a/src/app/api/asset-models/route.ts b/src/app/api/asset-models/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38a5380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/asset-models/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { auth } from "@/auth";
+import {
+  createAssetModel,
+  listAssetModels,
+  validateCreateAssetModelInput,
+} from "@/lib/asset-models";
+
+// Mirrors src/app/api/asset-category-attribute-defs/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 { categoryId, manufacturer, name, specs } = body as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const validation = validateCreateAssetModelInput({ categoryId, manufacturer, name, specs });
+
+  if (!validation.ok) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: validation.error }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const created = await createAssetModel(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 assetModels = await listAssetModels();
+  return NextResponse.json(assetModels, { status: 200 });
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/asset-models.ts b/src/lib/asset-models.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b5e2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/asset-models.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
+import { prisma } from "./prisma";
+
+export interface AssetModelRecord {
+  id: string;
+  category_id: string;
+  manufacturer: string;
+  name: string;
+  specs: Record<string, unknown>;
+  created_at: string;
+}
+
+export interface CreateAssetModelInput {
+  categoryId: string;
+  manufacturer: string;
+  name: string;
+  specs: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export type ValidationResult =
+  | { ok: true; value: CreateAssetModelInput }
+  | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+// Mirrors src/lib/asset-category-attribute-defs.ts's nonEmptyString helper.
+function nonEmptyString(message: string) {
+  return z.string({ required_error: message, invalid_type_error: message }).refine(
+    (value) => value.trim() !== "",
+    { message }
+  );
+}
+
+const createAssetModelSchema = z.object({
+  // FK to AssetCategory — only a UUID *format* check here, whether it
+  // references a real category (and whether that category is
+  // valueGroup=high_value) is left to createAssetModel()'s explicit lookup
+  // below — that's a business rule, not something pure Zod schema
+  // validation on this input alone can express. Mirrors
+  // src/lib/asset-category-attribute-defs.ts's categoryId handling.
+  categoryId: z
+    .string({ required_error: "categoryId is required and must be a valid UUID string" })
+    .uuid("categoryId is required and must be a valid UUID string"),
+  manufacturer: nonEmptyString("manufacturer is required and must be a non-empty string"),
+  name: nonEmptyString("name is required and must be a non-empty string"),
+  // Deliberately LOOSE for this task — just "a plain JSON object" (no
+  // arrays, no primitives at the top level). Does NOT validate keys/types
+  // dynamically against this model's category's AssetCategoryAttributeDef
+  // rows — that's a separate follow-up task per docs/
+  // asset-license-management.md's "Cập nhật 2026-08-02 (3)" section, out of
+  // scope here. Defaults to {} when omitted, matching the DB column default.
+  specs: z
+    .record(z.unknown(), {
+      invalid_type_error: "specs must be a JSON object",
+    })
+    .optional()
+    .default({}),
+});
+
+/**
+ * Validates raw (untyped) asset-model-creation input. categoryId must be a
+ * valid UUID string, manufacturer/name must be non-empty strings, specs
+ * must be a plain JSON object (or omitted, defaulting to {}). Whether
+ * categoryId references a real, high_value AssetCategory is checked in
+ * createAssetModel() below, not here — that requires a DB lookup.
+ */
+export function validateCreateAssetModelInput(input: {
+  categoryId?: unknown;
+  manufacturer?: unknown;
+  name?: unknown;
+  specs?: unknown;
+}): ValidationResult {
+  const result = createAssetModelSchema.safeParse(input);
+  if (!result.success) {
+    const message = result.error.issues[0]?.message ?? "Invalid input";
+    return { ok: false, error: message };
+  }
+  return { ok: true, value: result.data };
+}
+
+function toRecord(row: {
+  id: string;
+  categoryId: string;
+  manufacturer: string;
+  name: string;
+  specs: Prisma.JsonValue;
+  createdAt: Date;
+}): AssetModelRecord {
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    category_id: row.categoryId,
+    manufacturer: row.manufacturer,
+    name: row.name,
+    specs: (row.specs as Record<string, unknown>) ?? {},
+    created_at: row.createdAt.toISOString(),
+  };
+}
+
+export type CreateAssetModelResult =
+  | { ok: true; value: AssetModelRecord }
+  | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+/**
+ * Creates an AssetModel. categoryId must reference a real AssetCategory
+ * (checked here via an explicit prisma.assetCategory.findUnique() lookup —
+ * not left to Prisma's P2003 FK-violation catch like other entities'
+ * simple FK checks, e.g. src/lib/asset-category-attribute-defs.ts's
+ * categoryId handling), because there's an additional business rule to
+ * enforce beyond "does this row exist": the referenced category's
+ * valueGroup must be `high_value` (per docs/asset-license-management.md's
+ * "Ràng buộc dữ liệu" section under "Cập nhật 2026-08-02 (2)") — a rule
+ * that can't be expressed as a Postgres FK constraint, so it can't be
+ * caught via a Prisma error code the way a plain missing-FK case can. If
+ * the category doesn't exist at all, or exists but is `low_value`, this
+ * returns a distinct {ok:false,error} for each case rather than a raw
+ * P2003/500.
+ */
+export async function createAssetModel(
+  input: CreateAssetModelInput
+): Promise<CreateAssetModelResult> {
+  const category = await prisma.assetCategory.findUnique({
+    where: { id: input.categoryId },
+  });
+
+  if (!category) {
+    return { ok: false, error: "categoryId does not reference an existing asset category" };
+  }
+
+  if (category.valueGroup !== "high_value") {
+    return { ok: false, error: "categoryId must reference a category with valueGroup=high_value" };
+  }
+
+  const created = await prisma.assetModel.create({
+    data: {
+      categoryId: input.categoryId,
+      manufacturer: input.manufacturer,
+      name: input.name,
+      // input.specs is validated by Zod to be a plain JSON object
+      // (Record<string, unknown>), but Prisma's generated InputJsonValue
+      // type doesn't structurally accept an index-signature Record — cast
+      // is safe here since the Zod schema already guarantees JSON-shaped
+      // values.
+      specs: input.specs as Prisma.InputJsonValue,
+    },
+  });
+  return { ok: true, value: toRecord(created) };
+}
+
+export async function listAssetModels(): Promise<AssetModelRecord[]> {
+  const rows = await prisma.assetModel.findMany({
+    orderBy: [{ createdAt: "desc" }, { id: "desc" }],
+  });
+  return rows.map(toRecord);
+}
diff --git a/tests/asset-models.test.ts b/tests/asset-models.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..463e30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/asset-models.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,500 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { Mock } from "vitest";
+import type { Session } from "next-auth";
+import {
+  createAssetModel,
+  listAssetModels,
+  validateCreateAssetModelInput,
+} from "@/lib/asset-models";
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/prisma";
+
+// Note: this file has two layers of coverage, mirroring
+// tests/asset-category-attribute-defs.test.ts:
+// - lib-level tests below exercise src/lib/asset-models.ts directly
+//   (validation, FK/business-rule error handling, list ordering).
+// - route-level tests (further down) exercise
+//   src/app/api/asset-models/route.ts over HTTP, including the auth() gate,
+//   malformed JSON, and non-object bodies.
+vi.mock("@/auth", () => ({ auth: vi.fn() }));
+
+import { GET, POST } from "@/app/api/asset-models/route";
+import { auth } from "@/auth";
+
+const mockedAuth = auth as unknown as Mock<() => Promise<Session | null>>;
+
+const testSession: Session = {
+  user: { id: "test-user-id" },
+  expires: new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString(),
+};
+
+function postRequest(body: unknown): Request {
+  return new Request("http://localhost/api/asset-models", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+}
+
+// AssetModel.categoryId is a real FK to AssetCategory, and the referenced
+// category must be valueGroup=high_value (see docs/
+// asset-license-management.md's "Cập nhật 2026-08-02 (2)" section). Tests
+// that need valid ids create real rows first and use their ids. Mirrors
+// tests/asset-category-attribute-defs.test.ts's createTestAssetCategory()
+// helper.
+function createTestAssetCategory(
+  overrides: { name?: string; valueGroup?: "high_value" | "low_value" } = {}
+) {
+  return prisma.assetCategory.create({
+    data: {
+      name: overrides.name ?? "Laptop",
+      valueGroup: overrides.valueGroup ?? "high_value",
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  // Each test starts from empty tables so listing/order assertions are
+  // deterministic. asset_models must be cleared before asset_categories
+  // since it has an FK (ON DELETE RESTRICT) to it.
+  await prisma.assetModel.deleteMany();
+  await prisma.assetCategory.deleteMany();
+  // Default to a logged-in session — the lib-level tests below don't go
+  // through the route at all (so this is a no-op for them), and the
+  // route-level tests exercise business logic, not auth gating (that's
+  // covered by the "auth gating" describe block further down).
+  mockedAuth.mockResolvedValue(testSession);
+});
+
+describe("validateCreateAssetModelInput", () => {
+  it("accepts valid input with a non-trivial specs object", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+      specs: { ram_gb: 16, cpu: "i7-1165G7" },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (result.ok) {
+      expect(result.value).toMatchObject({
+        categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+        specs: { ram_gb: 16, cpu: "i7-1165G7" },
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("defaults specs to {} when omitted", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (result.ok) {
+      expect(result.value.specs).toEqual({});
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a missing categoryId", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/categoryId/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a categoryId that is not a valid UUID", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "not-a-uuid",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/categoryId/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an empty manufacturer", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+      manufacturer: "",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/manufacturer/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an empty name", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/name/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a specs value that is not a plain object", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+      specs: "not an object",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/specs/i);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a specs value that is an array", () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+      specs: ["not", "an", "object"],
+    });
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.error).toMatch(/specs/i);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createAssetModel", () => {
+  it("creates a model for a real high_value category, with a non-trivial specs object", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+      specs: { ram_gb: 16, cpu: "i7-1165G7" },
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!result.ok) return;
+
+    const created = await createAssetModel(result.value);
+
+    expect(created.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!created.ok) return;
+    expect(created.value).toMatchObject({
+      category_id: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+      specs: { ram_gb: 16, cpu: "i7-1165G7" },
+    });
+    expect(typeof created.value.id).toBe("string");
+    expect(created.value.id.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(Number.isNaN(Date.parse(created.value.created_at))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("defaults specs to {} in the created record when omitted", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Apple",
+      name: "MacBook Pro 14",
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!result.ok) return;
+
+    const created = await createAssetModel(result.value);
+
+    expect(created.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!created.ok) return;
+    expect(created.value.specs).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("returns a clean error when categoryId doesn't reference an existing category", async () => {
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!result.ok) return;
+
+    const created = await createAssetModel(result.value);
+    expect(created.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (created.ok) return;
+    expect(created.error).toMatch(/categoryId/i);
+    expect(created.error).toMatch(/does not reference an existing asset category/i);
+
+    const remaining = await prisma.assetModel.findMany();
+    expect(remaining).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("returns a distinct clean error when categoryId references an existing but low_value category", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({
+      name: "Cáp HDMI",
+      valueGroup: "low_value",
+    });
+    const result = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!result.ok) return;
+
+    const created = await createAssetModel(result.value);
+    expect(created.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (created.ok) return;
+    expect(created.error).toMatch(/high_value/i);
+    // Distinct message from the "doesn't exist at all" case.
+    expect(created.error).not.toMatch(/does not reference an existing asset category/i);
+
+    const remaining = await prisma.assetModel.findMany();
+    expect(remaining).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("listAssetModels", () => {
+  it("lists created models, newest first", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+
+    const first = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+    });
+    expect(first.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (first.ok) await createAssetModel(first.value);
+
+    // Ensure a distinct created_at ordering even on fast filesystems/clocks.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+
+    const second = validateCreateAssetModelInput({
+      categoryId: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Apple",
+      name: "MacBook Pro 14",
+    });
+    expect(second.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (second.ok) await createAssetModel(second.value);
+
+    const records = await listAssetModels();
+
+    expect(records).toHaveLength(2);
+    // newest first
+    expect(records[0]).toMatchObject({ name: "MacBook Pro 14" });
+    expect(records[1]).toMatchObject({ name: "Latitude 5420" });
+  });
+
+  it("returns an empty list when there are no models", async () => {
+    const records = await listAssetModels();
+    expect(records).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("POST /api/asset-models", () => {
+  it("creates a model on valid input", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    const res = await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+        specs: { ram_gb: 16, cpu: "i7-1165G7" },
+      })
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    const body = await res.json();
+
+    expect(body).toMatchObject({
+      category_id: category.id,
+      manufacturer: "Dell",
+      name: "Latitude 5420",
+      specs: { ram_gb: 16, cpu: "i7-1165G7" },
+    });
+    expect(typeof body.id).toBe("string");
+    expect(body.id.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(Number.isNaN(Date.parse(body.created_at))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("defaults specs to {} when omitted from the request body", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    const res = await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+      })
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(201);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.specs).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a missing manufacturer", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    const res = await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+      })
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/manufacturer/i);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a categoryId that is a well-formed UUID but doesn't reference an existing category", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+      })
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/categoryId/i);
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/does not reference an existing asset category/i);
+
+    const remaining = await prisma.assetModel.findMany();
+    expect(remaining).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a categoryId referencing an existing but low_value category, with a distinct 400", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({
+      name: "Cáp HDMI",
+      valueGroup: "low_value",
+    });
+    const res = await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+      })
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/high_value/i);
+
+    const remaining = await prisma.assetModel.findMany();
+    expect(remaining).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an invalid JSON body", async () => {
+    const req = new Request("http://localhost/api/asset-models", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: "not json",
+    });
+
+    const res = await POST(req);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/JSON/i);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a non-object JSON body", async () => {
+    // Note: arrays are `typeof "object"` in JS, so they pass the route's
+    // object check (same behavior as /api/asset-category-attribute-defs) —
+    // use a JSON string primitive here to actually exercise the "not an
+    // object" branch.
+    const res = await POST(postRequest("not an object"));
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.error).toMatch(/JSON object/i);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("GET /api/asset-models", () => {
+  it("lists created models, newest first", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+      })
+    );
+    // Ensure a distinct created_at ordering even on fast filesystems/clocks.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+    await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        manufacturer: "Apple",
+        name: "MacBook Pro 14",
+      })
+    );
+
+    const res = await GET();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(Array.isArray(body)).toBe(true);
+    expect(body).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    // newest first
+    expect(body[0]).toMatchObject({ name: "MacBook Pro 14" });
+    expect(body[1]).toMatchObject({ name: "Latitude 5420" });
+  });
+
+  it("returns an empty list when there are no models", async () => {
+    const res = await GET();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("auth gating on /api/asset-models", () => {
+  // Mirrors tests/asset-category-attribute-defs.test.ts's "auth gating"
+  // block — only checks session presence, per the flat permission model (no
+  // role/permission logic).
+  it("POST /api/asset-models returns 401 without a session", async () => {
+    const category = await createTestAssetCategory({ valueGroup: "high_value" });
+    mockedAuth.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+    const res = await POST(
+      postRequest({
+        categoryId: category.id,
+        manufacturer: "Dell",
+        name: "Latitude 5420",
+      })
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body).toEqual({ error: "Unauthorized" });
+
+    // And it must not have created anything.
+    const remaining = await prisma.assetModel.findMany();
+    expect(remaining).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("GET /api/asset-models returns 401 without a session", async () => {
+    mockedAuth.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+    const res = await GET();
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body).toEqual({ error: "Unauthorized" });
+  });
+});