tinker_tickets/api/assign_ticket.php

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php';
require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/services/AssignmentService.php';

// Get request data
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
if (!is_array($data)) {
    http_response_code(400);
    echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'error' => 'Invalid JSON body']);
    exit;
}

// Validation, permission check, audit log, notification and stats-cache
// invalidation live in AssignmentService so the MCP assign_ticket tool runs
// the same code path.
$result = AssignmentService::assign($conn, $currentUser, $data);

if (!empty($result['http_status'])) {
    http_response_code($result['http_status']);
    unset($result['http_status']);
}
apiRespond($result);