diff --git a/OpenRouter/OpenRouterHeaders.cs b/OpenRouter/OpenRouterHeaders.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eccea25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRouter/OpenRouterHeaders.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System.Net.Http;
+
+namespace AnchorCli.OpenRouter;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides extension methods for adding OpenRouter-specific HTTP headers.
+/// </summary>
+public static class OpenRouterHeaders
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Applies the required OpenRouter headers to the specified HttpClient.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void ApplyTo(HttpClient httpClient)
+    {
+        httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("HTTP-Referer", "https://git.technopunk.space/tomi/AnchorCli");
+        httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-OpenRouter-Title", "Anchor CLI");
+        httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-OpenRouter-Categories", "cli-agent");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenRouter/PricingProvider.cs b/OpenRouter/PricingProvider.cs
index 3a28f16..a17a7c1 100644
--- a/OpenRouter/PricingProvider.cs
+++ b/OpenRouter/PricingProvider.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ internal sealed class PricingProvider
     private static readonly HttpClient Http = new();
     private Dictionary<string, ModelInfo>? _models;
 
+    static PricingProvider()
+    {
+        OpenRouterHeaders.ApplyTo(Http);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Fetches the full model list from OpenRouter (cached after first call).
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index e16067b..5f1b23a 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ AnsiConsole.Write(infoTable);
 AnsiConsole.WriteLine();
 
 // ── Build the chat client with tool-calling support ─────────────────────
+var httpClient = new HttpClient();
+OpenRouterHeaders.ApplyTo(httpClient);
+
 var openAiClient = new OpenAIClient(new ApiKeyCredential(apiKey), new OpenAIClientOptions
 {
-    Endpoint = new Uri(endpoint)
+    Endpoint = new Uri(endpoint),
+    Transport = new System.ClientModel.Primitives.HttpClientPipelineTransport(httpClient)
 });
 
 IChatClient innerClient = openAiClient.GetChatClient(model).AsIChatClient();