diff --git a/src/agents/model-scan.test.ts b/src/agents/model-scan.test.ts
index fc2a34a1f..d69445324 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-scan.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-scan.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ describe("scanOpenRouterModels", () => {
       "acme/free-by-suffix:free",
     ]);
 
-    const byPricing = results[0]!;
+    const [byPricing] = results;
+    expect(byPricing).toBeTruthy();
+    if (!byPricing) {
+      throw new Error("Expected pricing-based model result.");
+    }
     expect(byPricing.supportsToolsMeta).toBe(true);
     expect(byPricing.supportedParametersCount).toBe(3);
     expect(byPricing.isFree).toBe(true);
diff --git a/src/agents/model-scan.ts b/src/agents/model-scan.ts
index 32727997a..a36016ee8 100644
--- a/src/agents/model-scan.ts
+++ b/src/agents/model-scan.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ export type OpenRouterScanOptions = {
   maxAgeDays?: number;
   providerFilter?: string;
   probe?: boolean;
+  onProgress?: (update: {
+    phase: "catalog" | "probe";
+    completed: number;
+    total: number;
+  }) => void;
 };
 
 type OpenAIModel = Model<"openai-completions">;
@@ -333,10 +338,12 @@ async function mapWithConcurrency<T, R>(
   items: T[],
   concurrency: number,
   fn: (item: T, index: number) => Promise<R>,
+  opts?: { onProgress?: (completed: number, total: number) => void },
 ): Promise<R[]> {
   const limit = Math.max(1, Math.floor(concurrency));
   const results = Array.from({ length: items.length }) as R[];
   let nextIndex = 0;
+  let completed = 0;
 
   const worker = async () => {
     while (true) {
@@ -344,9 +351,16 @@ async function mapWithConcurrency<T, R>(
       nextIndex += 1;
       if (current >= items.length) return;
       results[current] = await fn(items[current] as T, current);
+      completed += 1;
+      opts?.onProgress?.(completed, items.length);
     }
   };
 
+  if (items.length === 0) {
+    opts?.onProgress?.(0, 0);
+    return results;
+  }
+
   await Promise.all(
     Array.from({ length: Math.min(limit, items.length) }, () => worker()),
   );
@@ -400,7 +414,16 @@ export async function scanOpenRouterModels(
 
   const baseModel = getModel("openrouter", "openrouter/auto") as OpenAIModel;
 
-  return mapWithConcurrency(filtered, concurrency, async (entry) => {
+  options.onProgress?.({
+    phase: "probe",
+    completed: 0,
+    total: filtered.length,
+  });
+
+  return mapWithConcurrency(
+    filtered,
+    concurrency,
+    async (entry) => {
     const isFree = isFreeOpenRouterModel(entry);
     if (!probe) {
       return {
@@ -454,7 +477,16 @@ export async function scanOpenRouterModels(
       tool: toolResult,
       image: imageResult,
     } satisfies ModelScanResult;
-  });
+  },
+    {
+      onProgress: (completed, total) =>
+        options.onProgress?.({
+          phase: "probe",
+          completed,
+          total,
+        }),
+    },
+  );
 }
 
 export { OPENROUTER_MODELS_URL };
diff --git a/src/commands/models/scan.ts b/src/commands/models/scan.ts
index cd77ad340..14993f40b 100644
--- a/src/commands/models/scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/models/scan.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   type ModelScanResult,
   scanOpenRouterModels,
 } from "../../agents/model-scan.js";
+import { withProgress } from "../../cli/progress.js";
 import { CONFIG_PATH_CLAWDBOT, loadConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../../runtime.js";
 import { formatMs, formatTokenK, updateConfig } from "./shared.js";
@@ -188,15 +189,30 @@ export async function modelsScanCommand(
       storedKey = undefined;
     }
   }
-  const results = await scanOpenRouterModels({
-    apiKey: storedKey ?? undefined,
-    minParamB: minParams,
-    maxAgeDays,
-    providerFilter: opts.provider,
-    timeoutMs: timeout,
-    concurrency,
-    probe,
-  });
+  const results = await withProgress(
+    {
+      label: "Scanning OpenRouter models...",
+      indeterminate: false,
+      enabled: opts.json !== true,
+    },
+    async (progress) =>
+      await scanOpenRouterModels({
+        apiKey: storedKey ?? undefined,
+        minParamB: minParams,
+        maxAgeDays,
+        providerFilter: opts.provider,
+        timeoutMs: timeout,
+        concurrency,
+        probe,
+        onProgress: ({ phase, completed, total }) => {
+          if (phase !== "probe") return;
+          if (total <= 0) return;
+          const labelBase = probe ? "Probing models" : "Scanning models";
+          progress.setLabel(`${labelBase} (${completed}/${total})`);
+          progress.setPercent((completed / total) * 100);
+        },
+      }),
+  );
 
   if (!probe) {
     if (!opts.json) {