diff --git a/Classes/DependencyInjection/SymfonyAiCompilerPass.php b/Classes/DependencyInjection/SymfonyAiCompilerPass.php
index 46d108f..31c6790 100644
--- a/Classes/DependencyInjection/SymfonyAiCompilerPass.php
+++ b/Classes/DependencyInjection/SymfonyAiCompilerPass.php
@@ -221,46 +221,46 @@ private function buildBridgeDefinition(array $package): ?array
         // Detect factory auth parameter via reflection
         $factoryParam = $this->detectFactoryParam($factoryClass);
 
-        // Read models + capabilities from ModelCatalog.
-        //
-        // Some bridges (Ollama, LM Studio, …) ship a ModelCatalog that requires
-        // runtime context (an HTTP client pointing at the user's endpoint) and
-        // queries the live server for the model list. We can't do that at
-        // container-compile time as the endpoint URL lives in a TCA record we
-        // don't have access to here. For those bridges we register the provider
-        // with an empty model list.
+        // Symfony AI builds no provider without a ModelCatalog, so a package
+        // carrying the bridge package type and nothing beside its Factory is
+        // not a bridge and has nothing to offer AiM.
         $catalogClass = $namespace . '\\ModelCatalog';
+        if (!class_exists($catalogClass)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Read models + capabilities from the catalog, when it has any to give.
+        //
+        // An empty model list is a normal state, not a reason to skip the
+        // bridge. Some bridges (Ollama, LM Studio, etc.) ship a ModelCatalog
+        // that requires runtime context (an HTTP client pointing at the user's
+        // endpoint) and queries the live server for the model list. Others
+        // (Open Responses) ship a catalog that is built without arguments and
+        // starts out empty, because the models of a self-hosted endpoint are
+        // only known once someone names that endpoint. Either way the URL lives
+        // in a TCA record this pass has no access to, so those bridges are
+        // registered with an empty model list and the form asks the configured
+        // endpoint for its models later.
         $models = [];
         $modelCapabilities = [];
         $features = ['supportsStreaming' => true];
-        $catalogIsDynamic = false;
-
-        if (class_exists($catalogClass)) {
-            $constructor = (new \ReflectionClass($catalogClass))->getConstructor();
-            if ($constructor === null || $constructor->getNumberOfRequiredParameters() === 0) {
-                try {
-                    $catalog = new $catalogClass();
-                    if (method_exists($catalog, 'getModels')) {
-                        [$models, $modelCapabilities, $features] = $this->extractModelsFromCatalog(
-                            $catalog->getModels(),
-                            $features,
-                        );
-                    }
-                } catch (\Throwable) {
-                    // Catalog instantiation failed for an unexpected reason —
-                    // fall through with empty models.
+
+        $constructor = (new \ReflectionClass($catalogClass))->getConstructor();
+        if ($constructor === null || $constructor->getNumberOfRequiredParameters() === 0) {
+            try {
+                $catalog = new $catalogClass();
+                if (method_exists($catalog, 'getModels')) {
+                    [$models, $modelCapabilities, $features] = $this->extractModelsFromCatalog(
+                        $catalog->getModels(),
+                        $features,
+                    );
                 }
-            } else {
-                $catalogIsDynamic = true;
+            } catch (\Throwable) {
+                // Why the catalog could not be built says nothing about whether
+                // the package is a bridge, so it is registered without models.
             }
         }
 
-        // Skip bridges that have neither a static catalog nor a dynamic one
-        // (the package matches the naming pattern but isn't a real bridge).
-        if ($models === [] && !$catalogIsDynamic) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         return [
             'identifier' => $identifier,
             'name' => $name,
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/EmptyModelCatalogTest.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/EmptyModelCatalogTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11ee87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/EmptyModelCatalogTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of TYPO3 CMS-based extension "aim" by b13.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ */
+
+namespace B13\Aim\Tests\Unit\DependencyInjection;
+
+use B13\Aim\DependencyInjection\SymfonyAiCompilerPass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * A bridge was only registered once the pass had found models for it, either
+ * in a catalog it could read or in one it could tell apart as needing runtime
+ * context. symfony/ai-open-responses-platform is neither: its catalog is built
+ * without arguments and starts out empty, because models are registered by
+ * whoever configures the bridge and the provider falls back to a catalog
+ * accepting any model name. The bridge was dropped, so the only way to reach a
+ * self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoint never appeared in the provider list.
+ * Reported as #35.
+ */
+final class EmptyModelCatalogTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private const FIXTURES = 'B13\\Aim\\Tests\\Unit\\DependencyInjection\\Fixtures\\';
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function aBridgeWhoseCatalogStartsEmptyIsRegistered(): void
+    {
+        $bridge = $this->buildBridge('symfony/ai-open-responses-platform', self::FIXTURES . 'EmptyCatalog');
+
+        self::assertIsArray($bridge, 'The bridge was dropped for having no models to offer yet.');
+        self::assertSame('openresponses', $bridge['identifier']);
+        self::assertSame([], $bridge['models'], 'Models come from the configured endpoint, not from the catalog.');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The record holds the endpoint, and the model list is fetched from it
+     * later. Passing it as the credential instead would send the URL as a
+     * bearer token and leave the bridge without a host to talk to.
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    public function theEndpointIsRecognisedAsTheArgumentTheBridgeWants(): void
+    {
+        $bridge = $this->buildBridge('symfony/ai-open-responses-platform', self::FIXTURES . 'EmptyCatalog');
+
+        self::assertIsArray($bridge);
+        self::assertSame('endpoint', $bridge['factoryParam']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Why the catalog could not be read says nothing about whether the package
+     * is a bridge, and a bridge missing from the list is harder to explain than
+     * one whose model field stays empty.
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    public function aBridgeWhoseCatalogRefusesToBeBuiltIsStillRegistered(): void
+    {
+        $bridge = $this->buildBridge('acme/ai-brittle-platform', self::FIXTURES . 'ThrowingCatalog');
+
+        self::assertIsArray($bridge);
+        self::assertSame([], $bridge['models']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Symfony AI builds no provider without a catalog, so a package carrying
+     * the bridge package type and nothing else is not one.
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    public function aPackageWithoutAnyCatalogIsNotABridge(): void
+    {
+        $bridge = $this->buildBridge('acme/ai-pretend-platform', self::FIXTURES . 'Catalogless');
+
+        self::assertNull($bridge);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, mixed>|null
+     */
+    private function buildBridge(string $packageName, string $namespace): ?array
+    {
+        $method = new \ReflectionMethod(SymfonyAiCompilerPass::class, 'buildBridgeDefinition');
+
+        return $method->invoke(new SymfonyAiCompilerPass(), [
+            'name' => $packageName,
+            'namespace' => $namespace,
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/Catalogless/Factory.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/Catalogless/Factory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41beca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/Catalogless/Factory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of TYPO3 CMS-based extension "aim" by b13.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ */
+
+namespace B13\Aim\Tests\Unit\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\Catalogless;
+
+/**
+ * A package of the bridge Composer type carrying a Factory but no catalog
+ * beside it. Symfony AI's Provider cannot be built without a catalog, so this
+ * is not a bridge whatever its package type claims.
+ */
+final class Factory
+{
+    public static function createProvider(string $apiKey): object
+    {
+        return new \stdClass();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/EmptyCatalog/Factory.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/EmptyCatalog/Factory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e70d1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/EmptyCatalog/Factory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of TYPO3 CMS-based extension "aim" by b13.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ */
+
+namespace B13\Aim\Tests\Unit\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\EmptyCatalog;
+
+/**
+ * Shaped like symfony/ai-open-responses-platform: the endpoint is the required
+ * argument, the credential is optional, and the catalog handed to the provider
+ * at runtime accepts any model name.
+ */
+final class Factory
+{
+    public static function createProvider(string $baseUrl, ?string $apiKey = null): object
+    {
+        return new class() {
+            public function getName(): string
+            {
+                return 'openresponses';
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/EmptyCatalog/ModelCatalog.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/EmptyCatalog/ModelCatalog.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..691b04e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/EmptyCatalog/ModelCatalog.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of TYPO3 CMS-based extension "aim" by b13.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ */
+
+namespace B13\Aim\Tests\Unit\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\EmptyCatalog;
+
+/**
+ * A catalog that can be built without runtime context but knows no models of
+ * its own, the shape symfony/ai-open-responses-platform ships: models are
+ * registered explicitly by whoever configures the bridge.
+ */
+final class ModelCatalog
+{
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, array{class: class-string, capabilities: list<object>}> $models
+     */
+    public function __construct(private readonly array $models = [])
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{class: class-string, capabilities: list<object>}>
+     */
+    public function getModels(): array
+    {
+        return $this->models;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/ThrowingCatalog/Factory.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/ThrowingCatalog/Factory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179343b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/ThrowingCatalog/Factory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of TYPO3 CMS-based extension "aim" by b13.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ */
+
+namespace B13\Aim\Tests\Unit\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\ThrowingCatalog;
+
+final class Factory
+{
+    public static function createProvider(string $baseUrl, ?string $apiKey = null): object
+    {
+        return new \stdClass();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/ThrowingCatalog/ModelCatalog.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/ThrowingCatalog/ModelCatalog.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45ffff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/ThrowingCatalog/ModelCatalog.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of TYPO3 CMS-based extension "aim" by b13.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ */
+
+namespace B13\Aim\Tests\Unit\DependencyInjection\Fixtures\ThrowingCatalog;
+
+/**
+ * A catalog that looks buildable and then is not. Whatever the reason, it says
+ * nothing about whether the package is a bridge.
+ */
+final class ModelCatalog
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        throw new \RuntimeException('This catalog refuses to be built at compile time.', 1790346979);
+    }
+
+    public function getModels(): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}