diff --git a/src/fetch.ts b/src/fetch.ts
index 10c91583..ecc4d021 100644
--- a/src/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/fetch.ts
@@ -265,16 +265,16 @@ export function createFetch(globalOptions: CreateFetchOptions = {}): $Fetch {
 
   $fetch.native = (...args) => fetch(...args);
 
-  $fetch.create = (defaultOptions = {}, customGlobalOptions = {}) =>
+  $fetch.create = ((defaultOptions = {}, customGlobalOptions = {}) =>
     createFetch({
       ...globalOptions,
       ...customGlobalOptions,
       defaults: {
         ...globalOptions.defaults,
-        ...customGlobalOptions.defaults,
+        ...(customGlobalOptions as CreateFetchOptions).defaults,
         ...defaultOptions,
       },
-    });
+    })) as $Fetch["create"];
 
   return $fetch;
 }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 66a84faf..27ab4a90 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,62 @@ export interface $Fetch {
     options?: FetchOptions<R>
   ): Promise<FetchResponse<MappedResponseType<R, T>>>;
   native: Fetch;
-  create(defaults: FetchOptions, globalOptions?: CreateFetchOptions): $Fetch;
+  create<S = never>(
+    defaults: FetchOptions,
+    globalOptions?: CreateFetchOptions
+  ): [S] extends [never] ? $Fetch : TypedFetch<S>;
+}
+
+// --------------------------
+// Typed Fetch (OpenAPI support)
+// --------------------------
+
+type UpperMethod = "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE" | "PATCH" | "HEAD";
+type LowerMethod = Lowercase<UpperMethod>;
+type AnyMethod = UpperMethod | LowerMethod;
+
+// Find the actual key in Obj whose lowercase matches Lowercase<K>
+type CaseInsensitiveKey<Obj, K extends string> = {
+  [Key in string & keyof Obj]: Lowercase<Key> extends Lowercase<K>
+    ? Key
+    : never;
+}[string & keyof Obj];
+
+type ExtractMethod<S, P extends keyof S, M extends string> =
+  S[P] extends Record<string, any>
+    ? CaseInsensitiveKey<S[P], M> extends infer ActualKey
+      ? ActualKey extends keyof S[P]
+        ? S[P][ActualKey]
+        : never
+      : never
+    : never;
+
+type ResponseBody<Op> = Op extends {
+  responses: { 200: { content: { "application/json": infer R } } };
+}
+  ? R
+  : Op extends { responses: { 200: { schema: infer R } } }
+    ? R
+    : Op extends { response: infer R }
+      ? R
+      : unknown;
+
+export interface TypedFetch<S> {
+  <P extends string & keyof S, M extends string & AnyMethod = "GET">(
+    request: P,
+    options?: FetchOptions & { method?: M }
+  ): Promise<ResponseBody<ExtractMethod<S, P, M>>>;
+
+  raw<P extends string & keyof S, M extends string & AnyMethod = "GET">(
+    request: P,
+    options?: FetchOptions & { method?: M }
+  ): Promise<FetchResponse<ResponseBody<ExtractMethod<S, P, M>>>>;
+
+  native: Fetch;
+  create(
+    defaults: FetchOptions,
+    globalOptions?: CreateFetchOptions
+  ): TypedFetch<S>;
 }
 
 // --------------------------
diff --git a/test/typed-create.test-d.ts b/test/typed-create.test-d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a07f56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typed-create.test-d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import { describe, expectTypeOf, it } from "vitest";
+import { createFetch } from "../src/fetch.ts";
+import type { $Fetch, TypedFetch } from "../src/types.ts";
+
+// Mock OpenAPI-style schema (similar to openapi-typescript output)
+interface ApiPaths {
+  "/users": {
+    get: {
+      responses: {
+        200: {
+          content: { "application/json": { id: number; name: string }[] };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    post: {
+      requestBody: {
+        content: { "application/json": { name: string } };
+      };
+      responses: {
+        200: {
+          content: { "application/json": { id: number; name: string } };
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+  "/users/{id}": {
+    get: {
+      responses: {
+        200: { content: { "application/json": { id: number; name: string } } };
+      };
+    };
+    delete: {
+      responses: {
+        200: { content: { "application/json": { success: boolean } } };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+describe("typed create", () => {
+  it("$fetch.create returns $Fetch without generics", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create({});
+    expectTypeOf(api).toMatchTypeOf<$Fetch>();
+  });
+
+  it("$fetch.create<S> returns TypedFetch<S>", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+    expectTypeOf(api).toMatchTypeOf<TypedFetch<ApiPaths>>();
+  });
+
+  it("infers GET response type from schema", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+
+    const result = api("/users");
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<
+      Promise<{ id: number; name: string }[]>
+    >();
+  });
+
+  it("infers GET response with explicit method", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+
+    const result = api("/users/{id}", { method: "GET" });
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ id: number; name: string }>>();
+  });
+
+  it("infers POST response type", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+
+    const result = api("/users", { method: "POST" });
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ id: number; name: string }>>();
+  });
+
+  it("infers DELETE response type", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+
+    const result = api("/users/{id}", { method: "DELETE" });
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ success: boolean }>>();
+  });
+
+  it("accepts lowercase methods", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+
+    const result = api("/users", { method: "post" });
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ id: number; name: string }>>();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects paths not in schema", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+
+    // @ts-expect-error — path not in schema
+    api("/nonexistent");
+  });
+
+  it("TypedFetch.create preserves schema type", () => {
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<ApiPaths>({});
+    const api2 = api.create({ headers: { Authorization: "Bearer ..." } });
+
+    // api2 should still be TypedFetch<ApiPaths>
+    const result = api2("/users");
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<
+      Promise<{ id: number; name: string }[]>
+    >();
+  });
+
+  it("works with upper-case schema keys", () => {
+    interface UpperCasePaths {
+      "/health": {
+        GET: {
+          responses: {
+            200: { content: { "application/json": { status: string } } };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+    }
+    const $fetch = createFetch();
+    const api = $fetch.create<UpperCasePaths>({});
+
+    const result = api("/health");
+    expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ status: string }>>();
+
+    const result2 = api("/health", { method: "GET" });
+    expectTypeOf(result2).toEqualTypeOf<Promise<{ status: string }>>();
+  });
+});