diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 032b814..7c0808a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. This project follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- The extended HTTP assertions (`expectClientError`, `expectJsonSchema`,
+  `expectJsonContains`, `expectCookie`, `expectSorted`, and the rest) are now
+  chainable on the request builder too, not only on a resolved response. So
+  `api.get("/x").expectStatus(200).expectJsonSchema(schema)` works. `expectValue`
+  stays response-only since it returns an `expect()`.
+
 ### Added
 
 - **BDD layer** (`two-go/bdd`): runner-agnostic `given` / `when` / `then` /
diff --git a/src/client.d.ts b/src/client.d.ts
index 6bdf5e4..5fd23e5 100644
--- a/src/client.d.ts
+++ b/src/client.d.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,30 @@ export declare class RequestBuilder implements PromiseLike<GoResponse> {
   expectTimeBelow(ms: number): this;
   check(fn: (response: GoResponse) => unknown): this;
 
+  // --- extended HTTP assertions, also chainable here (added by http-assertions.js) ---
+  expectClientError(): this;
+  expectServerError(): this;
+  expectRedirect(): this;
+  expectCreated(): this;
+  expectAccepted(): this;
+  expectNoContent(): this;
+  expectBadRequest(): this;
+  expectUnauthorized(): this;
+  expectForbidden(): this;
+  expectNotFound(): this;
+  expectContentType(type: string): this;
+  expectHeaderContains(name: string, substr: string): this;
+  expectHeaderAbsent(name: string): this;
+  expectJsonSchema(schema: unknown): this;
+  expectJsonLength(path: string, n: number): this;
+  expectJsonContains(path: string, value: unknown): this;
+  expectArrayLength(path: string, n: number): this;
+  expectSorted(path: string, options?: { key?: string; order?: "asc" | "desc" }): this;
+  expectCookie(name: string, matcher?: unknown): this;
+  expectBodyContains(substr: string): this;
+  expectEmpty(): this;
+  expectNotEmpty(): this;
+
   // --- run + thenable ---
   run(): Promise<GoResponse>;
 
diff --git a/src/http-assertions.js b/src/http-assertions.js
index 6608b25..cebef8d 100644
--- a/src/http-assertions.js
+++ b/src/http-assertions.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // with messages formatted as `${this.method} ${this.url} -> <description>`.
 
 import { GoResponse } from "./response.js";
+import { RequestBuilder } from "./client.js";
 import { AssertionError, resolvePath, matches } from "./assertions.js";
 import { validate } from "./schema.js";
 import { expect } from "./expect.js";
@@ -411,3 +412,22 @@ for (const [name, fn] of Object.entries(methods)) {
     configurable: true,
   });
 }
+
+// Also make these assertions chainable on the (thenable) RequestBuilder, so you
+// can write api.get("/x").expectStatus(200).expectJsonSchema(schema) instead of
+// awaiting first. They are queued and replayed on the resolved GoResponse, just
+// like the core assertions. expectValue is excluded because it returns an
+// Expectation rather than the response, so it only makes sense post-await.
+for (const name of Object.keys(methods)) {
+  if (name === "expectValue") continue;
+  if (typeof RequestBuilder.prototype[name] === "function") continue;
+  Object.defineProperty(RequestBuilder.prototype, name, {
+    value: function (...args) {
+      this._assertions.push({ name, args });
+      return this;
+    },
+    writable: true,
+    enumerable: false,
+    configurable: true,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/builder-assertions.test.mjs b/test/unit/builder-assertions.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..975fe62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/builder-assertions.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// The extended HTTP assertions should be chainable on the (thenable) builder,
+// not only on a resolved GoResponse.
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import http from "node:http";
+import { go } from "../../src/index.js";
+
+let server;
+let base;
+
+test.before(async () => {
+  server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    if (req.url === "/users") {
+      res.writeHead(201, { "content-type": "application/json", "set-cookie": "sid=abc" });
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ data: [{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }], count: 2 }));
+    } else {
+      res.writeHead(404, { "content-type": "application/json" });
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: "not found" }));
+    }
+  });
+  await new Promise((r) => server.listen(0, r));
+  base = `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`;
+});
+
+test.after(() => server.close());
+
+test("extended assertions chain on the builder and replay on the response", async () => {
+  await go(base)
+    .post("/users")
+    .json({ name: "Ada" })
+    .expectStatus(201)
+    .expectCreated()
+    .expectContentType("json")
+    .expectJsonSchema({ type: "object", required: ["data", "count"] })
+    .expectJsonLength("data", 2)
+    .expectJsonContains("data", { id: 2 })
+    .expectCookie("sid");
+});
+
+test("a queued extended assertion still fails when it should", async () => {
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () => go(base).get("/users").expectNotFound(),
+    /404/
+  );
+});
+
+test("expectValue is not queued on the builder (only on the response)", async () => {
+  const builder = go(base).get("/users");
+  assert.equal(typeof builder.expectValue, "undefined");
+  const res = await builder;
+  res.expectValue("count").toBe(2);
+});