diff --git a/examples/snowflake_native_app_example.py b/examples/snowflake_native_app_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82781ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/snowflake_native_app_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import snowflake.connector  # type: ignore
+
+from contextual import ContextualAI
+
+SF_BASE_URL = 'xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.snowflakecomputing.app'
+BASE_URL = f'https://{SF_BASE_URL}/v1'
+
+SAMPLE_MESSAGE = 'Can you tell me about XYZ'
+
+ctx = snowflake.connector.connect( # type: ignore
+   user="",# snowflake account user
+   password='', # snowflake account password
+   account="organization-account", # snowflake organization and account <Organization>-<Account>
+   session_parameters={
+      'PYTHON_CONNECTOR_QUERY_RESULT_FORMAT': 'json'
+   })
+
+# Obtain a session token.
+token_data = ctx._rest._token_request('ISSUE') # type: ignore
+token_extract = token_data['data']['sessionToken'] # type: ignore
+
+# Create a request to the ingress endpoint with authz.
+api_key = f'\"{token_extract}\"'
+
+client = ContextualAI(api_key=api_key, base_url=BASE_URL)
+
+agents = [a for a in client.agents.list() ]
+
+agent = agents[0] if agents else None
+
+if agent is None:
+    print('No agents found')
+    exit()
+print(f"Found agent {agent.name} with id {agent.id}")
+
+messages = [
+    {
+        'content': SAMPLE_MESSAGE,
+        'role': 'user',
+    }
+]
+
+res = client.agents.query.create(agent.id, messages=messages) # type: ignore
+
+output = res.message.content # type: ignore
+
+print(output)
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diff --git a/src/contextual/_client.py b/src/contextual/_client.py
index 56cd7c6b..0aa4bcb5 100644
--- a/src/contextual/_client.py
+++ b/src/contextual/_client.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class ContextualAI(SyncAPIClient):
 
     # client options
     api_key: str
+    is_snowflake: bool
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -97,6 +98,11 @@ def __init__(
         if base_url is None:
             base_url = f"https://api.contextual.ai/v1"
 
+        if 'snowflakecomputing.app' in str(base_url):
+            self.is_snowflake = True
+        else:
+            self.is_snowflake = False
+
         super().__init__(
             version=__version__,
             base_url=base_url,
@@ -123,7 +129,10 @@ def qs(self) -> Querystring:
     @override
     def auth_headers(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         api_key = self.api_key
-        return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}
+        if self.is_snowflake:
+            return {"Authorization": f"Snowflake Token={api_key}"}
+        else:
+            return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}
 
     @property
     @override
@@ -228,6 +237,7 @@ class AsyncContextualAI(AsyncAPIClient):
 
     # client options
     api_key: str
+    is_snowflake: bool
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -269,6 +279,11 @@ def __init__(
         if base_url is None:
             base_url = f"https://api.contextual.ai/v1"
 
+        if 'snowflakecomputing.app' in str(base_url):
+            self.is_snowflake = True
+        else:
+            self.is_snowflake = False
+
         super().__init__(
             version=__version__,
             base_url=base_url,
@@ -295,7 +310,10 @@ def qs(self) -> Querystring:
     @override
     def auth_headers(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         api_key = self.api_key
-        return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}
+        if self.is_snowflake:
+            return {"Authorization": f"Snowflake Token={api_key}"}
+        else:
+            return {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}
 
     @property
     @override