diff --git a/src/extensions/score_sphinx_bundle/__init__.py b/src/extensions/score_sphinx_bundle/__init__.py
index 6ae04008b..02dc06669 100644
--- a/src/extensions/score_sphinx_bundle/__init__.py
+++ b/src/extensions/score_sphinx_bundle/__init__.py
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> dict[str, object]:
     for e in score_extensions:
         app.setup_extension(e)
 
+    # Enable cross-reference resolution for [text](file.md#anchor) links up to h4.
+    # Without this, MyST treats heading anchors as opaque and cannot resolve them.
+    config_setdefault(app.config, "myst_heading_anchors", 4)
+
+    # MyST's default slug function uses GitHub-style heading IDs that keep leading
+    # digits ("3.3 Toolchain Management" -> "33-toolchain-management"), but docutils'
+    # make_id strips them ("toolchain-management"). Since Sphinx section IDs are
+    # generated by docutils, the two algorithms disagree whenever a heading starts
+    # with a numeric prefix, causing myst.xref_missing warnings on valid cross-
+    # references. Aligning MyST's slug function on make_id fixes the mismatch.
+    config_setdefault(app.config, "myst_heading_slug_func", "docutils.nodes.make_id")
+
     # enable "..."-syntax in markdown — must come after myst_parser is loaded above
     if isinstance(app.config.myst_enable_extensions, list):
         app.config.myst_enable_extensions.append("colon_fence")