diff --git a/src/app/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/NodeContextMenu.ts b/src/app/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/NodeContextMenu.ts
index 9cd6ada..3b39d2e 100644
--- a/src/app/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/NodeContextMenu.ts
+++ b/src/app/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/NodeContextMenu.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {faArrowsSplitUpAndLeft, faBan, faCheck, faCompress, faCrosshairs, faDiagramProject, faExpand, faFolderOpen, faLock, faLockOpen, faRotateLeft, faTrashCan, faXmark} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import {faArrowsSplitUpAndLeft, faBan, faCheck, faCompress, faCrosshairs, faDiagramProject, faExpand, faFolderOpen, faLock, faLockOpen, faRightToBracket, faRotateLeft, faTrashCan, faXmark} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import {ContextMenuItem} from '@src/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/ContextMenuItem';
 import {NodeResizeOptions} from '@src/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/NodeResizeOptions';
 import {NodeSplitOptions} from '@src/Components/Planner/ContextMenu/NodeSplitOptions';
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ export class NodeContextMenu extends PlannerContextMenu
 					hotkey: 'graph.disableMachine',
 					action: () => this.actions.requestMachineDisable(node.machine.className),
 				},
+				{
+					label: `Add to inputs (${node.recipe.products[0]?.item.name ?? 'main product'})`,
+					icon: faRightToBracket,
+					action: () => this.actions.requestInputAdd(node),
+				},
 			];
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerActionsService.ts b/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerActionsService.ts
index c0af6ca..3838499 100644
--- a/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerActionsService.ts
+++ b/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerActionsService.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {SubplanScaleRequest} from '@src/Components/Planner/SubplanScaleRequest';
 import {GraphEdge} from '@src/Model/Planner/Graph/GraphEdge';
 import {GraphPoint} from '@src/Model/Planner/Graph/GraphPoint';
 import {Node} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/Node';
+import {RecipeNode} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/RecipeNode';
 
 /** Panels are created via ngComponentOutlet and cannot use output bindings, so their actions reach PlannerComponent through here. */
 @Injectable()
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ export class PlannerActionsService
 	private readonly inputRemoveSubject = new Subject<string>();
 	public readonly inputRemoveRequests: Observable<string> = this.inputRemoveSubject.asObservable();
 
+	private readonly inputAddSubject = new Subject<RecipeNode>();
+	public readonly inputAddRequests: Observable<RecipeNode> = this.inputAddSubject.asObservable();
+
 	private readonly undoSubject = new Subject<void>();
 	public readonly undoRequests: Observable<void> = this.undoSubject.asObservable();
 
@@ -241,6 +245,11 @@ export class PlannerActionsService
 		this.inputRemoveSubject.next(itemClassName);
 	}
 
+	public requestInputAdd(node: RecipeNode): void
+	{
+		this.inputAddSubject.next(node);
+	}
+
 	public requestUndo(): void
 	{
 		this.undoSubject.next();
diff --git a/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerComponent.ts b/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerComponent.ts
index 9f02922..c8c3dd9 100644
--- a/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerComponent.ts
+++ b/src/app/Components/Planner/PlannerComponent.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import {ByproductNode} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/ByproductNode';
 import {InputNode} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/InputNode';
 import {Node} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/Node';
 import {ProductNode} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/ProductNode';
+import {RecipeNode} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/RecipeNode';
 import {SolverResponse} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/SolverResponse';
 import {SubplanNode} from '@src/Model/Planner/Solver/Response/SubplanNode';
 import {SubplanBuildCountRequest} from '@src/Components/Planner/SubplanBuildCountRequest';
@@ -406,6 +407,10 @@ export class PlannerComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, HotkeyItemSou
 			this.actions.inputRemoveRequests.subscribe(itemClassName => this.removeInput(itemClassName)),
 		);
 
+		this.subscription.add(
+			this.actions.inputAddRequests.subscribe(node => this.addInput(node)),
+		);
+
 		this.subscription.add(
 			toObservable(computed(() => {
 				const planGraph = this.planManager.activePlan()?.settings.graph;
@@ -1442,6 +1447,28 @@ export class PlannerComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, HotkeyItemSou
 		this.planManager.setInputs(plan.id, plan.inputs.filter(input => input.itemClassName !== itemClassName));
 	}
 
+	/** Free, so the solver uses the input instead of making the item. The node is unlocked, or the next solve would keep it next to the input. */
+	private addInput(node: RecipeNode): void
+	{
+		const plan = this.planManager.activePlan();
+		const item = node.recipe.products[0]?.item;
+		if (!plan || !item) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const output = node.outputs
+			.filter(io => io.item.className === item.className)
+			.reduce((sum, io) => sum + io.maxAmount, 0);
+		// Rounded up, so solver noise (9.999999999375) reads cleanly in the Input tab and never leaves the input a sliver short.
+		const amount = Math.ceil(output * 10000 - 1e-6) / 10000;
+		if (node.locked) {
+			this.applyLockChange({nodeIds: [node.id], locked: false});
+		}
+		const existing = plan.inputs.find(input => input.itemClassName === item.className);
+		this.planManager.setInputs(plan.id, existing
+			? plan.inputs.map(input => input === existing ? {...input, amount: input.amount + amount} : input)
+			: [...plan.inputs, {itemClassName: item.className, amount, weight: 0}]);
+	}
+
 	/** Leaves the dirty flag as is, like manual node drags. */
 	private async relayoutGraph(): Promise<void>
 	{
diff --git a/src/app/Model/Planner/ProductionSolverService.ts b/src/app/Model/Planner/ProductionSolverService.ts
index 78f6bb5..386613e 100644
--- a/src/app/Model/Planner/ProductionSolverService.ts
+++ b/src/app/Model/Planner/ProductionSolverService.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export class ProductionSolverService
 
 	private static readonly MAXIMISE_EPSILON = 0.001;
 
+	/** Far below any real weight (water: 0.01), far above the 1e-9 dual tolerance - it only breaks ties. */
+	private static readonly INPUT_TIE_BREAK = 1e-6;
+
 	public constructor(
 		private readonly solver: SolverService,
 		private readonly versionManager: VersionManager,
@@ -489,13 +492,11 @@ export class ProductionSolverService
 				}
 			})
 
-			if (request.optimisation.inputs) {
-				request.inputs.forEach(input => {
-					if (input.weight > 0) {
-						optimisation.push(input.weight + ' ' + input.item.className + '@Input');
-					}
-				});
-			}
+			// Never free, even at weight 0: byproducts cost nothing, so a free input the plan does not need could be drawn and dumped into one.
+			request.inputs.forEach(input => {
+				const weight = request.optimisation.inputs ? input.weight : 0;
+				optimisation.push((weight + ProductionSolverService.INPUT_TIE_BREAK) + ' ' + input.item.className + '@Input');
+			});
 
 			if (request.optimisation.power > 0 || request.optimisation.machines > 0) {
 				request.recipes.forEach(recipe => {