diff --git a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/record.rs b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/record.rs
index 3747f1e0d0..da6ea42297 100644
--- a/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/record.rs
+++ b/node-graph/libraries/core-types/src/record.rs
@@ -1345,9 +1345,10 @@ where
 	}
 }
 
-/// Law-test scaffolding: a plain probe over a record wire, cloning the
-/// element out of the parked reference when it carries drop glue. No
-/// production path constructs one.
+/// A plain probe over a record wire, cloning the element out of the parked
+/// reference when it carries drop glue. Registry constructors wrap a record
+/// edge in one to feed a node's plain value input, keeping the wire kind
+/// uniform.
 pub struct RecordExtract<El, N> {
 	edge: N,
 	layout: Layout,
diff --git a/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs b/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs
index 99253bb24d..853ba56ce8 100644
--- a/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs
+++ b/node-graph/node-macro/src/codegen/entries.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ enum SlotKind {
 	BaseConcrete(Type),
 	/// A concrete record edge read for its layout only.
 	Value(Type),
+	/// A record edge whose element extracts to the node's plain value input.
+	Extracted(Type),
 	/// A plain value edge.
 	Plain(Type),
 	/// A lazy node edge.
@@ -226,6 +228,9 @@ fn single_row_entries(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_fields
 				ParsedFieldType::Node(NodeParsedField { output_type, .. }) => SlotKind::Lazy(output_type.clone()),
 				ParsedFieldType::Regular(RegularParsedField { ty, .. }) => match ir::value_binding(&node, index) {
 					ir::ValueBinding::ReadingSecondary | ir::ValueBinding::RecordElement => SlotKind::Value(ty.clone()),
+					// One wire kind: a record node's plain value still rides a
+					// record edge, extracted to its element at construction.
+					_ if matches!(ir::node_kind(&node), ir::NodeKind::RecordIo) => SlotKind::Extracted(ty.clone()),
 					_ => SlotKind::Plain(ty.clone()),
 				},
 			}
@@ -235,7 +240,7 @@ fn single_row_entries(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_fields
 	// Every non-base value/plain/lazy input must be concrete.
 	let values_concrete = regular_fields.iter().zip(&slots).all(|(field, slot)| match slot {
 		SlotKind::BaseGeneric(_) | SlotKind::BaseConcrete(_) => true,
-		SlotKind::Value(ty) | SlotKind::Plain(ty) | SlotKind::Lazy(ty) => !contains_open_generic(parsed, ty) && (lend(field) || !type_disqualifies(ty)),
+		SlotKind::Value(ty) | SlotKind::Extracted(ty) | SlotKind::Plain(ty) | SlotKind::Lazy(ty) => !contains_open_generic(parsed, ty) && (lend(field) || !type_disqualifies(ty)),
 	});
 	if !values_concrete {
 		return quote!();
@@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ fn single_row_entries(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_fields
 
 	let input_types = slots.iter().map(|slot| match slot {
 		SlotKind::BaseGeneric(name) => quote!(gcore::registry::generic_record_edge_type(#name)),
-		SlotKind::BaseConcrete(ty) | SlotKind::Value(ty) => quote!(gcore::registry::record_edge_type::<#ty>()),
+		SlotKind::BaseConcrete(ty) | SlotKind::Value(ty) | SlotKind::Extracted(ty) => quote!(gcore::registry::record_edge_type::<#ty>()),
 		SlotKind::Plain(ty) | SlotKind::Lazy(ty) => quote!(gcore::registry::edge_type::<#ty>()),
 	});
 
@@ -267,6 +272,11 @@ fn single_row_entries(parsed: &ParsedNodeFn, struct_name: &Ident, regular_fields
 				let #layout = #handle.layout().clone();
 				let #name = #handle.downcast_record::<#value_ty>()?;
 			},
+			SlotKind::Extracted(value_ty) => quote! {
+				let #handle = inputs.next().unwrap();
+				let #layout = #handle.layout().clone();
+				let #name = gcore::record::RecordExtract::<#value_ty, _>::new(#handle.downcast_record::<#value_ty>()?, &#layout);
+			},
 			SlotKind::Plain(value_ty) | SlotKind::Lazy(value_ty) => quote!(let #name = inputs.next().unwrap().downcast::<#value_ty>()?;),
 		}
 	});