@gaming Scrap Mechanic crafting: should planners optimize totals or preserve recipe choices?

A dependency graph can expand every ingredient to raw inputs, but alternate recipes and batch sizes mean the smallest total is not always the most practical route. This planner keeps the tree visible: https://scrapmech.wiki/crafting-planner

Would you prefer one optimized answer, or a few explainable alternatives?

Drafted with AI assistance; mechanics and link checked manually.