diff --git a/src/lib/metrics/compute.test.ts b/src/lib/metrics/compute.test.ts
index f0cfdb1..afdbe31 100644
--- a/src/lib/metrics/compute.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/metrics/compute.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import { computeProjectMetrics, type MetricCommit } from "@/lib/metrics/compute";
 import { DEFAULT_SESSION_CONSTANTS } from "@/lib/metrics/sessions";
 
-function commit(overrides: Partial<MetricCommit>): MetricCommit {
+function commit(overrides: Partial<MetricCommit> = {}): MetricCommit {
   return {
     type: "feat",
     scope: "stock",
@@ -138,4 +138,48 @@ describe("computeProjectMetrics", () => {
     expect(m.constants).toEqual(custom);
     expect(m.estimatedMinutes).toBe(15);
   });
+});
+
+describe("computeProjectMetrics — manual entries", () => {
+  it("adds manual minutes to the total without clustering them", () => {
+    // One real commit alone forms one session: 0 span + 45 pre + 20 post = 65.
+    // The manual entry's 180 is added flat, regardless of how close its own
+    // timestamp sits to the real commit's — it is never fed to the clusterer.
+    const m = computeProjectMetrics(
+      [
+        commit({ authoredAt: "2026-09-01T10:00:00Z" }),
+        commit({ manualMinutes: 180, authoredAt: "2026-09-01T10:05:00Z" }),
+      ],
+      DEFAULT_SESSION_CONSTANTS
+    );
+    expect(m.estimatedMinutes).toBe(65 + 180);
+    expect(m.manualMinutes).toBe(180);
+  });
+
+  it("still counts a manual entry toward totals, activity and type", () => {
+    const m = computeProjectMetrics(
+      [commit({ manualMinutes: 60, type: "chore", scope: "", authoredAt: "2026-09-01T10:00:00Z" })],
+      DEFAULT_SESSION_CONSTANTS
+    );
+    expect(m.totalCommits).toBe(1);
+    expect(m.activeDays).toBe(1);
+    expect(m.byType.find((t) => t.key === "chore")?.count).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("folds a manual entry's minutes into its own month", () => {
+    const m = computeProjectMetrics(
+      [commit({ manualMinutes: 90, authoredAt: "2026-03-15T10:00:00Z" })],
+      DEFAULT_SESSION_CONSTANTS
+    );
+    expect(m.monthly).toEqual([{ month: "2026-03", minutes: 90 }]);
+  });
+
+  it("computes identically to before when nothing is manual", () => {
+    const withoutField = computeProjectMetrics([commit({}), commit({})], DEFAULT_SESSION_CONSTANTS);
+    const withUndefined = computeProjectMetrics(
+      [commit({ manualMinutes: undefined }), commit({ manualMinutes: undefined })],
+      DEFAULT_SESSION_CONSTANTS
+    );
+    expect(withUndefined).toEqual(withoutField);
+  });
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/metrics/compute.ts b/src/lib/metrics/compute.ts
index faa924f..0d2186b 100644
--- a/src/lib/metrics/compute.ts
+++ b/src/lib/metrics/compute.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export interface MetricCommit {
   scope: string;
   authoredAt: string;
   isMerge: boolean;
+  /** Present only for a manually logged entry; minutes, never clustered. */
+  manualMinutes?: number;
 }
 
 export interface Tally {
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ export interface ProjectMetrics {
   /** ISO date -> commit count, for the activity calendar. */
   activity: Record<string, number>;
   estimatedMinutes: number;
+  /** The portion of estimatedMinutes logged directly rather than estimated
+   *  from commit timing. */
+  manualMinutes: number;
   sessionCount: number;
   longestSessionMinutes: number;
   longestSessionCommits: number;
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ export function computeProjectMetrics(
     activeDays: 0,
     activity: {},
     estimatedMinutes: 0,
+    manualMinutes: 0,
     sessionCount: 0,
     longestSessionMinutes: 0,
     longestSessionCommits: 0,
@@ -121,17 +127,30 @@ export function computeProjectMetrics(
     if (d > last) last = d;
   }
 
+  // A manually logged entry is a single declared block of time, not a series
+  // of commits with gaps to cluster — it is excluded from the clusterer and
+  // its minutes are added directly instead.
+  const clusterable = real.filter((c) => c.manualMinutes === undefined);
   const sessions = clusterSessions(
-    real.map((c) => ({ authoredAt: c.authoredAt })),
+    clusterable.map((c) => ({ authoredAt: c.authoredAt })),
     constants
   );
   const summary = summariseSessions(sessions);
 
+  const manualMinutes = real.reduce((sum, c) => sum + (c.manualMinutes ?? 0), 0);
+
   const monthlyMap = new Map<string, number>();
   for (const session of sessions) {
     const month = session.day.slice(0, 7);
     monthlyMap.set(month, (monthlyMap.get(month) ?? 0) + session.minutes);
   }
+  // A manual entry's minutes belong in its own month too, or the monthly
+  // chart would under-report a month relative to the KPI total that includes it.
+  for (const c of real) {
+    if (c.manualMinutes === undefined) continue;
+    const month = day(c.authoredAt).slice(0, 7);
+    monthlyMap.set(month, (monthlyMap.get(month) ?? 0) + c.manualMinutes);
+  }
 
   return {
     totalCommits: real.length,
@@ -146,7 +165,8 @@ export function computeProjectMetrics(
     workdays: countWorkdays(first, last),
     activeDays: Object.keys(activity).length,
     activity,
-    estimatedMinutes: summary.totalMinutes,
+    estimatedMinutes: summary.totalMinutes + manualMinutes,
+    manualMinutes,
     sessionCount: summary.sessionCount,
     longestSessionMinutes: summary.longestMinutes,
     longestSessionCommits: summary.longestCommits,