diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.stories.tsx b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.stories.tsx
index 5d4f64c4b..0f6086436 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.stories.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ const meta = {
   argTypes: {
     variant: {
       control: 'select',
-      options: ['default', 'ghost'],
+      options: ['default', 'ghost', 'none'],
       description:
-        'Visual style. Ghost removes the border and sets a surface background, suited for compact panel inputs.',
+        'Visual style. Ghost removes the border and sets a surface background, suited for compact panel inputs. None paints no box in any theme, for a field whose className draws its own.',
     },
     size: {
       control: 'select',
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ export const Ghost: Story = {
   },
 };
 
+export const None: Story = {
+  parameters: {
+    docs: {
+      description: {
+        story:
+          'None paints no box, so className draws one that holds in every theme. Under Future, a default Input switches to its own 40px borderless box, while this one keeps 34px with a border.',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  args: {
+    variant: 'none',
+    placeholder: 'Boxed by className',
+    className: 'h-[34px] rounded border border-input bg-background px-2 text-sm',
+  },
+};
+
 export const CompactSearch: Story = {
   render: () => (
     <div className="relative flex items-center">
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.test.tsx b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.test.tsx
index 12992dd00..09f4c459c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.test.tsx
@@ -125,4 +125,23 @@ describe('Input', () => {
       expect(input).not.toHaveClass('future:focus-visible:ring-primary');
     });
   });
+
+  it('applies none variant without any future theme box classes', () => {
+    render(<Input variant="none" />);
+    const input = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+    expect(input).toHaveClass('border-0', 'bg-transparent');
+    expect(input).not.toHaveClass('border-input');
+    expect(
+      [...input.classList].filter(
+        (name) => name.startsWith('future:') && !name.includes('focus-visible:ring-')
+      )
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('lets className draw the box for the none variant', () => {
+    render(<Input variant="none" className="h-[34px] rounded border bg-background" />);
+    const input = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+    expect(input).toHaveClass('h-[34px]', 'rounded', 'border', 'bg-background');
+    expect(input).not.toHaveClass('h-9', 'rounded-md', 'border-0', 'bg-transparent');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.tsx b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.tsx
index 0a9fbae89..8912b237a 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.tsx
+++ b/packages/apollo-wind/src/components/ui/input.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const IN_GROUP_CLASS =
   'h-full w-full rounded-none !border-0 !ring-0 bg-transparent p-0 shadow-none focus-visible:ring-0 focus-visible:ring-offset-0 future:h-full future:rounded-none future:border-0 future:bg-transparent future:p-0 future:focus-visible:ring-offset-0';
 
 export interface InputProps extends Omit<React.InputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement>, 'size'> {
-  variant?: 'default' | 'ghost';
+  /** `none` paints no box in any theme, for a caller whose `className` draws its own. */
+  variant?: 'default' | 'ghost' | 'none';
   size?: 'default' | 'xs';
   /**
    * Field-specific feedback rendered immediately below the input.
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const Input = React.forwardRef<HTMLInputElement, InputProps>(
           // Variant
           variant === 'default' && 'border border-input bg-transparent',
           variant === 'ghost' && 'border-0 bg-surface-overlay',
+          variant === 'none' && 'border-0 bg-transparent shadow-none',
           // Future theme overrides apply only to the default variant + default size
           variant === 'default' &&
             size === 'default' &&