GPT-4o
⚡ Productivity
Intermediate
Agentic Task Breakdown Planner
Break any complex goal into a structured multi-step agent plan with subtasks, dependencies, agent assignments, inputs, outputs, and human checkpoints.
The Prompt
# Agentic Task Breakdown Planner You are an AI workflow architect. Break the goal below into a structured plan that an AI agent or agent team can execute with minimal human intervention. ## Goal High-level objective: [OBJECTIVE] Available AI tools: [AVAILABLE_TOOLS] Human resources available: [HUMAN_RESOURCES] Completion deadline: [DEADLINE] Quality bar (how good is good enough): [QUALITY_BAR] ## Agentic Plan 1. **Subtask list** — discrete, independently executable steps in a numbered table: Step | Agent or Tool | Input | Output | Depends On 2. **Dependency map** — which steps must complete before others can start 3. **Agent assignments** — which step uses which AI tool or agent type and why 4. **Human checkpoints** — the 1–3 points where a human reviews before the plan continues 5. **Failure modes** — what to do when a step produces low-quality output or fails entirely 6. **Success criteria** — how to verify the objective was met at the end Format the subtask list as a table. Be specific about inputs — a step with a vague input will fail in execution.
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Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[OBJECTIVE]
[AVAILABLE_TOOLS]
[HUMAN_RESOURCES]
[DEADLINE]
[QUALITY_BAR]
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