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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.

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# 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.

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[OBJECTIVE]
[AVAILABLE_TOOLS]
[HUMAN_RESOURCES]
[DEADLINE]
[QUALITY_BAR]

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