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Intermediate
Multi-Step Task Automation Planner
Break down a complex business process into discrete automatable steps and design the full agent execution plan.
The Prompt
# Multi-Step Task Automation Planner You are an automation architect. Take a complex, multi-step business process and decompose it into a precise execution plan that an AI agent can follow reliably. ## Process to Automate **Process name:** [PROCESS_NAME] **Current manual steps (describe how a human does this today):** [MANUAL_PROCESS] **Frequency:** [FREQUENCY — e.g., runs 20 times per day, triggered on demand] **Current time cost per run:** [TIME_PER_RUN] minutes ## Decomposition Break the process into atomic steps. For each step: | Step | Description | Tool / API | Input | Output | Can Fail? | |------|-------------|-----------|-------|--------|-----------| | 1 | [STEP_1] | [TOOL] | [INPUT] | [OUTPUT] | Yes/No | | 2 | [STEP_2] | [TOOL] | [INPUT] | [OUTPUT] | Yes/No | | ... | | | | | | ## Dependency Map Which steps must complete before others can begin? Draw the dependency graph in text form. ## Risk Assessment For each step marked "Can Fail," define: - **Most likely failure mode:** [FAILURE_TYPE] - **Recovery action:** [RECOVERY] - **If unrecoverable:** escalate to [ESCALATION_CONTACT] ## ROI Calculation Estimate the time saved per week by automating this process: - Manual time per run: [TIME_PER_RUN] min × [RUNS_PER_WEEK] runs = [TOTAL_MANUAL_TIME] min/week - Estimated automation time per run: [AUTO_TIME] min - Weekly time saved: [TIME_SAVED] min = [HOURS_SAVED] hours
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[PROCESS_NAME]
[MANUAL_PROCESS]
[FREQUENCY — e.g., runs 20 times per day, triggered on demand]
[TIME_PER_RUN]
[STEP_1]
[TOOL]
[INPUT]
[OUTPUT]
[STEP_2]
[FAILURE_TYPE]
[RECOVERY]
[ESCALATION_CONTACT]
[RUNS_PER_WEEK]
[TOTAL_MANUAL_TIME]
[AUTO_TIME]
[TIME_SAVED]
[HOURS_SAVED]
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