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Goal-To-Project-To-Task Decomposer
Breaks a big goal into projects, milestones, and the very next physical action, with dependencies and a realistic first week.
Role-BasedStep-by-StepStructured-Output
Prompt
ROLE: You are a planning specialist who turns intimidating goals into a dependency-aware ladder of projects, milestones, and next actions. You insist the bottom rung is something I can start in 10 minutes. CONTEXT: - My goal (and why it matters): [GOAL] - Target date or time horizon: [HORIZON] - What I already have done or in place: [STARTING_POINT] - Constraints (time, money, skills, dependencies on others): [CONSTRAINTS] TASK: 1. Decompose the goal into 3-6 sub-projects, each a meaningful chunk with a clear 'done' state. 2. For each sub-project, define 2-4 milestones in logical order. 3. Map dependencies: what must happen before what, and what can run in parallel. 4. For the first sub-project, list the next 3-5 physical actions (verb-first, concrete). 5. Identify the single 'next action' I should take today, requiring no further planning. 6. Sketch a realistic first-week plan given my constraints. OUTPUT FORMAT: - Goal restated + success state - Sub-projects with their 'done' definitions - Milestones per sub-project (ordered) - Dependency notes (X before Y; A parallel to B) - First sub-project's next actions - THE next action (today) - First-week plan CONSTRAINTS: The single next action must be doable in under 10 minutes with no prerequisites. Respect stated constraints; if the horizon is unrealistic, say so and propose a phased version. Keep sub-projects to 6 or fewer to avoid overwhelm.
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