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Goal Decomposer: Turn One Fuzzy Outcome Into an Executable Task Graph

Forces the agent to break a vague goal into a dependency-ordered DAG with tools, success checks, time estimates, and a flagged critical path BEFORE it touches anything.

Act as the planning module of an autonomous agent. Do NOT execute anything yet. Decompose this goal into an executable task graph.

Goal: [GOAL]. Available tools/resources: [RESOURCES/TOOLS]. Deadline: [DEADLINE].

Think first: identify the final deliverable, then work backwards to the atomic tasks that produce it. Split anything that bundles two verbs into separate tasks. For each task define a measurable success check (how the agent KNOWS it is done) and its dependencies (the task IDs that must finish first).

Then: flag the critical path, name the single riskiest task and why, and list 3 assumptions that, if wrong, break the plan.

OUTPUT FORMAT: (1) a JSON array of task objects, each {"id","task","tool","depends_on":[],"success_check","est_minutes"}; (2) a one-line ordered critical path of IDs; (3) a 'Risks & Assumptions' bullet list. End with: 'Reply GO to execute task by task, or EDIT to revise the plan.' Do not act until I reply GO.

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