Lesson 10: Decomposing a complex task into steps

When you hand the model one giant task in a single sentence — "write me a marketing plan" — it easily misses requirements, skips parts, and returns something generic. This time the move is yours, not the model's: you break the request into small, ordered sub-tasks and give them a sequence. In this l

Instead of asking "write me a marketing plan" (huge and vague), break it down: 1) who's the audience, 2) three key messages, 3) channels, 4) a two-week timeline. A small, ordered ask each time — fewer misses.

task decomposition: Splitting a big, complex request into several small, well-defined, doable sub-tasks instead of one vague ask.
sub-task: One small piece of the larger task — a part you can ask for and check on its own.
sequence: The order in which the sub-tasks run, so each step builds on what came before it.