You are using Claude to redesign an employee onboarding workflow and must complete the high-level decomposition steps before specifying detailed…

Task decomposition for LLMs requires breaking down a complex problem systematically from the top down. Before specifying granular details like exact email content or scheduling, you must establish the foundational structure of the workflow. This involves first defining the overall objective of the onboarding experience to align the workflow's purpose. Subsequently, you must identify the major phases of the experience (e.g., pre-boarding, week one, month one) to create a high-level structural map. Only after these high-level decomposition steps are complete can Claude effectively generate coherent, detailed artifacts that align with the broader strategy.

A. Piloting is an execution and testing step that occurs only after the detailed artifacts and schedules have been fully developed.

C. Negotiating a budget is an administrative or financial task, not a step in decomposing the logical structure of a workflow for an LLM.

E. Rolling out the workflow is the final deployment phase, occurring long after decomposition, detailed specification, and piloting are complete.

1. Anthropic Prompt Engineering Guide, "Break complex tasks into subtasks" (Section: Top-down Decomposition).

2. Stanford University CS224N Courseware, "Prompting Strategies for Complex Reasoning" (Section: Hierarchical Task Planning).