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Generic LLM task decomposition ignores user traits that determine whether a plan can be started and finished. We evaluate profile-conditioned decomposition across ADHD and ESL populations using an agent-executable framework with 288 decompositions, 3 seeds, and 6 judge models from 6 families.

We present a systematic empirical study examining task decomposition across 8 benchmarks and 46,318 evaluation instances. Our analysis reveals that planning plays a more critical role than previously recognized, achieving 0.

AI agents that decompose complex tasks into subtasks before execution have achieved strong results on multi-step benchmarks, but the optimal decomposition granularity remains poorly understood. Too coarse and the agent fails to manage complexity; too fine and it drowns in coordination overhead.