🚀 Built an AI Task Decomposer: From "Launch a SaaS" to Atomic Actionable Tasks

Hi guys,

I built AtomicFlow - An AI system that takes any high-level idea and recursively breaks it down into atomic, actionable tasks.

Quick Example

Input: "Creating a customer acquisition system for my AI automation agency"

Output:

Complete task hierarchy (automatically decomposed to the right level)
Each atomic task with 30min-8h time estimates
Smart priority scoring (1-10)
Dependency mapping (what blocks what)
Rich metadata (tags, categories, confidence levels)
Ready-to-import formats for Google Sheets, ClickUp, Notion, Airtable

Key Features

✅ Language-agnostic - Works in any language, outputs in the same language✅ AI decides depth - No arbitrary limits, stops when tasks are truly atomic✅ Universal exports - One API call → multiple formats✅ Transparent reasoning - AI explains every decision (why atomic, time estimates, priorities)✅ Dependency detection - Automatically identifies task relationships

How It Works

Built with n8n + OpenRouter:

You send an idea (any language)
AI analyzes and decides: "atomic or decompose?"
Non-atomic tasks spawn 3-7 children
Process continues until queue is empty
Returns structured JSON with everything you need

The AI doesn't just split randomly - it follows strict atomicity rules:

One person can execute it
Clear deliverable (verifiable "done")
30min-8h time window
No further strategic thinking needed

Current State

✅ It works. Reliably.

⚠️ But it's painfully inefficient:

Burns through API tokens like crazy
Queue-based processing is sequential (slow)

This was a Saturday night prototype to demonstrate the concept. Mission accomplished, but it needs serious optimization before being production-ready.

The prototype is rough, but the core concept works.

Tech Stack: n8n, OpenRouter, JSON processingStatus: Working prototype, needs optimizationExport formats: Google Sheets, ClickUp, Notion, Airtable

📎 Files Included

Drop a comment if you want to try it or have thoughts on where this should go! 🙏

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