{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "agency-project-management-studio-producer",
 "type": "agent",
 "name": "Studio producer agent",
 "summary": "Plan several creative projects at once. Get a portfolio plan with tiers, budget and team time, risks, and what to delay or drop.",
 "headline": "Studio producer agent",
 "subhead": "Give it your list of creative projects, your team and your budget. It ranks the projects, splits people and money across them, and plans for what could go wrong. You get a portfolio plan you can take to your team or your boss.",
 "job": {
  "id": "manage-projects",
  "name": "Plan projects and team capacity"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-11-03",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "source_text",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Source text",
   "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link"
  },
  {
   "type": "spreadsheet",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Spreadsheet",
   "what": "a spreadsheet with its data, formulas and charts"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your list of projects, each with its goal, a rough budget and a due date",
  "Your team, what each person does and about how many hours they have",
  "Your business goals for the period, such as win a client, launch a product or grow sales",
  "Freelancers or vendors you can use, and what they cost (optional)",
  "Past projects that ran late or over budget, and why (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "Your projects in tiers, with a reason for each one's place",
  "A split of budget and team time across the tiers, with any gap shown",
  "A risk list with a backup plan for each big risk",
  "A list of projects to delay, shrink or drop, and the cost of each choice",
  "The facts still missing and the checks to run before you share it"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You run a creative studio, agency or in-house team and have more projects than people.",
  "You are planning next quarter and must choose which projects get budget.",
  "A client or boss asks \"what can your team take on?\" and you need a plan with reasons.",
  "A new project lands and you want to see what it pushes out."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need the week-by-week plan for one project. Use the Project delivery manager.",
  "You want to set up your studio's daily processes, tools and roles. Use the Studio operations planner.",
  "You need a signed budget, a contract or a legal check. Take those to your finance lead or a lawyer."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your list of projects, with a goal, a rough budget and a due date for each",
   "Your team and how many hours each person has",
   "Your business goals for the period",
   "Freelancer or vendor costs (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Portfolio plan",
    "contains": "The period, your goals, how many projects you have and the total team hours."
   },
   {
    "name": "Project tiers",
    "contains": "Each project in a tier, with budget, hours, due date and why it ranks there."
   },
   {
    "name": "Resource split",
    "contains": "Budget and hours by tier, set against what you have free, with the gap shown."
   },
   {
    "name": "Risks and backups",
    "contains": "What could slip, how likely and how bad it is, and the backup plan for each."
   },
   {
    "name": "Trade-offs",
    "contains": "Projects to delay, shrink or drop, with what you gain and lose by each."
   },
   {
    "name": "Facts still missing and checks",
    "contains": "Gaps that limit the plan and how to close them before you share it."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "PORTFOLIO PLAN\n  Period <dates> | Goals <list> | Projects <count> | Team hours <total>\n\nPROJECT TIERS\n  Tier 1 <project> | <budget> | <hours> | <due> | <why it ranks here>\n  Tier 2 <project> | <budget> | <hours> | <due> | <why>\n  Experiments <project> | <what you will learn> | <cap on time and cost>\n\nRESOURCE SPLIT\n  <tier> | <budget share> | <hours needed vs hours free> | <gap> | <outside help>\n\nRISKS AND BACKUPS\n  <risk> | <how likely> | <how bad> | <backup plan>\n\nTRADE-OFFS\n  <project to delay, shrink or drop> | <what you gain> | <what you lose>\n\nFACTS STILL MISSING AND CHECKS\n  <fact> | <what it limits> | <how to get it>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the pack and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md.",
  "List your projects with a goal, a rough budget and a due date. Add your team and their hours. No code or web access is needed.",
  "Name one period, such as next quarter. Say the choice you need help with, such as \"Pick what we run in Q1 with a team of six.\"",
  "Read the \"Facts still missing\" list first. Add what you know and ask it to run the plan again.",
  "Check the budget and hours against your own books. Share the plan only after your finance lead or boss has seen it."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.",
  "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.",
  "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Project risk portfolio planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/project-risk-portfolio",
   "why": "Project risk portfolio planner"
  },
  {
   "name": "Project delay test reviewer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/weekly-project-delay-evidence-assistant",
   "why": "Project delay test reviewer"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/project-management/project-management-studio-producer.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "Studio Producer",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Studio Producer",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/project-management/project-management-studio-producer.md",
   "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE",
  "references/source-agent.md",
  "SETUP.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-project-management-studio-producer",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-project-management-studio-producer.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-project-management-studio-producer.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-project-management-studio-producer/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-project-management-studio-producer.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-project-management-studio-producer",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-project-management-studio-producer",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}
