An engineer is creating a prompt to make a language model break down complex user requests into a series of smaller, manageable tasks. The prompt will include several examples to guide the model. Below are two potential introductory instructions for this prompt.

Instruction 1: "Break down the request."

Instruction 2: "Your goal is to decompose a complex user request into a sequence of simpler sub-tasks. To help you, I will provide a few examples of this process before giving you the actual request to work on."

Which instruction is more effective, and why? Explain your reasoning by comparing the two options.