Trying to set up a trip to Prague/ Europe. Should I use a travel agent?

Travel agents are a waste. Book your itinerary and book. Add few walking days through Viator.

You don't need a travel agent.
We are going to Prague for the first time in April. We are staying at the Augustine Hotel which is still a working monastery with monks on the premises. The city appears to be very walkable and there are a number of very good restaurants nearby. The hotel is in a central location and should be nice and quiet unless the monks drink too much wine.

Waste of time. Do it yourself so you can one gain experience in setting up trips, two only blame yourself if something goes wrong.

In most cases, travel agents are wastes of time if you truly enjoy fleshing out trips. Some people don't really like doing this. They just want to show up and travel.

Good travel agents don't cost much, if anything, because they are paid commissions by the hotels, tours, etc. that are booked. Plus, they can get perks and set up experiences that would be very difficult for a typical traveler to find. That is, a good agent can do all of this. I have a recommendation for a good one, if you are interested.

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Half of the fun for me is fleshing out the trip, where I'll stay and what I want to see so I do all of my planning and booking myself.

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Me too.

I get immersed in the details (venues, geography, schedule, logistics) of my itinerary beforehand.

I leave space in it for locals’ recs, weather and serendipity.

It’s helpful if/when one has to go to Plan B or C (whether either if it’s my fault, a venue’s fault or a third party’s fault).