Google adds Skills to Chrome to reuse saved AI prompts

In short: Google is adding a Chrome feature called Skills that lets you save and reuse Gemini AI prompts across websites.

What happened

Google said it is rolling out “Skills” for its Chrome desktop browser. Skills are saved AI prompts, which are the typed instructions you give an AI tool (like asking, “Summarize this page in three bullets”).

The idea is simple. If you find yourself asking Gemini the same thing on many sites, you can save that prompt once and run it again later with a click, instead of retyping it every time.

Google gave an example: you might ask for vegan substitutions when reading recipes. With Skills, you can save that instruction and use it on other recipe pages too.

To create a Skill, you save a prompt from your Gemini chat history in Chrome. To reuse it, you can type a forward slash (/) or click a plus sign (+). The Skill runs on the webpage you are viewing, and it can also include other tabs you select.

Google also plans a Skills library with ready-made Skills for common needs like productivity, shopping, recipes, and budgeting. You can add one to Chrome and then edit the text to fit your situation.

Google said Skills will ask for confirmation before doing certain actions, like sending an email or adding a calendar event.

Skills start rolling out today for Chrome desktop users who are signed into a Google account. At first, it only works if Chrome’s language is set to English (US).

Why it matters

This could make browser-based AI more useful for everyday tasks, because it turns your favorite instructions into reusable shortcuts (like saving a template email instead of writing the same message from scratch). It also shows how web browsers are competing to become the place where people do more work with built-in AI, not just a tool for opening websites.

Source: TechCrunch AI