Google adds saveable Gemini prompts called Skills to Chrome

In short: Google is rolling out a Chrome desktop feature that lets people save Gemini prompts as reusable “Skills” and run them across selected tabs.

What happened

Google announced a new workflow feature in the Chrome desktop browser called Skills. It lets you take a Gemini prompt, meaning the instruction you type into Google’s AI assistant, and save it so you can use it again later.

Google says this is meant for repeat tasks you do on different websites. For example, if you often ask Gemini to suggest vegan ingredient swaps for recipes, you no longer need to retype the same request on every new recipe page.

Once a prompt is saved as a Skill, you can run it again with a single click on any tabs you choose. Google says Skills will be available across your other desktop devices too, as long as you are signed into the same Google account in Chrome.

Skills are rolling out starting today to Chrome users whose language is set to US English. Google says you can manage Skills by typing a forward slash (/) in Gemini and selecting a compass icon. You can also save a Skill directly from your Gemini chat history on desktop.

Google also says it will offer a library of preset Skills that users can save and customize. Early tester examples include calculating nutrition information from online recipes and comparing product specifications across shopping tabs.

Why it matters

For regular users, this is a time saver. It turns a useful prompt into something more like a button you can press again and again (like saving a favorite email template, then reusing it whenever you need it). It also suggests Chrome is becoming a place where people do more than just browse pages, and more of their everyday tasks may happen inside the browser.

Source: The Verge AI