Google Chrome launches Skills feature to save and reuse Gemini AI prompts across webpages

Google is adding Skills to Chrome, a feature that allows users to save and reuse Gemini AI prompts across different webpages without retyping. The feature begins rolling out today to Chrome desktop users who are signed into their Google account, initially limited to browsers set to English (US).

Skills builds on Google's existing Gemini integration in Chrome, which already allows users to ask questions about webpages, summarize content, and perform tasks. The new feature addresses repetitive prompt use cases by creating reusable templates accessible via forward slash (/) or plus sign (+) button.

How Skills works

Users can save AI prompts as Skills directly from their chat history. Once saved, a Skill can be activated on any webpage and will run on the current page along with any selected tabs. Google cites vegan recipe substitutions as an example use case — a user who frequently asks Gemini to suggest vegan alternatives when viewing recipes can save that prompt once and reuse it across different recipe websites.

Skills can be edited at any time and require user confirmation before executing certain actions like sending emails or adding calendar events, according to Google.

Early adoption patterns

Google reports that early adopters used Skills for:

• Health and wellness tasks, including calculating protein macros in recipes
• Shopping comparisons
• Scanning and summarizing lengthy documents

To accelerate adoption, Google is launching a Skills library containing pre-programmed workflows for productivity, shopping, recipes, and budgeting. Users can add these templates to their saved Skills and customize the prompts to fit specific needs.

Competitive context

The Skills launch comes as Google faces new competition in AI-integrated browsers from OpenAI (Atlas), Perplexity (Comet), and The Browser Company (Dia). While these competitors are building browsers with native AI capabilities, Google is extending its existing Chrome dominance with deeper Gemini integration.

What this means

Skills represents a tactical response to the emerging AI browser category by making Chrome's Gemini integration more practical for repetitive workflows. The feature's success will depend on whether users adopt the forward-slash prompt pattern and whether the Skills library covers common enough use cases to drive engagement. The English (US) limitation suggests Google is testing the feature's resonance before broader rollout. More critically, Skills may help Google retain Chrome users who might otherwise migrate to purpose-built AI browsers by delivering similar workflow automation within the incumbent platform.