Google launches Skills feature in Chrome to save and reuse Gemini prompts with one click

Google is rolling out Skills, a new Chrome feature that converts Gemini prompts into reusable shortcuts accessible with a single click. The feature eliminates the need to manually retype or copy-paste frequently used prompts.

What Skills does

Skills saves custom Gemini prompts and syncs them across devices through Chrome's desktop version. Users can access saved Skills by typing "/" in Gemini or clicking the plus button within the current tab. The feature supports multi-tab operations for prompts that pull from multiple sources.

All saved Skills follow existing Gemini security protocols. Tasks involving calendar additions or message sending still require user confirmation before execution, according to Google.

Skills Library and availability

Google is launching Skills with a pre-built Skills Library containing ready-made prompts users can add and customize. Examples include calculating recipe macros, generating comparison tables from multiple tabs, and summarizing long documents.

The feature is available today to all Chrome users with language set to US English. No paid subscription is required. Users can continue using standard Gemini models—Pro for better accuracy or Fast for quicker responses with higher error rates.

Early use cases

Google tested Skills with early users before launch. Common applications include nutritional analysis of recipes, side-by-side product comparisons across tabs, and document summarization. The company also created niche Skills like ingredient lists for skincare products and "movie trailer-style dramatization" of webpage content.

Skills lives within the Gemini sidebar in Chrome. Users who don't open the sidebar won't encounter the feature.

What this means

Skills doesn't expand Gemini's capabilities in Chrome—it's purely a productivity wrapper around existing functionality. The real test will be whether pre-built prompts in the Skills Library prove useful enough to drive adoption among users who haven't integrated Gemini into their browsing workflow. For existing Gemini users, this removes friction from repetitive tasks, though the actual time saved depends on how often they repeat the same prompts.