Google launches Skills for Gemini in Chrome, enabling custom one-click workflows

Google has released Skills for Gemini in Chrome on desktop, a feature that lets users save and execute frequently used prompts as one-click workflows. The feature is rolling out starting April 14, 2026.

How Skills works

Users invoke Skills by typing a forward slash (/) in the Gemini prompt box. The system can operate on the current page or multiple selected tabs using the '+' button. According to Google, the feature is designed for prompts "that you'll want to use again," eliminating the need to search through chat history.

Each Skill can be customized with a user-chosen name and identifying emoji. Gemini will prompt users to save Skills at the end of chats.

Pre-built library and use cases

Google provides a library of Skills at chrome://skills/browse, organized into categories including Learning, Research, Shopping, Writing, and others. Users can save and edit Skills from this library.

Example use cases Google highlights:

• Health & Wellness: calculating protein macros for recipes
• Shopping: generating side-by-side spec comparisons across multiple tabs
• Productivity: scanning lengthy documents for key information
• Creating infographics and visualizations from webpage data
• Cross-referencing budgets with recipient interests for gift selection

Safety measures

Skills prompts will request confirmation before executing sensitive actions such as adding calendar events or sending emails.

Availability

The feature is available on Chrome desktop only. Saved Skills sync across all signed-in Chrome desktop devices and can be managed by typing forward slash (/) in Gemini and clicking the compass icon.

What this means

This release represents Google's effort to make AI assistance more efficient through reusable workflows rather than one-off prompts. The approach differs from traditional browser automation by operating through natural language prompts rather than scripted macros. By encouraging users to save Skills, Google is building a repository of common AI tasks that could inform future product development. The cross-tab functionality indicates Google is positioning Gemini as a comprehensive browser-level assistant rather than a single-page tool.