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Gemini in Chrome is rolling out a new feature called Skills to save and reuse your favorite prompts. Skills save you the time and effort of entering the same instructions into the AI chatbot on different pages.
With this update, when Gemini comes up with a response for your query in the side panel, you’ll see an option to “Save this prompt as a skill” at the bottom. Clicking the Save button here opens a new window where you can review the prompt for improvements and give it a title for easier understanding.
(Credit: Google)You can then reuse the prompt later by entering a forward slash (/) or selecting the plus (+) button below the prompt box. You can add Skills from your chat history or modify them at any given time, Google says. The company is also rolling out a set of premade Skills.
Some early testers have used Skills to quickly enter prompts to calculate protein macros in a recipe, generate side-by-side comparisons across multiple tabs while shopping, and summarize lengthy documents, Google adds.
When using Skills on pages with sensitive information, such as calendar or email, the feature will ask for your permission before proceeding. For now, the feature appears limited to Chrome’s Gemini side panel.
Gemini in Chrome debuted in the US last year. It’s meant to be an AI assistant for your browsing needs. Once you access it from the Gemini spark on the toolbar or the three-dot menu on the address bar, you can ask it questions about the page you’re currently on. Skills just speed up the process with a single-click access to your most preferred prompts.
For now, Skills is rolling out to Gemini in Chrome on Mac, Windows, and ChromeOS PCs that have set English (US) as the default Chrome language. The feature may be rolling out gradually, as I wasn’t able to test it right away or access the preset Skills.