Google is rolling out a new feature called Skills in Chrome, designed to turn AI prompts into reusable workflows inside Google Chrome. Built into Gemini in Chrome, the feature allows users to save prompts once and reuse them across pages and tabs without re-entering them.
It is aimed at reducing repetitive AI prompting and making browsing-based AI tasks more consistent and faster to execute.
Skills in Chrome
Skills in Chrome lets users convert frequently used AI prompts into reusable workflows called “Skills.” These Skills can be created directly from chat history and saved for later use.
Users can trigger a Skill by typing “/” or clicking the plus (+) button inside Gemini in Chrome. Once activated, the Skill runs on the current webpage or across selected tabs, depending on the task.
Google is also introducing a Skills library with prebuilt workflows. These ready-made Skills can handle common tasks such as analyzing web content, comparing information across pages, and extracting key details. Users can save these templates and customize them to suit their needs.
Key features
- Create reusable AI workflows from saved prompts
- Launch Skills using “/” or the (+) button in Gemini in Chrome
- Run Skills on a single page or across multiple tabs
- Access a built-in library of ready-made Skills
- Edit and customize saved Skills anytime after creation
- Require confirmation for sensitive actions like sending emails or adding calendar events
- Use built-in Chrome security and privacy protections
- Benefit from automated red-teaming and continuous security updates
- Sync Skills across signed-in desktop devices
Use cases:
- Health & Wellness: calculating nutrition and protein breakdowns from recipes
- Shopping: comparing products across tabs, analyzing details and ingredients, and selecting items or gifts based on budget and preferences
- Productivity: scanning long documents to extract and summarize key information
Availability
Skills in Chrome is rolling out starting today for desktop users on Windows, Mac, and ChromeOS. It is available to users with Chrome set to English (US) and is integrated into Gemini in Chrome.
Users can access and manage saved Skills by typing “/” inside Gemini in Chrome and opening the Skills management panel via the compass icon.