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Julian Goldie SEO
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Google Skills: Save AI Prompts, Run Them Instantly
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The big takeaway
Google launched Skills, a new Chrome feature that lets you save your best Gemini prompts and execute them with one click using a slash command. No more copy-pasting. Works across multiple tabs, syncs across devices, and includes 50+ pre-built templates. Available now for US desktop Chrome users.
What Skills Is and Why It Matters
One-Click Prompt Execution
Skills lets you save your favorite Gemini prompts and run them instantly by typing a slash or plus sign in Chrome, eliminating the need to retype, copy-paste, or dig through notes every time you need a prompt.
The Problem It Solves
Users who rely on Gemini often repeat the same prompts 10, 20, or even 50 times per week. Skills removes the friction of manual prompt entry, letting you access saved prompts in one click instead of retyping from scratch.
Without Skills
Type/copy-paste prompt every time
With Skills
Hit slash, click skill, done
Workflow friction reduction
Why It's Not Just a Prompt Library
Unlike a Google Doc of prompts that requires manual copy-pasting and discipline to use consistently, Skills is built directly into the browser with one-click access, removing all friction and making prompt reuse automatic and effortless.
How to Set Up and Use Skills
Two Ways to Create Skills
You can save a skill from your existing Gemini chat history (by finding a prompt that worked well) or use one of Google's 50+ pre-built skills and customize it to your needs.
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Open Chrome and access Gemini sidebar
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Option 1: Save a prompt from your chat history
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Option 2: Choose from 50+ pre-built skills
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Customize the skill to your needs
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Save and use with slash command
Setting up a skill in Chrome
Requirements to Access Skills
Skills is currently available for desktop Chrome users in the US with English language settings. You need the latest version of Chrome and the Gemini sidebar enabled in your browser settings.
50+
Pre-built skills ready to use
Google's starter skill library
Multi-Tab Capability
Skills can run across multiple tabs simultaneously, allowing you to process information from five competitor websites or multiple articles at once in seconds instead of manually reviewing each page individually.
Cross-Device Sync
Skills automatically sync across all your devices when you're signed into Chrome, so a skill you create on your laptop is instantly available on your work computer.
Real-World Use Cases
Competitor Analysis Skill
Create a skill that analyzes competitor pages to extract their main offer, call-to-action, and landing page effectiveness. Run it on each competitor site with one click to get instant breakdowns instead of manual analysis.
Article Summarization Skill
Build a skill that summarizes articles into three bullet points and identifies the key takeaway. Use it to process 20 articles in the time it previously took to read five.
Building a Personalized AI Workflow
Each skill you create becomes part of a custom AI toolkit designed specifically for how you work. Over time, you build a personalized AI assistant that nobody else has, creating a unique competitive advantage.
Tips to Maximize Skills
Five Optimization Strategies
Start with pre-built skills and customize them, save your best existing prompts as skills, create skills for daily AI tasks, leverage the multi-tab feature for batch processing, and organize skills with clear names for quick access.
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Start with pre-built skills
Fastest onboarding
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Save your best prompts
Never lose golden prompts
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Automate daily tasks
Maximum time savings
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Use multi-tab feature
Batch processing power
5
Keep skills organized
Instant access
Five ways to get the most from Skills
The Competitive Advantage of Early Adoption
People who build AI systems and automate their daily workflows now will have a massive advantage over those who don't. The gap between AI users and non-users is widening every week, and early adopters of tools like Skills will be miles ahead.
Worth quoting
"The days of copy-pasting prompts are over."
— Preeti Tabriz, Google Senior Engineering Director, at [4:33]
"People who win with AI build systems around it. They automate the stuff they do every day."
— Julian Goldie, at [5:34]
"It's like having a library of your best AI moves ready to go at any moment."
— Julian Goldie, at [3:33]
Try this
Update Chrome to the latest version to access Skills
Open the Gemini sidebar in Chrome and explore the 50+ pre-built skills
Create your first skill by saving a frequently-used prompt from your chat history
Customize a pre-built skill to match your specific workflow or business needs
Set up at least one skill for a daily task you perform with AI (e.g., summarizing articles, competitor analysis)
Test the multi-tab feature by running a skill across multiple competitor or research websites
Organize your skills with clear, descriptive names for quick access via the slash command
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Google Skills: Save AI Prompts, Run Them Instantly

Summary of the video “New Google AI Skills Update is INSANE!” by Julian Goldie SEO.

Google launched Skills, a new Chrome feature that lets you save your best Gemini prompts and execute them with one click using a slash command. No more copy-pasting. Works across multiple tabs, syncs across devices, and includes 50+ pre-built templates. Available now for US desktop Chrome users.

What Skills Is and Why It Matters

One-Click Prompt Execution

Skills lets you save your favorite Gemini prompts and run them instantly by typing a slash or plus sign in Chrome, eliminating the need to retype, copy-paste, or dig through notes every time you need a prompt.

The Problem It Solves

Users who rely on Gemini often repeat the same prompts 10, 20, or even 50 times per week. Skills removes the friction of manual prompt entry, letting you access saved prompts in one click instead of retyping from scratch.

Why It's Not Just a Prompt Library

Unlike a Google Doc of prompts that requires manual copy-pasting and discipline to use consistently, Skills is built directly into the browser with one-click access, removing all friction and making prompt reuse automatic and effortless.

How to Set Up and Use Skills

Two Ways to Create Skills

You can save a skill from your existing Gemini chat history (by finding a prompt that worked well) or use one of Google's 50+ pre-built skills and customize it to your needs.

Requirements to Access Skills

Skills is currently available for desktop Chrome users in the US with English language settings. You need the latest version of Chrome and the Gemini sidebar enabled in your browser settings.

Multi-Tab Capability

Skills can run across multiple tabs simultaneously, allowing you to process information from five competitor websites or multiple articles at once in seconds instead of manually reviewing each page individually.

Cross-Device Sync

Skills automatically sync across all your devices when you're signed into Chrome, so a skill you create on your laptop is instantly available on your work computer.

Real-World Use Cases

Competitor Analysis Skill

Create a skill that analyzes competitor pages to extract their main offer, call-to-action, and landing page effectiveness. Run it on each competitor site with one click to get instant breakdowns instead of manual analysis.

Article Summarization Skill

Build a skill that summarizes articles into three bullet points and identifies the key takeaway. Use it to process 20 articles in the time it previously took to read five.

Building a Personalized AI Workflow

Each skill you create becomes part of a custom AI toolkit designed specifically for how you work. Over time, you build a personalized AI assistant that nobody else has, creating a unique competitive advantage.

Tips to Maximize Skills

Five Optimization Strategies

Start with pre-built skills and customize them, save your best existing prompts as skills, create skills for daily AI tasks, leverage the multi-tab feature for batch processing, and organize skills with clear names for quick access.

The Competitive Advantage of Early Adoption

People who build AI systems and automate their daily workflows now will have a massive advantage over those who don't. The gap between AI users and non-users is widening every week, and early adopters of tools like Skills will be miles ahead.

Notable quotes

The days of copy-pasting prompts are over. — Preeti Tabriz, Google Senior Engineering Director
People who win with AI build systems around it. They automate the stuff they do every day. — Julian Goldie
It's like having a library of your best AI moves ready to go at any moment. — Julian Goldie

Action items

  • Update Chrome to the latest version to access Skills
  • Open the Gemini sidebar in Chrome and explore the 50+ pre-built skills
  • Create your first skill by saving a frequently-used prompt from your chat history
  • Customize a pre-built skill to match your specific workflow or business needs
  • Set up at least one skill for a daily task you perform with AI (e.g., summarizing articles, competitor analysis)
  • Test the multi-tab feature by running a skill across multiple competitor or research websites
  • Organize your skills with clear, descriptive names for quick access via the slash command

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