Key Facts

• Google launched Gemini Skills in May 2026, allowing users to save frequently used commands as reusable templates instead of rewriting them every time.
• Gemini Skills is powered by Gemini Spark, which serves as Google's experimental workspace for building AI workflows, and requires a qualifying Google AI subscription, such as AI Pro or AI Ultra.
• The author created a skill called Source Tracer, which instructs Gemini to ignore news articles or blogs and find the root study, company report, government data, or other primary source of a figure.
• The author also created a Spec Compare skill, which compares products in separate Chrome tabs, extracting their prices, specifications, features, pros, and cons, and presents the information in a side-by-side table.
• Gemini Gems, dedicated assistants with their own personalities and instructions, are used by the author for learning and working on complicated projects, including a Learning Coach gem that breaks down topics into smaller bits and adjusts explanations to fit her pace.