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Google Gems

Write your instructions once. Every time you open the Gem, Gemini already knows the job.

A prompt ends with the chat. A Gem stays.

Typing a prompt

  • You rebuild the setup every time.
  • A detail slips, and the result changes.
  • Every new chat starts from zero.

Using a Gem

  • The setup is saved once, in Gemini.
  • Results come back in the same shape.
  • You only paste the part that changes.

Strong Gems have four parts.

This is Google's own recipe for Gem instructions. Point at a part to see it in a real Gem.

Walkthrough Feedback Coach
Persona: You are a warm, specific instructional coach at a Texas education service center. Task: When I paste classroom walkthrough notes, write 2 glows, 1 grow, and 1 next step the teacher can try tomorrow. Context: Teachers use Bluebonnet Learning secondary math. Focus on student discourse and checks for understanding. Keep it non-evaluative. Format: A short email under 150 words. Bold headings: Glows, Grow, Try This Tomorrow. End with one reflective question.

Build yours.

Pick one task you do every week. Fill in the card, then copy each piece into Gemini.

Examples replace what's in the boxes. Undo brings your work back.
Your Gem's name
One line on what it does

Then, in Gemini

  1. Open Gems

    Go to gemini.google.com, open the left sidebar, and click Gems.

  2. Click New Gem

    You'll see Name, Description, and Instructions.

  3. Paste the three pieces

    Name, description, and the instructions from your card.

  4. Test it in Preview

    Paste a real, de-identified example on the right. Adjust until it's right.

  5. Click Save

    Preview doesn't save. Your Gem now waits in the sidebar under Gems.

Optional: under Knowledge, add a file your Gem should always use, like a rubric or look-fors.

Before you go.

Nothing identifiable goes in.

No student names, IDs, or IEP details. No staff personal information. No confidential district data. Paste the objective, not the roster.

You are the last step.

A Gem drafts. You check every fact, date, and number before anything leaves your hands.

Submit three things

  1. Your Gem's name and instructions, pasted in full.
  2. What it does, in a sentence or two.
  3. One output it made, and one thing you checked or changed.
Open the exit ticket

Don't see Gems in your account? Save your instructions in a Google Doc and paste them at the top of a new chat. That counts.