GoKawiilGemini can do a lot these days; it’s not just about answering questions or generating images. You can vibe code entire games and apps, perform deep research and even turn content into guided learning. Chatbot possibilities are endless, but one powerful feature that drew early attention has since been tucked away into the settings menu: Gems.
Gems operate Custom GPTs in ChatGPT. They’re custom chatbots that remember your instructions, so you don’t have to explain everything again each time you return. Once you’ve set a Gem’s instructions and function, you can continue to add to it so that it becomes an expert in that subject and can help you brainstorm, create and more.
With so many AI tools available from Google, it may be confusing to know when to use one tool over another, especially when two seemingly have a crossover in features. Below, we’ll detail how to get started with Gemini Gems and when you should consider using another option, such as Gemini Notebooks, to perform the task you’re trying to accomplish.
What are Gemini Gems?
Google calls Gems “custom AI experts” that add blinders to a chatbot conversation. You essentially give the Gem its own “personality” and tell it what to help you with. You can also upload your own files, link to content in Google Drive, import your own code and connect it to a Notebook from Gemini Notebook.
If you always want a specific output from your Gem, you can set a default tool for it when setting it up. There’s no default tool set, which can allow for all outputs depending on the conversation you’re having, but if you only want videos, music or images set as the default tool while using your Gem, you can do that.
Gemini has a handful of premade Gems that you can edit to make your own if you don’t know where to get started. There are options such as brainstormer, career guide, productivity planner, sales pitch ideator and more. If you need some additional inspiration, there’s an unofficial site of premade prompts for creating Gems, too.
Gemini’s Gem manager comes with a handful of premade Gems you can use to get started. Google/Screenshot by Blake Stimac
Creating your own Gem is fairly simple, but it’ll only be as good as the instructions and knowledge you feed it. You can always go back and continue to add more instructions to your Gem over time. That said, you can make Gems as simple or as complex as you’d like.
I created a Gem to recommend movies for me. I kept the instructions very simple, instructing it that it has a wealth of knowledge about film and that its purpose is to suggest a movie that I might like to watch. To personalize the Gem, I added my favorite genres and a list of my all-time favorite movies to the instructions, so it doesn’t have to shoot in the dark from the beginning.
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