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Gemini Tips
Short, practical Gemini tips for developers. Each one covers a single task. A tip carries an affiliate link only when it is about deploying or running something.

Gemini Skills Replace Gems and Turn Repeated Prompts Into Slash Commands1 Oct 2026
Skills started rolling out in the Gemini app on 30 September 2026, gradually, for personal Google Accounts held by people 18 or over. Work and school accounts are not supported yet, so you may not see Skills in Settings today. Once you have it, save a prompt you keep retyping …
Review the Patch Before Gemini Files the Thread24 Sept 2026
Start a Temporary chat at gemini.google.com so a one-off review stays out of Recents and Activity. Paste a redacted snippet, copy findings out, then leave. Do not convert it to a saved chat. Verify Recents and Activity are empty. On work or school, treat admin policy and Vault as separate …
Pin the RFC in Ask Gemini So Tickets and PRs Cite the Spec22 Sept 2026
Open Ask Gemini from the RFC folder so those files land as pinned sources, not a vague Workspace search. Trim sources and search locations so Gmail, Chat, Calendar, and the web stay out of the ticket draft. Prompt for implementation tickets plus a PR description, then verify every citation against …
Gemini Gems encode reusable code-review rubrics across Google Workspace apps21 Sept 2026
Gemini Tip: Inconsistent Code Reviews → Encode a Rubric Gem Turn a one-off review checklist into a reusable Gem you open from gemini.google.com or the Workspace side panel. Encode severity, blocking rules, and output format once so every PR gets the same review shape. Optionally attach a Drive rubric Doc …