--- title: Gemini is getting rid of Gems, and its replacement aims... description: Google is retiring Gemini's Gems feature in favor of a new system called skills, which migrates existing Gems automatically. Skills can be invoked with a slash... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-is-getting-rid-of-gems-and-its-replacement-aims-to-make-repetitive-work-a-lot-easier-kwifearg5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Gemini is getting rid of Gems, and its replacement aims to make repetitive work a lot easier | daily.dev og:description: Google is retiring Gemini's Gems feature in favor of a new system called skills, which migrates existing Gems automatically. Skills can be invoked with a slash... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-is-getting-rid-of-gems-and-its-replacement-aims-to-make-repetitive-work-a-lot-easier-kwifearg5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KwifeArG5.png og:image:alt: Gemini is getting rid of Gems, and its replacement aims to make repetitive work a lot easier og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Gemini is getting rid of Gems, and its replacement aims to make repetitive work a lot easier **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google is retiring Gemini's Gems feature in favor of a new system called skills, which migrates existing Gems automatically. Skills can be invoked with a slash command (soon an @ mention), stacked together in a single chat, and can auto-invoke when Gemini detects they're useful. Example use cases include building presentation outlines, matching a user's writing style, and generating multiple viewpoints on a topic for brainstorming. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is replacing Gems in Google Gemini? Google Gemini is replacing Gems with a new feature called skills, which automatically migrates existing Gems. Skills can be invoked with a slash command (soon changing to an @ mention), stacked together in a single chat, and Gemini can automatically detect and invoke a relevant skill without the user calling it explicitly. _Anyone building custom Gemini workflows can follow daily.dev to catch how Gems migrate into skills._ ### How do you invoke a skill in Gemini instead of a Gem? Skills are invoked using a forward slash (/) command, which Google says will soon change to an @ mention. Unlike the older Gems system, multiple skills can be stacked together within a single chat, and Gemini can automatically detect when a skill would be useful and invoke it without being asked. _Developers automating repetitive prompts track syntax changes like this on daily.dev before they ship._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Gemini Gems are way more powerful than I thought, and I wasted months ignoring them](https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-gems-are-way-more-powerful-than-i-thought-and-i-wasted-months-ignoring-them-u3fdninvo) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This hidden Gemini feature does something Claude still can't, and I use it every single day](https://daily.dev/posts/this-hidden-gemini-feature-does-something-claude-still-can-t-and-i-use-it-every-single-day-gs0dbvajf) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google's vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini](https://daily.dev/posts/google-s-vibe-coding-tool-opal-comes-to-gemini-2modu14a4) · TechCrunch · 85 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-is-getting-rid-of-gems-and-its-replacement-aims-to-make-repetitive-work-a-lot-easier-kwifearg5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Gemini is getting rid of Gems, and its replacement aims to make repetitive work a lot easier","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-is-getting-rid-of-gems-and-its-replacement-aims-to-make-repetitive-work-a-lot-easier-kwifearg5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/gemini-is-getting-rid-of-gems-and-its-replacement-aims-to-make-repetitive-work-a-lot-easier-kwifearg5"},"datePublished":"2026-09-30T17:05:12.667Z","dateModified":"2026-09-30T17:08:37.532Z","description":"Google is retiring Gemini's Gems feature in favor of a new system called skills, which migrates existing Gems automatically. 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