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skillsrolling out

Saved instructions, optionally with files, that you call by typing "/" in any chat. Gemini can also apply them on its own when relevant, and several can be combined.

Which capability it is

The same thing at other vendors

ChatGPT
Skills (Business, Enterprise, Healthcare, Edu)
Microsoft Copilot
skills — inside Copilot Cowork, paid licence
Perplexity
Skills (replaced Workflows, Sept 23, 2026)
Meta AI and Muse
skills (Muse) — built by Meta only

Details

Status
rolling out. Personal accounts: available. Work and school: not yet.
Where you find it
Sidebar > Customize > Skills
Part of
Customize
Plans
personal accounts aged 18+. No subscription is needed, per the Task help page.
Admin must turn it on?
not stated. Work and school accounts are "soon."
Learn

Where we teach it

Encode a method so someone else runs it: you take a task you personally do, encode it, and watch a colleague run it without you. It's in the longer class, or a private session for your team.

Register interest → Or: a session built around your own team's work →