Google is rolling out skills across Google Workspace Studio and Workspace apps, letting teams give Gemini reusable instructions based on their rules, templates and reference files. Once enabled, skills can apply automatically when relevant or run through an @mention, with multiple skills usable together.
Rapid Release domains began receiving the feature November 9; Scheduled Release domains are scheduled to begin November 30, with each rollout taking up to 15 days. Eligibility covers Business Starter, Standard and Plus; Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus; and the Google AI Pro for Education and AI Expanded Access add-ons. Users must be at least 18, and prompts and instructions currently support only English.
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On the web, users can build from templates or scratch, edit SKILL.md files in Workspace Studio, and test generated presentations, documents or email drafts before enabling skills. Google Docs supports collaborative drafting, while Gemini can create, revise and test skills within apps including Google Drive and Gmail. Skills can also start Studio flows using either the “On a schedule” or “Start manually” starter.
Creating, editing, testing and sharing require the web; invocation also works in Google Chat on Android and iOS. Web invocation covers Workspace Studio, Google Chat, Google Drive, Google Slides, Google Docs and Gmail, while Google Meet and Google Sheets lack skills support.
Shared skills become independent copies, so later changes by the creator do not reach recipients; referenced Drive files require separate access. Workspace skills do not automatically sync with Gemini app skills or Gems, though instructions can be copied manually using SKILL.md. Google says its planned 2027 migration will turn remaining Gems into draft skills only within the Gemini app; Studio already blocks adding new Ask a Gem steps.
Google previously introduced Chrome Skills for saving reusable Gemini prompts in its sidebar. That feature required no paid AI subscription and initially targeted desktop browsers using US English.
