Scale customized AI across your team with skills in Google Workspace and Workspace Studio

Google has begun rolling out skills in Google Workspace — reusable, custom instructions that guide Gemini to apply a team's rules, templates, and reference files — across Google Workspace Studio and Workspace apps, following its initial announcement and a recent rollout update. Users can build skills from scratch, from turnkey templates, or by editing Markdown-native SKILL.md files in Workspace Studio and Google Docs, and can create, refine, and test skills directly in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat. Skills can be applied automatically or invoked with an @mention, including combining multiple skills in one request, and can trigger Workspace Studio flows; creation, editing, testing, and sharing are web-only, invocation also works in the Google Chat mobile app on Android and iOS, and skills are not yet available in Google Sheets or Google Meet and currently support English prompts and instructions only.

Following our initial announcement https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/09/skills-gemini-app-workspace.html and recent rollout update https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/10/an-update-on-launch-of-skills-in-gemini-app-and-workspace.html , skills in Google Workspace https://studio.workspace.google.com/skills — reusable, custom instructions that guide Gemini to apply your team’s rules, templates, and reference files — are now rolling out across Google Workspace Studio and Workspace apps. Here’s how to get started: - Create, test, and share skills in Google Workspace Studio and Google Docs: Build skills from scratch, start from new turnkey templates, or edit Markdown-native SKILL.md http://SKILL.md files directly in Google Workspace Studio https://studio.workspace.google.com/skills , and test how they generate email drafts, documents, or presentations before turning them on. You can also draft and collaborate on skills in Google Docs https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14206696 create with skill builder , and share copies of your skills from Workspace Studio so teammates can customize and enable them for their own workflows. - Create and edit skills in context across Workspace apps: You can prompt Gemini directly in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat to create, refine, and test skills without leaving the app you’re working in. - Use skills automatically or with an @, and connect them to Studio flows: Once you turn on a skill, Gemini in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat can automatically recognize when that skill is relevant and apply it to your prompt, or you can invoke one or more skills explicitly at any time with an @mention including combining multiple skills in a single request . Skills can also trigger Workspace Studio flows https://support.google.com/workspace-studio/answer/17307546 configured with a “Start manually” or “On a schedule” starter step. These capabilities unlock powerful ways to standardize everyday work across your team. For example: - A marketing or sales team can maintain approved brand voice, tone, and structure across email drafts in Gmail, proposals in Docs, and pitch decks in Slides. - A finance or legal specialist can standardize recurring contract, proposal, or invoice reviews against reference guidelines stored in Google Drive. - A project lead can generate recurring status updates grounded in living meeting notes, Chat conversations, and Drive files without re-typing formatting instructions each week. | | | Create, test, and invoke skills across Google Workspace Studio and Workspace apps | A few things to know for end users: - Supported surfaces, mobile access, and language: Creating, editing, testing, and sharing skills are available on the web. Invoking skills is supported on the web in Workspace Studio, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat, as well as in the Google Chat mobile app on Android and iOS. Skills in Workspace are not yet available in Google Sheets or Google Meet, and currently support English prompts and instructions only. - How skill sharing and Drive file permissions work in Workspace Studio: Sharing a skill from Workspace Studio gives recipients an independent copy that they can review, customize, and turn on in their own skills library subsequent edits you make to your skill won’t overwrite copies others have already saved . If your skill references Google Drive files, you’ll also need to share access to those files with recipients. - Skills in Workspace are separate from skills and Gems in the Gemini app: Skills created in Workspace do not sync automatically with skills or Gems in the Gemini app https://gemini.google.com , and the upcoming automated migration of remaining Gems in 2027 will convert Gems to draft skills exclusively in the Gemini app — not in Workspace Studio or Workspace apps. Because both environments use the open SKILL.md http://SKILL.md format, you can manually copy instructions between the Gemini app and Workspace if you want to use a skill in both places. - Impact on automated Workspace Studio flows and transitioning off “Ask a Gem”: As previously announced https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/09/skills-gemini-app-workspace.html , you can no longer add new Ask a Gem steps to flows in Workspace Studio. Visit the Help Center to learn more about replacing Gems with skills in Workspace Studio flows https://support.google.com/workspace-studio/answer/18336943?hl=en . Getting started - Admins: - End users: - Skills in Workspace are available by default unless disabled by your admin . Create and manage skills in Google Workspace Studio https://studio.workspace.google.com/skills , using Skill Builder in Google Docs https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14206696 create with skill builder , or by prompting Gemini directly in Gmail, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, and Google Chat. - Visit the Help Center to learn more about how skills work in Google Workspace Studio https://support.google.com/workspace-studio/answer/17307546 , using skills in Gmail https://support.google.com/mail/answer/14355636?hl=en zippy=,use-a-skill , Docs https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14206696 zippy=,create-a-skill-with-skill-builder,use-skills-with-ask-gemini , Slides https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14207419 zippy=,use-skills-with-ask-gemini,edit-slides-with-gemini , Drive https://support.google.com/drive/answer/16685527?hl=en , and Chat https://support.google.com/chat/answer/15395284 zippy=,use-a-skill , and how the transition from Gems to skills impacts Workspace Studio flows https://support.google.com/workspace-studio?p=gems transition . Rollout pace Availability - Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus - Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus - Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education - Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access Note that skills in Google Workspace are available only to users age 18 and older. Resources