Google's Gemini Gems let you create reusable AI assistants that remember your context
No more repeating yourself: 5 custom Gems that remember your family, job, and hobbies.
Gemini Gems are Google's take on personalized AI assistants, similar to ChatGPT's custom GPTs. Instead of repeating your preferences every time you open a chat, Gems remember a specific role, history, and personality. You build a collection of specialists — a travel planner, a guitar coach, a meal planner — and each one picks up exactly where you left off. The author shares five favorite Gems, including the Family Adventure Planner, which learns family dynamics (e.g., ages of kids, stroller needs, preferred cuisines) and uses Deep Research to verify opening hours, seasonal events, and parking availability. Creating a Gem is simple: click Gems in the left menu, then New Gem, and paste custom instructions. The Gem adapts automatically as you add context — for example, after mentioning that long waits at restaurants are tough with a toddler, future itineraries favor casual cafés and picnic spots. The article provides detailed instructions for recreating each Gem, making it easy for readers to adopt without starting from scratch.
- Creating a Gem takes under a minute: click Gems in left menu, then New Gem — no coding required.
- The Family Adventure Planner uses Deep Research to check opening hours, seasonal events, and parking before suggesting routes.
- Gems learn incrementally: mention a toddler hates waiting, and future plans automatically avoid sit-down restaurants.
Why It Matters
Saves professionals time by eliminating the need to re-explain context to AI — each Gem acts as a specialized assistant.