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Gemini Skills

Skills for building with Google's Gemini API.

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T-156
Part no.
T-156Sheet 156 of 268
GitHub stars
4,317Read 2026-10-21
Last activity
2026-10-13Last code push
Group
SkillsDrawer 13
Layer
Harness3 of 5 in the stack
License
Apache-2.0
Kind
Code on GitHub
Language
Python
Install
Not tested yetCatalog entry
Gap Score
not scored yetStatus: pending test on Mac Studio
Entry checked
2026-10-21
1Install

Install: not tested yet.

We list this tool, but we have not run its install.

Not tested yet

Follow the project’s own instructions. Our agent file lists the steps we found in its README or docs, marked unverified, so an AI agent can read them with you.

Open the README (opens in a new tab)Steps we found (.md)
2What it is

Where it sits in the stack.

  1. 5ToolsIts hands and senses.
  2. 4MemoryWhat it remembers.
  3. 3HarnessThis partGemini Skills sits here.
  4. 2RuntimeRuns the model.
  5. 1ModelThe brain you download.
Fig. 3The local AI stack, pulled apart. Gemini Skills sits on layer 3, the harness layer.

In plain words

Gemini Skills: Skills for building with Google's Gemini API.

Its layer · Harness

The harness is the app around the model. It turns answers into actions: a chat window, code edits, tasks done for you.

Its group · Skills

Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task. 27 tools share this drawer.

3Links and handoff
setups/gemini-skills.md

Hand this page to your agent.

The Agent view is this page as plain text: every field above, plus the install steps we found (not tested). An AI agent can read it and do the setup with you.

.md.json
4Same drawer

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T-157gstackTypeScriptGarry Tan's Claude Code setup: CEO, designer, QA roles.Garry Tan's Claude Code setup: CEO, designer, QA roles.MIT137,2002026-10-21
T-158HeyGen SkillsShellTalking avatar videos and dubbing with HeyGen.Talking avatar videos and dubbing with HeyGen.MIT5092026-07-14
T-159Higgsfield SkillsPythonImages and video with GPT Image, Seedance, Kling, Veo.Images and video with GPT Image, Seedance, Kling, Veo.MIT1,3542026-09-26
T-160Hugging Face SkillsPythonFind, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.Find, run, train and share models on Hugging Face.Apache-2.011,1942026-10-21
T-161HyperFramesTypeScriptWrite HTML animation and render it to an MP4 video.Write HTML animation and render it to an MP4 video.Apache-2.069,1682026-10-21
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6 of the 26 other tools in this group.All 27 in Skills
Agent view · text/markdown · or send Accept: text/markdown
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repo: "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills"
license: "Apache-2.0"
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---

Gemini Skills 


**What:** Skills for building with Google's Gemini API.

**Why:** Ready-made know-how your agent can load: one folder per task.

**Category:** Skills · **Stack layer:** harness

Status 


Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-21 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

Install (unverified) 


1. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills tap add google-gemini/gemini-skills
```

2. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills search <word> --source github
```

3. [any] source: Hermes Agent docs, skills page (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
hermes skills install <id from search>
```

4. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --list
```

5. [any] source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npx skills add google-gemini/gemini-skills --skill <name>
```

Verify 


No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

Rollback (unverified) 


1. source: vercel-labs/skills docs/commands.md (read 2026-10-21)

```bash
npx skills remove <name>
```

Links 


- Homepage: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs
- Repo: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills
- README: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills#readme

Part sheet (human page https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/gemini-skills) 


- Part number: T-156 (sheet 156 of 268). Part numbers follow the stack: layer, then group, then A to Z by name. Star counts never move a number.
- Group: Skills (drawer 13 of 20, https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/c/skills). Layer: 3 of 5, harness.
- GitHub (catalog.json, read 2026-10-21): 4,317 stars; last code push 2026-10-13.
- Install: Not tested yet (catalog entry).
- Entry checked: 2026-10-21.
- Next parts in this drawer: T-157 gstack (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/gstack), T-158 HeyGen Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/heygen-skills), T-159 Higgsfield Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/higgsfield-skills), T-160 Hugging Face Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/huggingface-skills), T-161 HyperFrames (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/hyperframes), T-162 Matt Pocock's Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/mattpocock-skills).
- Previous part: T-155 fal Skills (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/fal-skills). Next part: T-157 gstack (https://insidethemachine.ai/setups/gstack).