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schema: "https://insidethemachine.ai/schema/listing.schema.json"
slug: "gemini-skills"
name: "Gemini Skills"
kind: "repo"
tier: "catalog"
category: "skills"
category_label: "Skills"
stack_layer: "harness"
homepage: "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs"
repo: "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills"
license: "Apache-2.0"
stars: 4317
stars_as_of: "2026-10-21"
last_push: "2026-10-13"
archived: false
part_no: "T-156"
labels: []
tags: []
seen_in_videos: []
gap_score: null
gap_score_status: "pending test on Mac Studio"
verified_on: "2026-10-21"
---

# 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).