5 Essential Gemini Gems for Productivity and Decision-Making

Google's Gemini AI assistant allows users to create custom AI assistants called Gems. These Gems can be designed to perform specific tasks and help save time by providing better responses. Abhijith, a writer who uses Gemini, shares five essential Gems that everyone should build once and reuse forever.

The first Gem is a writing editor that can edit text according to the user's voice and style. Abhijith has set up his tone editor to avoid formulaic responses and limit the use of AI tells like em dashes. This Gem can also be optimized by asking it to provide edited text without wraparound.

The second Gem is a career coach that rehearses hard conversations. Abhijith created this Gem to act as a hiring manager who conducts job interviews, extracts information from job descriptions, and provides feedback. The user can train this Gem to push back when necessary by responding with vague or formulaic answers.

The third Gem is a fact-checking tool that refuses to guess responses. Abhijith believes this is essential because Gemini Gems have direct access to Google's search capabilities, providing better responses than other AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude. Users can create this Gem by asking it not to guess certain things without running live searches.

The fourth Gem is a decision compass that helps users make decisions with different perspectives. Abhijith designed this Gem as a life/role coach, giving users takes on a decision from financial, long-term, practical, and skeptical viewpoints. Users can customize the response by deciding what each perspective would do and asking the Gem to compare these takes.

The fifth Gem is one that argues with the user instead of agreeing. Abhijith created this Gem to tell him when he's wrong, providing an alternative perspective on his thoughts. This Gem can be useful for users who want to challenge their own assumptions and gain new insights.