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How many times a day do you type the exact same formatting rules or contextual background into an AI prompt? If you are anything like me, the answer is way too many.

We’ve all been treating advanced AI like a clean-slate chatbot every time we open a new window. But there is a massive feature hiding in plain sight that changes everything: Gemini Gems. Available on the Google Gemini Web App, Gems allow you to build customized, persistent versions of Gemini tailored to your exact workflows, guidelines, and style requirements.

Here is how I went from manually formatting every prompt to building an "ASCII Punk" terminal wrapper, and eventually, a full-scale automated codebase engineer.

Screenshot of the Gemini interface showing the Gem Manager.

YOUTUBE VIDEO VERSION

There is a awesome YouTube short I put out covering this topic, you want a quicker, video breakdown / summary of this topic, check it out here: https://youtube.com/shorts/mHwgsg9IPFk

Github Gist

I have uploaded all the files referenced in this article, including the ascii widgets, and other Gem examples, to a single gist. DOwnload any of the files and play around with them, or use them as a starting point to craft your own. Check them out here: https://gist.github.com/huement/96efa7c20afc8ea2dbc7f2f973dc00dc

The Lazy Developer’s Solution to Markdown

Personally, I got into Gems because I was incredibly annoyed by a repetitive task. I was constantly begging Google to format its responses as ‘raw unformatted markdown in a code block’. Why? Because I needed to seamlessly copy and paste those responses into my Bear markdown editor, my blog, or my internal codebase documentation.

Constantly remindi...