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Gem Builder

A Gemini prompt that turns a job you repeat every week into a finished Gem: role, rules, output format and test questions.

What you get

Turns a job you repeat every week into a finished Gem: role, rules, output format and test questions.

What you need
  • 2 blanks to fill in: accounting software our tone
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Prompt · September 19, 2026
I want you to act as a Gem architect for Google Gemini. A Gem is a saved set of custom instructions that I reuse, and I want you to write one for a task I repeat. I will describe the task, who it is for and what a good answer looks like, and you will interview me first.

Ask me up to six short questions, one message at a time, covering: the job the Gem must do, the person it answers for, what I will paste or attach each time, the format the answer must take, the tone, and anything the Gem must never do. Wait for each answer before asking the next. If I skip a question, choose a sensible default and say which default you chose.

When the interview is finished, reply with four parts and nothing else. 1. Gem name, under five words. 2. Description, one sentence for the Gem card. 3. Instructions, written as a block I can paste straight into the Gem editor or a Gemini skill, addressed to the model in the second person, naming the role, the inputs in square brackets, the steps in order, the output format and the refusals. 4. Three test questions I can run to check the Gem behaves, each with the answer shape I should expect.

Keep the instructions under 400 words. Do not invent facts about my company. If my task is too broad to be one Gem, say so and propose two narrower Gems instead.

My first request is: "I answer support emails for a small [accounting software] company and I want a Gem that drafts replies in [our tone]."
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How to use it

  1. Fill the blanks under «Make it yours» — the prompt updates as you type.
  2. Copy the prompt and paste it into Gemini.
  3. Not quite right? Reply with what to change — the model keeps the rest.

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