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Gemini CLI Skills

Gemini CLI asks before it opens a Skill, so you see which folder it will read. 104 ready-made Skills for video, images, web pages and slides.

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~/.agents/skills/
└── ours-podcast-outreach-agent/
    ├── SKILL.md
    └── …
In the same tier, ~/.agents/skills/ wins over ~/.gemini/skills/ when two Skills share a name.

Where Gemini CLI looks for Skills

Personal folder
~/.agents/skills/ or ~/.gemini/skills/
Project folder
.agents/skills/ or .gemini/skills/
Also
Skills bundled in installed extensions
Call a Skill
Ask for the result; Gemini activates the matching Skill and asks your consent first
Check it loaded
Run /skills list
After you add one
Run /skills reload to pick up a Skill added mid-session
Format
SKILL.md folders (the Agent Skills format)

From Gemini CLI docs: Agent Skills (opens in a new tab), read 2026-11-04.

Skills to try in Gemini CLI

Each one is a plain SKILL.md folder, the format Gemini CLI reads. Skills that make images or video call FAL with your own key, so your agent needs to be allowed to run terminal commands.

  • FreeVideo

    Podcast Outreach Agent

    A 9.4-second light product demo: an agent shortlists six podcasts, you approve, and each pitch moves from sent to opened to booked.

  • FreeVideo

    Warp Liftoff

    An 11-second dark launch teaser: a spiral galaxy collapses into a star, the camera warps through rings, and a rocket lifts off before your headline.

  • FreeImage

    Ramp Style OG Image

    Share cards with a dark graphite backdrop and a laptop, phone and metal card stacked off the edge, with restrained mint accents. GPT Image 2 via FAL.

  • FreeImage

    Raycast Style OG Image

    Share cards with a glowing plum haze, a frosted launcher window and a giant headline whose first word slants in a hot gradient. GPT Image 2 via FAL.

  • FreeWeb pages

    Designer Portfolio Site

    A white sheet in a lime frame for an independent designer, 19 pages: a portrait hero, a moving client strip, services with prices, six case studies with working mock-ups and a brief form.

  • FreeWeb pages

    Developer Tool Site

    A warm light one-file site for an issue tracker or developer tool, 12 views with a full dark theme: a live product window, working demos, pricing and every form.

  • FreeSlides

    Ribbon Profile Deck

    A crisp ten-page company profile with slanted cobalt title ribbons, photos cut on angled edges and clean white pages of figures, steps, a chart and a table.

  • FreeSlides

    Serif Marketing Deck

    A ten-page marketing or launch plan on near-black pages with large serif headlines and cobalt crescent art: goals, audience, phases, budget and targets.

See all 104 Skills

How to add a Skill to Gemini CLI

Get the Skill’s ZIP from its card once downloads open, then:

  1. Unzip the Skill so its folder sits at ~/.agents/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md, or at .agents/skills/<skill>/ in a workspace.
  2. In a running session, run /skills reload.
  3. Run /skills list to see it.
  4. Ask for the result. When Gemini wants the Skill it shows a consent prompt with the folder it will read; approve it.

Good to know

  • Workspace beats user beats extension. If the same name is in several places, the workspace Skill wins, then your user Skill, then one bundled in an extension.
  • It can install from a folder too. gemini skills install takes a Git repository or a local directory; add --scope workspace to keep it in one project.
  • Turn one off for now. /skills disable <name> keeps the folder but stops Gemini using it; /skills enable <name> brings it back.

Gemini CLI Skills vs extensions

Extensions can bundle Skills of their own; Gemini CLI ranks those below your user and workspace Skills. A Skill on its own is one folder with SKILL.md, and only its name and description sit in context until Gemini activates it.

FAQ

Gemini CLI Skills: questions

Where does Gemini CLI look for Skills?

User Skills in ~/.gemini/skills/ or ~/.agents/skills/, workspace Skills in .gemini/skills/ or .agents/skills/, and Skills bundled in extensions. Source (opens in a new tab)

Why does Gemini ask before using a Skill?

Activating a Skill adds its folder to the paths Gemini may read, so it shows the Skill’s name, purpose and folder and waits for your approval. Source (opens in a new tab)

I added a Skill and Gemini doesn’t list it.

Run /skills reload, then /skills list. If two Skills share a name, the higher tier wins: workspace over user over extension. Source (opens in a new tab)

Can I install a Skill without copying files by hand?

Yes: gemini skills install <repo or folder>, with --scope user (the default) or workspace, and --path for a Skill inside a sub-folder of a repository. Source (opens in a new tab)

Skills for the other agents you use

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