Prompts that play to what Gemini does best: living inside Google Workspace, pulling current sources, and reading images. Each is copy-ready with an example output.
Gemini is strongest where it touches the rest of Google. The prompts here lean into that: summarize a long Gmail thread and draft the reply, turn a Google Doc into a slide outline, build the exact Sheets formula you need, or recap a Google Meet transcript into action items. Because Gemini can ground answers in current search results, the research prompts ask for real, cited sources — and because it reads images, one prompt turns a photo of a whiteboard into typed notes.
Below the Gemini-specific set you’ll find general prompts that also work well here. All of them run in ChatGPT and Claude too, but they shine in Gemini when your work already lives in Workspace. Copy any prompt and swap in your details.
14 prompts · free to copy · example output on each
Gemini
Summarize a long Gmail thread and draft a reply
Catch up on a buried thread and respond in one step (Gmail / Workspace).
The prompt
You are my executive assistant. I'm sharing a Gmail thread with you. Read the full thread and do two things:
1. Give me a 5-bullet summary: what was decided, what is still open, who is blocking what, and any deadlines mentioned.
2. Draft a reply from me ([MY NAME], [MY ROLE]) that addresses [SPECIFIC POINT TO RESPOND TO].
Rules: Keep the summary scannable. The reply should be under 100 words, direct, no corporate filler. Flag if anything in the thread contradicts itself.
Example output
Summary:
- Decision: Kick off vendor onboarding week of Jun 16 (confirmed by Sarah, Jun 11).
- Open: Legal still needs to sign off on the MSA — no date given.
- Blocker: Marcus hasn't sent the API credentials; two people are waiting on him.
- Deadline: Pilot launch hard date is Jul 1, per the thread opener.
- Contradiction: Sarah says "finalized budget" Jun 9; Tom says "pending finance approval" Jun 11.
Draft reply:
Marcus — can you send the API credentials by EOD Thursday? We need them to stay on track for the Jul 1 pilot. Let me know if there's a hold-up I can help clear.
TipGemini has native Gmail access in Workspace — it can read the actual thread without you pasting text. Ask it to "open the thread with subject [X]" rather than copying and pasting, which saves time and preserves formatting.
Gemini
Get the right Google Sheets formula
Describe what you want and get the formula plus how it works.
The prompt
I'm working in Google Sheets. Help me build a formula for this:
What I want to calculate: [DESCRIBE THE GOAL IN PLAIN ENGLISH]
My data layout: [DESCRIBE COLUMNS AND ROW STRUCTURE, e.g. "Column A is date, Column B is revenue, Column C is region"]
Edge cases to handle: [e.g. blank cells, duplicates, date ranges]
Give me: the exact formula ready to paste, a plain-English explanation of how each part works, and one common mistake to avoid with this formula.
Example output
Formula:
=SUMIFS(B2:B500, C2:C500, "West", A2:A500, ">="&DATE(2024,1,1), A2:A500, "<="&DATE(2024,3,31))
How it works:
- SUMIFS adds values in column B only when all conditions are true.
- C2:C500,"West" filters to the West region.
- The two DATE conditions bracket Q1 2024.
- DATE() avoids locale issues that trip up hardcoded date strings like "1/1/2024."
Common mistake: wrapping the DATE in quotes ("2024-01-01") instead of using the DATE function — Sheets often reads that as text and returns 0 silently.
TipGemini can open a shared Sheet directly and inspect your actual column headers, which means you don't have to describe the layout — just share the link and say "look at tab 'Revenue'." This eliminates a common source of formula errors from miscommunication.
Gemini
Research a topic with current sources
Use Gemini's grounded research to build a cited brief.
The prompt
Use your grounded search to research [TOPIC] as of today. I need a factual brief for [PURPOSE, e.g. a blog post / a client pitch / an internal report].
Structure your output:
1. Current state of [TOPIC] — 3–4 factual sentences with numbers where they exist.
2. 3 key developments from the past 6 months.
3. 2–3 competing viewpoints or open debates.
4. List sources with title, outlet, and approximate date for each claim.
Do not speculate. If something is disputed, say so. Flag anything you're uncertain about.
Example output
Current state: The global market for AI-powered customer service tools reached an estimated 11.5B USD in 2024, up from 7.2B in 2022 (Grand View Research, Mar 2025). Enterprise adoption is accelerating, but most deployments are still in pilot or limited-rollout stages — full production deployments remain under 30% of enterprise contracts surveyed.
Recent developments:
- Salesforce Einstein expanded its autonomous agent tier in Feb 2025, handling refunds without human review (TechCrunch, Feb 2025).
- EU AI Act customer-service provisions took effect Jan 2025, requiring disclosure when AI handles complaints (Reuters, Jan 2025).
- Zendesk reported 40% of tier-1 tickets resolved without agent intervention in Q1 2025 (Zendesk Benchmark Report, Apr 2025).
Sources: Grand View Research (Mar 2025), TechCrunch (Feb 14, 2025), Reuters (Jan 6, 2025), Zendesk Benchmark Report (Apr 2025).
TipGemini's grounded search pulls live web results and attaches citations inline — something static models can't do. For research briefs, ask it to "cite each claim as you write it" rather than listing sources at the end, which makes it easier to spot if a source is thin.
Gemini
Turn a Google Doc into a slide outline
Convert a long doc into a clean deck structure (Docs to Slides).
The prompt
I'm sharing a Google Doc with you. Read it and convert it into a slide-by-slide outline for a [NUMBER]-slide presentation for [AUDIENCE, e.g. "the executive team" or "new clients"].
For each slide give me:
- Slide title (5 words or fewer)
- 3 bullet points max
- One speaker note (what the presenter should say, not read)
Rules: Cut anything that is background or throat-clearing. Every slide must carry one clear idea. Flag any sections of the doc that are too vague to turn into a concrete slide.
Example output
Slide 1 — The Problem
- Support tickets up 34% YoY
- Ramp time averaging 6 weeks per rep
- Senior staff pulled into tier-1 questions daily
Speaker note: Open with the cost number — "we're spending X per quarter absorbing this."
Slide 2 — Why Now
- Headcount freeze limits hiring fix
- New doc set launching Q3 makes ramp harder
- Competitor deployed AI answer layer last month
Speaker note: The headcount freeze is the hook — frame this as working with constraints, not adding spend.
Flagged: Section 3 "Background on Our Journey" is 400 words of company history with no data points — it doesn't translate to a slide. Recommend cutting or moving to an appendix.
TipBecause Gemini can read a shared Google Doc natively, you skip the copy-paste step entirely — just share the link. It also preserves heading structure, which it uses to decide where one slide ends and the next begins.
Gemini
Recap a Google Meet transcript
Turn a Meet transcript into decisions and action items.
The prompt
Here is a transcript from a Google Meet. [PASTE TRANSCRIPT or share the Meet recording link]
Produce a meeting recap with exactly these sections:
1. Meeting purpose (one sentence)
2. Decisions made (bullets, each starting with the decision itself, not who said it)
3. Action items (format: [OWNER] — [TASK] — [DUE DATE if mentioned])
4. Open questions (things raised but not resolved)
Be ruthless: skip small talk, re-stated points, and anything that doesn't affect what happens next. If a due date wasn't mentioned, write "no date set."
Example output
Meeting purpose: Align on vendor selection timeline before the Jul 1 pilot deadline.
Decisions:
- Vendor A is dropped; evaluation continues with Vendor B and Vendor C only.
- Security review will run in parallel with the commercial negotiation, not after.
- Demo for the ops team is confirmed for Jun 20.
Action items:
- Priya — send Vendor B the updated security questionnaire — by Jun 14
- Tom — book the Jun 20 demo room and calendar invites — by Jun 13
- Marcus — no date set for API credentials (flagged as blocker)
Open questions:
- Who owns the MSA review if Legal is at capacity?
- Does the pilot scope change if Vendor C's pricing comes in over budget?
TipIf you ran the meeting in Google Meet and have transcript auto-generated, you can share that Google Doc directly with Gemini rather than pasting raw text. The structured transcript (with speaker labels and timestamps) produces noticeably cleaner action items than an unmarked paste.
Gemini
Fact-check a claim with current sources
Verify a statement using Gemini's access to up-to-date info.
The prompt
Use your grounded search to fact-check this claim: "[PASTE THE CLAIM]"
Tell me:
1. Verdict: True / False / Partially true / Outdated — and why in one sentence.
2. The strongest evidence for and against.
3. The most credible source on each side, with outlet and date.
4. Whether the claim was accurate at some point but has since changed.
Do not hedge everything equally. Give me a clear read where the evidence supports one. Flag if the evidence is genuinely thin on both sides.
Example output
Claim: "Remote work reduces productivity by 18%."
Verdict: Partially true and outdated. The 18% figure comes from a specific 2023 Stanford study on fully remote call-center workers — it doesn't generalize to knowledge workers, and more recent 2024 data shows mixed results depending on role and team structure.
For: Bloom et al. (2023), Stanford, found a 18% productivity gap for fully remote customer-service staff in a randomized trial.
Against: McKinsey Global Institute (Jan 2025) found no statistically significant productivity difference for knowledge workers in hybrid arrangements of 2–3 days in-office.
Was it ever accurate? Yes, in its original narrow context. The claim became misleading when it was generalized beyond that sample.
TipGemini's grounding is especially useful here because fact-checking is time-sensitive — a statistic that was accurate in 2022 may have been revised or contradicted. Ask Gemini to include the date of each source, then discard anything older than your cutoff.
Gemini
Extract notes from a photo of a whiteboard or slide
Turn a picture of a whiteboard or slide into typed notes.
The prompt
I'm uploading a photo of a [whiteboard / slide / handwritten notes / sticky-note board]. Transcribe everything visible, then organize it.
Steps:
1. Transcribe all text and diagrams as accurately as possible. For diagrams, describe the structure in words (e.g. "box labeled X with arrow to box labeled Y").
2. Group related items under logical headings.
3. Flag anything that is illegible or ambiguous with [UNCLEAR].
4. Do not add context or interpretation beyond what's in the image.
Example output
Transcription:
**Q3 Goals**
- Launch beta by Aug 15
- 50 paying customers by Sep 30
- NPS > 40 by end of Q3
**Blockers** (circled in red)
- API rate limits — talk to [UNCLEAR, looks like "Dev team"?]
- Pricing page not live
**Diagram:**
Box labeled "User signup" → arrow → box labeled "Onboarding flow" → arrow → two branches: "Completed (green)" and "Dropped off (red)" → both point to box labeled "Weekly review"
[UNCLEAR]: Top-right corner has a handwritten note — looks like a number and a name, partially cut off.
TipGemini's multimodal capability handles low-quality phone photos better than most tools — angled shots, shadows, and mixed handwriting/print are all manageable. For whiteboards with colored markers, tell it which color you used for emphasis so it can note that in the structure.
Gemini
Draft a Gmail reply in your own tone
Reply to an email in your own voice, fast (Workspace).
The prompt
I need to reply to this email [PASTE EMAIL or share the Gmail thread]. I'm [MY NAME], [MY ROLE].
My tone: [describe in 2–3 words, e.g. "direct and warm" / "formal but friendly" / "brief, no small talk"]
What I want to say: [bullet the key points in rough form]
What I don't want to say: [anything to avoid — e.g. "don't offer a discount" / "don't commit to a date yet"]
Write the reply as I would write it — not as a corporate template. Under 120 words. No subject line needed.
Example output
Hi Nadia,
Thanks for the quick turnaround on the contract redlines — we really appreciate it.
A couple of points where we'd like to push back: the 90-day payment term is tighter than our standard 45-day cycle, and the IP clause in Section 4.2 is broader than what our legal team will clear. I'll have our counsel send you a marked copy by Thursday.
Everything else looks solid. Once those two items are resolved, I don't see anything blocking us from signing before the end of the month.
Talk soon,
James
TipGemini can read your Gmail drafts folder and even study past emails you've sent to calibrate your tone — if you tell it "look at the last 5 emails I sent to this contact," it will match your phrasing much more closely than a generic prompt.
ChatGPTGeminiClaude
Cluster keywords into topics
Group a keyword list into pages and pillar topics.
The prompt
I have a list of [NUMBER] keywords related to [BROAD TOPIC]. Group them into clusters that each represent one distinct page or article.
For each cluster:
- Give it a topic label
- Identify the best primary keyword to target
- List 3–5 supporting terms that belong on the same page
- Classify the cluster intent (informational / commercial / transactional)
- Flag if any two clusters are too similar to separate (cannibalization risk)
Keywords to cluster: [PASTE LIST]
Example output
Cluster 1 — Email Marketing Automation (informational)
Primary: email marketing automation
Supporting: automated email campaigns, email drip sequence, marketing automation tools, triggered emails
Note: "best email automation software" overlaps with Cluster 3 — keep on Cluster 3, not here.
Cluster 2 — Email Open Rate Benchmarks (informational)
Primary: email open rate by industry
Supporting: average open rate email, email benchmark 2025, what is a good open rate
Cluster 3 — Email Automation Software Comparison (commercial)
Primary: best email marketing automation software
Supporting: Klaviyo vs Mailchimp, email automation pricing, email tool reviews
Cannibalization risk: Clusters 1 and 3 share "automation" — differentiate by intent (how-to vs. buy).
TipAsk the model to flag cannibalization risks explicitly — it is easy to build two pages that split ranking signals instead of one page that wins.
ChatGPTGeminiClaude
Plan a monthly content calendar
Turn topics into a scheduled, channel-mapped calendar.
The prompt
Build a one-month content calendar for [COMPANY / PRODUCT TYPE] targeting [AUDIENCE].
Input:
- Content pillars: [LIST 3–4 TOPICS]
- Channels: [e.g., blog, LinkedIn, email newsletter, Instagram]
- Publish frequency by channel: [e.g., blog 2x/week, social daily]
- Any upcoming dates or campaigns to build around: [EVENTS / LAUNCHES]
Output format: a week-by-week table with columns: Week | Date | Channel | Content Type | Topic / Title | Primary Keyword or Theme | Goal (awareness / consideration / conversion)
Example output
Week 1 | Jun 2 | Blog | Long-form guide | "How to Onboard Remote Employees in Under 2 Weeks" | remote employee onboarding | Awareness
Week 1 | Jun 3 | LinkedIn | Thought-leadership post | Stat from the guide: 6-week average ramp | onboarding efficiency | Awareness
Week 1 | Jun 5 | Email | Newsletter | Curated: 3 onboarding templates + blog CTA | — | Consideration
Week 2 | Jun 9 | Blog | Comparison post | "Loom vs. Notion for Async Onboarding" | async onboarding tools | Consideration
Week 2 | Jun 10–14 | LinkedIn + Instagram | Daily tips (5 posts) | One tip per day from the guide | onboarding tips | Awareness
Week 3 | Jun 16 | Blog | Case study | "How [Client] Cut Ramp Time from 6 to 2 Weeks" | onboarding case study | Conversion
Week 3 | Jun 19 | Email | Product email | Case study + free trial CTA | — | Conversion
TipIncluding the Goal column on every row forces you to verify that the full calendar moves buyers through awareness, consideration, and conversion rather than clustering at one stage.
ChatGPTGeminiClaude
Write a weekly status report for your boss
Turn the week's work into a tight update leadership actually reads.
The prompt
You are a senior manager writing a weekly status report. Turn my bullet-point notes into a clean update my director will read in under two minutes.
Format:
1. **This week** — 3–5 bullets of concrete progress (metrics or deliverables, not effort).
2. **Next week** — 2–3 priorities with owners.
3. **Blockers** — anything I need from leadership. If none, write "None."
Rules: plain language, no filler phrases like "we continued to work on," numbers wherever I have them, under 200 words total.
My notes: [PASTE YOUR WEEK'S NOTES]
Example output
**This week**
- Shipped the onboarding email sequence; open rate at 41% vs. 29% baseline.
- Closed two enterprise pilots — Meridian Health and Solis Finance (combined ARR: $84,000).
- Reduced P1 ticket backlog from 34 to 11 by reallocating two engineers from the feature queue.
- Completed Q3 headcount plan; submitted to HR on Thursday.
**Next week**
- Priya: finalize security review for Meridian (due Thu).
- Tom: start sprint 14 with new backlog priority order.
- Me: present Q3 plan to leadership on Wednesday.
**Blockers**
- Need sign-off on the contractor extension for Tom's team by Monday — delays sprint 14 otherwise.
TipForce yourself to write numbers into the notes before pasting — "shipped onboarding emails" is useless; "open rate 41% vs. 29% baseline" is what leadership remembers. The AI can't invent metrics you didn't give it.
ChatGPTGeminiClaude
Cold outreach email to a new lead
Write a short, personalized cold email that earns a reply instead of a delete.
The prompt
You are an experienced B2B sales rep known for cold emails that get replies. Write a cold outreach email to [PROSPECT NAME], the [JOB TITLE] at [COMPANY].
Context:
- What we sell: [ONE-LINE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION]
- The problem we solve for companies like theirs: [PAIN POINT]
- One specific thing I noticed about their company: [TRIGGER / RESEARCH NOTE]
Rules:
- Under 120 words, plain language, no buzzwords.
- Open with the specific observation, not "I hope this finds you well."
- One clear call to action: a 15-minute call.
- Plain text, no markdown. Then give me 2 subject line options.
Example output
Subject A: a quick idea for [Company]'s new office
Subject B: [Company] + faster ramp for new reps?
Hi [Name],
Saw [Company] just opened a second support office — congrats. Scaling support usually means new hires fielding the same 20 questions for weeks.
We give support teams an answer layer trained on your own docs, so new reps ramp in days instead of months. [Similar company] cut their ramp time by about a third.
Worth a 15-minute call next week to see if it'd fit your new office? Happy to work around your calendar.
Thanks,
[Your name]
TipPaste a real LinkedIn or news detail into the trigger line — generic openers are exactly what gets cold emails deleted. Asking for "2 subject line options" gives you something to A/B test.
ChatGPTGeminiClaude
Summarize messy lecture notes
Turn a wall of notes into a clean, study-ready summary.
The prompt
You are a graduate teaching assistant who is expert at organizing disorganized notes. I will paste my raw lecture notes from class. Produce a clean summary in this structure:
- Main topic (one sentence)
- Core ideas (3–5 bullets, each one standalone)
- Key terms and their definitions
- One thing that is likely to appear on an exam
Do not add information not present in my notes. Flag anything unclear with "[unclear]" so I know to follow up.
My notes: [PASTE NOTES HERE]
Example output
Main topic: Operant conditioning — how consequences shape voluntary behavior.
Core ideas:
- Reinforcement increases a behavior; punishment decreases it.
- Positive = add something; negative = remove something (applies to both).
- Variable-ratio schedules produce the most resistant-to-extinction behavior.
- Shaping uses successive approximations to teach a new behavior.
- Skinner box experiments established these principles with pigeons and rats.
Key terms:
- Extinction: behavior fades when reinforcement stops.
- Continuous reinforcement: reward every instance (fast to learn, fast to fade).
Likely exam: distinguish positive/negative reinforcement from positive/negative punishment with examples.
TipPaste your notes as-is — do not clean them first. The model finds signal in your shorthand better than you expect, and the [unclear] flag tells you exactly where to fill gaps before the exam.
ChatGPTGeminiClaude
Summarize a competitor's positioning
Distill a competitor's site or messaging into strengths and gaps.
The prompt
Analyze the competitor messaging I've pasted below and produce a structured summary.
Sections:
1. Core positioning statement (what problem they claim to solve, for whom)
2. Key claims and proof points they use (list the top 4–5)
3. Messaging strengths — what they do well and why it works
4. Messaging gaps or weaknesses — what they underplay or avoid
5. How our positioning should differ — one paragraph on the angle to own
Competitor name: [NAME]
Our product: [DESCRIPTION]
Competitor messaging (paste homepage copy, about page, or ad text): [PASTE]
Example output
Competitor: Whatagraph
1. Core positioning: "One platform to collect, visualize, and share marketing data" — aimed at agencies managing multiple client accounts. Positions on multi-source integration and speed.
2. Key claims: 100+ integrations; auto-scheduled reports; client-ready white-label; no developer needed; "saves 10+ hours per week."
3. Strengths: Integration breadth is credible and specific. "No developer" claim directly removes the biggest agency objection. White-label framing respects the agency relationship.
4. Gaps: No social proof with specific numbers on homepage. Doesn't address accuracy/data freshness. Pricing page buried — creates friction. No mention of what happens when a data source breaks.
5. Differentiation angle: Own data reliability and audit trail. Lead with "reports your clients trust" rather than "reports that build themselves" — shift the value from time saved to credibility earned.
TipPaste the competitor's homepage, pricing page, and one ad into the prompt together — the gaps between what they say on each page often reveal more than any single page alone.
The ones that use Gemini’s integrations — Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet — plus grounded research and image input. This page collects those, each with an example of what Gemini returns.
Can Gemini access my Gmail and Google Docs?
In Google Workspace, Gemini can work with your Gmail, Docs, Drive and more when you grant access. The Workspace prompts here are written to take advantage of that — for example, summarizing a thread without you pasting it in.
Does Gemini give sources for research?
Yes — Gemini can ground responses in current web results and cite them. The research and fact-check prompts here explicitly ask for sources so you can verify before you rely on the answer.
Will these prompts also work in ChatGPT or Claude?
The general prompts will. The Workspace- and image-specific ones assume Gemini’s integrations, so they work best in Gemini. For ChatGPT-focused examples, see our main prompt library.
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