# Gemini Gems

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-gems/

6 people recommended Gemini Gems in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Gems for building custom assistants for specific topics, learning and deep dives, and say setup is simple. The common caveat is reliability: results can be inconsistent and it can fail at reading articles or web search.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 11 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple built-in option without code (2 comments in the sample): "Gemini's already shipped a super simple solution: Gems." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923795)) "the later can be done via manual code or Gemini Gems (if you use google" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367024))
- Works well in tests (2 comments in the sample): "tested it with a couple conversations and it works great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947385)) "It seems to have worked great on this article!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236146))
- Strong for specific topics and learning (1 comment in the sample): "Gems have been extremely powerful at highly specific topics and helping with learn different topics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883031))

## What people warn about

- Inconsistent results and reliability (2 comments in the sample): "It was a nightmare to restrict or get consistent results." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48605228)) "Gemini gems are less reliable in our experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000546))
- Fails on article reading and web search (2 comments in the sample): "fails when you want it to read contents of an article or do web search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48949439)) "which is not possible with gemini.google.com's gems" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46125533))

## Other chatbot features people recommend

- [Claude Artifacts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-artifacts/): 17 recommend, 8 mixed, 9 criticize
- [ChatGPT Health](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chatgpt-health/): 11 recommend, 9 mixed, 68 criticize
- [Claude Memory](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-memory-feature/): 5 recommend, 1 mixed, 18 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://gemini.google.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gemini Gems", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-gems/ (6 recommend, 2 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.