5 tips on getting started with Gems, your custom AI experts

4. Use specific instructions to get even more tailored responses

You can give your Gems specific context and style that inform the responses you get. For example, if you want to rehearse interview questions while you're on the job hunt, telling a Career guide Gem to talk to you like a hiring manager at a law firm could be helpful. Or maybe you need to train new employees - you can tell a Gem to act like a new hire with lots of questions so you can practice your responses. Deven says she's also heard of people using Gems to prepare for challenging conversations. "Whether that's with a friend or a colleague, you might want to prep," she explains. "And you can use a Gem to do a test run."

Of course, there are some purely fun ways to use Gems, too. "You can get really creative - for example, make a dinosaur birthday planner that takes on the character of a T-Rex to help plan a kid's birthday party." Deven says. "You can even tell them that a dino helped plan their party!"

5. Think of Gems like teammates for each area of your life

One way to think about Gems is to think of them like your team, Deven says. "Gems can be a tool that makes AI practical for each part of your life," she explains. For example, Deven says that while her day job is as a product lead, she also enjoys cooking and reading. Deven's arsenal of Gems include a few for work, like her Doc advisor Gem and her Email simplifier Gem. But she also has Gems for her other interests, like one that gives her dinner recipe ideas based on what she has in her fridge and another that analyzes her current interests and offers reading suggestions. "I can even tell my Fridge forager Gem to act like a French sous chef to take it up a notch, or my Reading buddy about my day to find a book that fits my mood," Deven says. Whatever part of your life you want to lean into at whatever moment of your day, you can make a Gem for it!