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Gemini Power Kit

Quick Follow-up

Quick Follow-up capsule appears after text selection in Gemini

Overview

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Quick Follow-up is a selection-based interaction layer in Gemini. After you select text in a response, a capsule action bar appears near your cursor.

It has two modes:

  • Ask Gemini: attach the selected text as reference context, then you continue writing and send manually.
  • Custom Prompt: insert Selected Text into your saved template and auto-send in one click.

Key Capabilities

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  • Continue follow-up questions without copy-pasting selected text.
  • Keep quoted context visible above the input box while writing.
  • Build reusable one-click prompts for translation, explanation, summarization, and other repeated tasks.
  • Reorder prompt icons so frequent actions are always first in the capsule bar.

Quick Workflow

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Ask Gemini

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  1. Select text in any Gemini response.
  2. Click Ask Gemini in the capsule.
  3. Confirm quote context appears above the input box.
  4. Type your follow-up question and click Send.
  5. If you no longer need the quote context, click the close button on the quote status UI.
Quoted text displayed above the Gemini input box after clicking Ask Gemini

Ask Gemini examples:

  • Compare this point with the previous answer and explain the difference.
  • Summarize the quoted paragraph in 3 bullets.
  • Rewrite the quoted text in simpler English.

Custom Prompt

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Use Custom Prompt when your follow-up pattern is repetitive and should run in one click.

Custom Prompt creation modal with Icon and Name plus Prompt Content fields

Common scenarios:

  • Translation to a fixed language.
  • Fixed-format summarization (for example, bullets + action items).
  • Code explanation using a specific style (for example, ELI5).
  • Fact-checking with a defined output structure.

Add A Custom Prompt

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  1. Open Gemini Power Kit sidebar.
  2. Go to Settings -> Quick Follow-up.
  3. Turn on Enable Quick Follow-up.
  4. In Custom Prompt, click the add button (+).
  5. Fill icon, name, and template, then click Save.
  6. Back in chat, select text and click the new icon to run it.

Complete Field Guide

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  • Icon: visual identifier for fast recognition in capsule bar.
  • Name: required, up to 30 characters, used as tooltip label.
  • Prompt Content: required and should include Selected Text.
  • Placeholder rule: Selected Text is replaced by your current highlighted text at runtime.
  • Execution behavior: custom prompt runs and sends automatically after replacement.

Image notes:

  • The modal label is Icon and Name with an input placeholder like Enter skill name.
  • The template field is Prompt Content, for example: e.g. Explain [Selected Text] in simple terms.

Custom Prompt examples:

  • Translate to Japanese and keep tone formal: [Selected Text]
  • Explain this code step by step and include time complexity: [Selected Text]
  • Extract 5 key points and 3 risks from this text: [Selected Text]

Built-in starter templates:

  • Tell me more: Explain [Selected Text] in detail
  • Search: Search web for latest info on: [Selected Text]
  • ELI5: Explain [Selected Text] like I'm 5 years old
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