Gemini examples: 111 real use cases with prompts

Compare ChatGPT and Gemini for healthy meal ideas and a week of cheap lunches

Tom's Guide's Josh Render photographed chicken thighs, salad and avocados and asked ChatGPT and Gemini for a healthy meal with those ingredients, then asked each for a week of varied, healthy, low-cost lunches for losing weight. They preferred Gemini for both: it explained how to prepare the chicken beforehand and was more comprehensive, though wordier; ChatGPT's terser plan was easier to print and hang on the fridge.

Build a colour-coded exam revision timetable for a 12-year-old with Gemini

A parent and their 12-year-old daughter gathered the daughter's subjects, revision guides and exam timetable, including photos of crumpled papers from the school bag, and gave Gemini 2.5 Pro detailed instructions on subject priorities and daily study time. They say it produced a detailed, accurate plan that became a colour-coded web page the daughter can view anywhere, marking exam days differently without being asked; it took about 15 minutes and left the daughter more enthusiastic about revising.

Decode 100+ pages of new-apartment purchase paperwork and plan the layout and lighting with Gemini and NotebookLM

Moving into a newly bought apartment, Mitja Rutnik uploaded the purchase documents to Gemini to ask about confusing clauses, such as a warranty policy that only referenced laws, and set up a NotebookLM notebook with the full 100+ page document set for quick look-ups. Gemini also advised on colour schemes, furniture proportions, counter-to-table clearance, rug size and lumens and colour temperature per room, suggested how to tackle bathroom floor stains, summarized warranty rights when raising defects with the developer, and gave layout ideas from the floor plan. Rutnik still had to build a 3D model in a separate app.

Cut 23,000 unread emails to about 8,000 with one Gemini command in Gmail

Faced with more than 23,000 unread emails, David Alonge asked Gemini in Gmail to 'Delete all unread emails from 2009 to 2022.' Within a few minutes the unread count dropped to about 8,000, a job Alonge expected would have taken weeks by hand.

Build a reusable Gemini shopping-assistant prompt with live product links

A tech columnist asked Gemini 2.0 to write them a shopping-assistant prompt (role, workflow, follow-up questions and web search), loaded it into a chatbot wrapper with web browsing on, and fine-tuned it to return live product links. They say it delivered almost exactly what they needed in early tests, and lets them weight three key features, e.g. 'wet and dry', 'cheap' and 'rotary' for a men's shaver.

Find the airline's hidden refund option instead of a voucher with Gemini

After a day of 4 delays, 4 rebookings and a last-minute diversion, a traveller was handed a Southwest form that, if filled in, gave up the right to a refund in exchange for a voucher. They asked Gemini whether there was really no refund option, and it gave them a near-identical link that included a refund request.

Plan a food-focused trip on a fixed budget with Gemini

Android Police's Akshay Bhalla gave Gemini a Rs 1,00,000 budget for a September trip to North Goa with flights and stays already booked, and a cap of Rs 3,000–4,000 per meal. They say Gemini used Google Maps to suggest restaurants and activities in their favourite neighbourhoods, mapped routes and best visiting times, and found hidden gems and beach shacks after they refined the prompt.

Plan a solo summer vacation with Gemini (forgot it was a solo trip)

XDA's Mahnoor Faisal let Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini plan a real summer vacation they were taking alone. They say Gemini kept forgetting basics, repeatedly defaulting to group and couple-oriented ideas like a romantic candlelight dinner, and tended to agree their plan was great when it needed work.

Get a furnace running until the repair visit with Gemini and a video

With no repair appointment available for 2 days over the 2025 holidays, a Hacker News commenter filmed the furnace trying to start and gave the videos to Gemini. The commenter says it diagnosed the issue immediately and had them spin a small exhaust fan while the furnace tried to fire; it came on, and repeating that kept it working until the HVAC service arrived.

Fix a gas dryer that won't heat with Gemini and a photo

A Hacker News commenter's gas dryer ran but wouldn't heat. Gemini suggested a thermal fuse, pointed it out in a photo of the opened back panel, walked them through testing it, linked the part once they gave the model number, and advised cleaning the vent since poor venting likely blew the fuse. They say after cleaning the exhaust and a $5 fuse the dryer works fine.

Poster says:$5 fuse

Generate a homeschool week's assignments from state standards with Gemini

Kyle Elliott used Gemini with the state's reference material to draft a week-by-week lesson plan for a 15-year-old daughter, then adjusted it by hand for learning differences, weeks off and their 504 (school accommodations) plan, and saved it. Each week an automation Elliott built sends that week's topics, curriculum standards, homeschool laws and their interests to Gemini, which writes the full assignment list around what they care about.

Shortlist cheap, quiet places to stay for a holiday weekend with Gemini

For a New Year's trip to Oxford, MakeUseOf's Jack Mitchell asked Gemini for 5 hotels or B&Bs in or around the city that were cheapest and not overcrowded over the holiday. They say Gemini shortlisted places factoring in seasonal crowds and typical costs, and they then compared travel times, tolls and fuel or transit costs in Google Maps before choosing.

Plan a vacation with flight, hotel and busy-week checks in Gemini

A Hacker News commenter says they've been using Gemini to plan a vacation and finds it surprisingly useful: it can look up flights from Google Flights and hotels from Maps, and knows about busy weeks at the destination. They add that you have to hope it isn't hallucinating, which they see as safer for trips than for healthcare.

Turn a dinner idea into a Google Keep grocery checklist with Gemini

MakeUseOf's Saikat Basu asked Gemini, with the Keep connector, for a 'week of high-protein vegetarian dinners grocery list' for one person. Gemini created the checklist in Google Keep item by item; they say it was neatly organized, though it didn't group items by produce and pantry within the note.

Plan a 10-day Malaysia trip with flights and hotels with Gemini

Hulry's writer asked Gemini to plan a 10-day trip from Bangalore to Malaysia for two at a moderate pace, low-to-mid budget with hotels under ₹5,000 a night. Gemini returned a decent itinerary and, using Google Flights data, flight options with accurate timings and pricing, but it mixed up the travel dates while searching for flights. The article says the whole plan took under 15 minutes.