# download-gemini-images

This skill downloads images from an open Gemini chat through your logged-in Chrome session and packages them into a ZIP in thread order.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 325 installs · ★ 1493
- Author: daymade
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/tree/HEAD/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/download-gemini-images

## What it does

It opens Gemini image lightboxes and grabs the larger displayed files rather than the thumbnail previews on the page. Everything runs through the Chrome plugin, because Gemini conversations normally need your existing Google session. A fresh unauthenticated browser gets you nowhere here.

The flow: the skill claims the Gemini tab you already have open, or opens the URL you provide, then imports `scripts/download_gemini_images.mjs` inside a `node_repl` session and starts the download. Files come out named in thread order — `image_01.jpg`, `image_02.jpg`, and so on. Packaging is handled by `scripts/package_images.sh`, which builds the ZIP, runs `zip -T`, and checks the archive holds the same ordered files as the directory.

If lightbox automation fails while the page is visibly loaded, there is a fallback through `pageAssets`. It usually returns 512px preview JPEGs instead of the larger lightbox files, and the skill tells you when it takes that route. Should Gemini ask for a login, the run pauses until you sign in through Chrome.

## Requirements
- Works with: Chrome

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill download-gemini-images -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/download-gemini-images/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill download-gemini-images -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill download-gemini-images -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install daymade/claude-code-skills download-gemini-images
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill download-gemini-images -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills --path download-gemini-images
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill download-gemini-images -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/tree/HEAD/download-gemini-images/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull every image out of a long Gemini thread in one pass
- get the larger displayed files instead of preview thumbnails
- bundle the downloads into a ZIP that keeps thread order
- rename files in sequence instead of leaving random download names
- grab chat images without leaving your Google session

## Example prompts
- download all the images from this Gemini chat and zip them
- export the images from gemini.google.com/app, I expect 20
- save the images from my open Gemini tab in order

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: download-gemini-images
description: Download, export, save, or package images from a Google Gemini conversation/chat/app page, especially uploaded images or generated image previews visible in a Gemini thread. Use when the task needs logged-in Chrome/Gemini state, opening Gemini image lightboxes, downloading the larger displayed image files, renaming them in order, and producing a ZIP archive.
---

# Download Gemini Images

## Overview

Download Gemini conversation images from the user's logged-in Chrome session. Prefer the lightbox image over thumbnail/page-preview assets because Gemini often exposes a larger `blob:` image only after the user opens a preview.

## Workflow

1. Use the Chrome plugin, not a fresh unauthenticated browser, because Gemini conversations usually require the user's existing Google session.
2. Bootstrap Chrome per the Chrome skill, claim the already-open Gemini tab if it exists, or open the user-provided Gemini URL in Chrome.
3. Import and run `scripts/download_gemini_images.mjs` from a `node_repl` JS call after `browser` is available.
4. Package the output directory with `scripts/package_images.sh`.
5. Report the ZIP path, image count, and any lower-resolution fallback.
6. Finalize Chrome control after downloads are complete, keeping the user's original Gemini tab open when appropriate.

## Main Script

Resolve the script path relative to this skill directory, then import it in the same Node REPL session used for Chrome automation:

```js
var { downloadGeminiImagesFromChrome } = await import("/absolute/path/to/download-gemini-images/scripts/download_gemini_images.mjs");
var result = await downloadGeminiImagesFromChrome({
  browser,
  tabUrlIncludes: "gemini.google.com/app",
  expectedCount: 20,
  outputDir: `${nodeRepl.homeDir}/Downloads/gemini_conversation_images_${new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10).replaceAll("-", "")}`
});
nodeRepl.write(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
```

Set `expectedCount` only when the user gave a specific count. Omit it to download every visible `Show the uploaded image in a lightbox` button.

## Packaging

After the main script returns `outputDir`, run:

```bash
/absolute/path/to/download-gemini-images/scripts/package_images.sh "$outputDir" "$HOME/Downloads/gemini_conversation_images.zip"
```

The packaging script creates the ZIP, runs `zip -T`, and verifies that the archive contains the same ordered image files as the directory.

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