railil

Search for Israel Rail train schedules using the railil CLI. Use when the user asks about Israeli trains, Israel Rail schedules, train routes in Israel, or mentions the railil tool. Find routes between stations with fuzzy search, filter by date/time, and output in various formats (JSON, Markdown, Table).

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/lirantal/skill-railil

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/lirantal/skill-railil ~/.claude/skills/lirantal-skill-railil-railil

manifest: SKILL.md

source content

Railil CLI

A CLI tool for checking Israel Rail train schedules.

Installation

npm install -g railil

Usage

The CLI supports fuzzy matching for station names.

Basic Search

Search for the next trains between two stations:

railil --from "Tel Aviv" --to "Haifa"

Date and Time

Search for a specific date and time:

railil --from "Beer Sheva" --to "Tel Aviv" --time 08:00 --date 2023-11-01

Output Formats

For machine-readable output or specific formatting, use the

--output

flag. Supported formats:

text

(default),

json

table

markdown

JSON Output (Recommended for agents):

railil --from "Tel Aviv" --to "Haifa" --output json

Markdown Output:

railil --from "Tel Aviv" --to "Haifa" --output markdown

Options

```
-f, --from <station>
```
: Origin station name (fuzzy match supported).
```
-t, --to <station>
```
: Destination station name (fuzzy match supported).
```
-d, --date <date>
```
: Date of travel.
```
-h, --time <time>
```
: Time of travel (HH:MM).
```
-l, --limit <number>
```
: Limit the number of results.

-o, --output <format>

: Output format (

json

text

table

markdown

```
--help
```
: Show help message.

Examples

Find next 3 trains from Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem:

railil --from "Ben Gurion" --to "Jerusalem" --limit 3

Get schedule for tomorrow morning in JSON:

railil --from "Haifa" --to "Tel Aviv" --time 07:30 --output json