railil - Israel Railways train station schedule

Search for Israel Rail train schedules using the railil CLI. Find routes between stations with fuzzy search, filter by date/time, and output in various formats (JSON, Markdown, Table).

Security Scan

The skill is internally consistent: it wraps the 'railil' CLI (installed from the npm package 'railil') and its instructions only call that binary; no unexpected credentials, files, or elevated persistence are requested.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the required binary and the install spec. The skill declares the 'railil' binary is required and shows an npm package (railil) that provides that binary — this is coherent for a CLI-based schedule lookup tool.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md only instructs running the railil CLI with standard flags (from, to, date, time, output). It does not request reading unrelated files, environment variables, or transmitting results to unexpected endpoints.

Install Mechanism

Install is via the npm package 'railil', which is a typical way to provide a CLI. npm installs can run arbitrary code (postinstall scripts) and represent a supply-chain risk if the package or maintainer is untrusted — this is expected but worth reviewing before global install.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested. The permissions requested are proportionate to a simple CLI wrapper skill.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request always: true and does not declare any system-wide config modifications. It is user-invocable and can be invoked by the agent normally, which is expected for skills.

Assessment

This skill appears to do exactly what it says: run the 'railil' CLI to query Israel Rail schedules. Before installing, consider: (1) review the npm package page and the GitHub repo (https://github.com/lirantal/railil) and verify the maintainer and recent activity; (2) prefer installing in a sandbox or non-global environment if you don't fully trust the package; (3) check the package version and changelog for postinstall scripts or unexpected behaviour. If you use it in an automated agent, validate outputs (e.g., JSON) and limit the agent's ability to install or run arbitrary packages without manual review.

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