Kol Zchut Rights Lookup

Kol Zchut (All Rights / כל זכות, https://www.kolzchut.org.il) is a nonprofit wiki that explains Israeli rights and entitlements in plain Hebrew (and partial English/Arabic/Russian). It is the default first-stop reference for any Israeli citizen-rights question.

When to use this skill: the user asks anything that hinges on Israeli law or entitlements — employment, consumer protection, tenancy, healthcare, social security (Bituach Leumi), taxes, disability, bereavement, reserves, students, new immigrants, elderly, military service, etc. Use it before general web search; only fall back to other sources if Kol Zchut has no article.

When not to use: the user wants case law, court procedure, or a specific ruling — Kol Zchut summarises rights, not litigation. Point them to Nevo / Takdin instead.

Execution

Headless HTTP (tier 1). No browser. Not geo-restricted — the MediaWiki API responds globally.

Endpoint

https://www.kolzchut.org.il/w/he/api.php

Full-text search (preferred)

GET /w/he/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=<QUERY>&srlimit=8&format=json&srprop=snippet|titlesnippet

Returns JSON with query.search[] — each entry has title, snippet (HTML, strip <span class="searchmatch"> tags), and pageid. Build the URL as:

https://www.kolzchut.org.il/he/<url-encoded title with spaces as underscores>

Title suggestions (fast path for short queries)

GET /w/he/api.php?action=opensearch&search=<QUERY>&limit=8&format=json

Returns [query, [titles...], [descs...], [urls...]] — urls are already fully-qualified.

Reading an article (optional follow-up)

When the user picks one, fetch rendered HTML or wikitext:

GET /w/he/api.php?action=parse&page=<title>&format=json&prop=text|sections

Or just open the URL in a browser / WebFetch for the user.

Query tips

• Queries should be in Hebrew for best recall. If the user writes in English, translate the key legal term first (e.g. "severance" → פיצויי פיטורים, "notice period" → הודעה מוקדמת, "maternity leave" → חופשת לידה, "minimum wage" → שכר מינימום, "health basket" → סל הבריאות).
• For broad topics (עבודה, צרכנות, דיור) the top hits are usually portal / index pages — prefer narrower phrases.
• Quote multi-word legal terms if recall looks noisy.

Output shape

Present results as a short numbered list:

1. <Title>  —  <url>
   <snippet, stripped of HTML, ~150 chars>

Then offer to open / fetch the top article. Don't paraphrase legal detail from snippets alone — fetch the article if the user wants substance.

Disclaimers

Kol Zchut is a high-quality plain-language summary but is not a substitute for legal advice. When handing back results for a non-trivial case (dismissal, eviction, benefits denial), append one line: "For a specific case, consult a lawyer or the relevant authority — Kol Zchut is a reference, not legal counsel."

Fallback

If the MediaWiki API is unreachable, hand the user the site-search URL directly:

https://www.kolzchut.org.il/w/he/index.php?title=מיוחד:חיפוש_גוגל&q=<QUERY>

(The search page itself uses a Google CSE that only renders in a real browser, so this is a user-facing fallback, not an automation path.)