| name | maccabi-medicine-lookup |
| description | Use when the user wants to check whether a medicine is available through Maccabi Healthcare Services (מכבי שירותי בריאות) — whether it is listed, whether it is prescription-only (POM, מרשם), whether it is included in the health basket / sal briut (סל הבריאות, subsidised), its out-of-pocket price to the patient, and a link to the patient information leaflet (עלון לצרכן) if one is published. Drives the Maccabi medicines guide at https://www.maccabi4u.co.il/healthguide/medicines/ via a visible Playwright browser, searches by medicine name using the autocomplete search box, and extracts the key fields from the medicine detail page. Trigger phrases: "is this med on maccabi", "check maccabi for [drug]", "is X in the sal briut", "how much does X cost on maccabi", "maccabi medicine lookup", "find [drug] on maccabi". |
Maccabi Medicine Lookup
Looks up a medicine on the Maccabi Healthcare Services public medicines guide and reports back the facts the user actually cares about:
- Whether Maccabi lists it at all.
- Whether it is prescription-only (POM / מרשם).
- Whether it is in the health basket (בסל הבריאות) — i.e. subsidised.
- The out-of-pocket price to the patient (not the formulary / reference price computations).
- A link to the patient information leaflet (עלון לצרכן) if shown.
Entry point
Open the medicines guide landing page:
https://www.maccabi4u.co.il/healthguide/medicines/
Individual medicine pages follow the pattern:
https://www.maccabi4u.co.il/healthguide/medicines/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA/<id>/
(%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA = תרופות / "medicines"). The trailing numeric id is Maccabi's internal med id — there's no predictable mapping from drug name to id, so always reach the page via search.
How to search
The site uses a physical search box with autocomplete — pasting a URL-encoded query into the address bar does not work. The skill must:
- Navigate to the medicines landing page in a visible Playwright browser.
- Locate the medicine search input on the page.
- Type the medicine name character-by-character (not
fill) so the autocomplete dropdown populates. Hebrew and English names both work; prefer whatever the user supplied.
- Wait for the autocomplete suggestions to appear.
- Click the matching suggestion — do not just press Enter, because the site relies on the suggestion click to navigate to the medicine detail page.
If there is no autocomplete match, report that back — Maccabi does not list it under that name. Offer the user the chance to try an alternative spelling (Hebrew vs. transliteration, brand vs. generic).
What to extract from the detail page
Example detail pages used as references:
https://www.maccabi4u.co.il/healthguide/medicines/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA/92793/https://www.maccabi4u.co.il/healthguide/medicines/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA/35659/https://www.maccabi4u.co.il/healthguide/medicines/%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA/80895/
1. תנאים ואישורים — Conditions & approvals
Section heading on the page: תנאים ואישורים. Under it, the site indicates:
- Whether the drug is prescription-only (מרשם / POM).
- Whether the drug is in the health basket (בסל הבריאות / subsidised), sometimes with indication restrictions (e.g. only for a specific condition).
Capture the text verbatim in Hebrew, and provide a short English gloss in the report.
2. Price
At the bottom of the page there is a price block when a price is published. The only figure the user cares about is the price the patient actually pays (usually labelled מחיר לצרכן / מחיר לחולה / "price to consumer"). Ignore the reference-price / formulary computations, ceiling prices, pharmacist margins, etc.
If no price is shown, say so explicitly — don't invent one.
3. Patient information leaflet (עלון לצרכן)
Detail pages often include a link to the patient information leaflet — typically labelled עלון לצרכן or עלון למטופל, often pointing at a PDF on the Israeli Ministry of Health site. If present, return the absolute URL. If absent, say so.
Output format
Report back in a short structured block. Example:
Medicine: <name as shown on Maccabi>
Maccabi page: <detail URL>
Prescription-only (מרשם): yes / no
In health basket (בסל הבריאות): yes / no [+ any indication restriction text]
Price to patient: ₪<amount> (or "not published")
Patient leaflet (עלון לצרכן): <URL or "not listed">
Raw "תנאים ואישורים" text: <verbatim Hebrew>
Playwright notes
- Use a visible browser — the site occasionally throws cookie / consent banners that are easier to clear with the user watching. Dismiss any cookie banner before interacting with the search box.
- The page is RTL Hebrew; selectors by role/name work better than positional selectors.
- Wait on network idle after clicking an autocomplete suggestion before scraping — the detail page hydrates client-side.
- Do not trigger
alert / confirm dialogs. If a dialog-like modal appears, close it via its own close button, not by pressing Enter.
Out of scope
- Does not attempt to determine co-pay tiers by Maccabi membership class (Magen Zahav etc.) — only the base price shown on the public page.
- Does not cross-check Clalit / Meuhedet / Leumit. This skill is Maccabi-only.
- Does not give medical advice. If the user asks about dosage or interactions, point them at the leaflet link and their pharmacist.
