Hey,
It's been a busy couple of weeks. Four new skills landed that I'm genuinely into, from a fact and claim verifier to a private home construction advisor. And in parallel I started going through the guides and rewriting them without the technical language, so that anyone without a technical background can just follow along step by step.
New skill: Fact & Claim Verifier
Got a viral WhatsApp message about prices or the budget, or heard a politician throw out a number and aren't sure it's right? The skill breaks the claim down, checks each part against the official source (the Central Bureau of Statistics, Bank of Israel, the Knesset), and tells you plainly whether it's true, misleading, or inaccurate, with a link to the source. It never makes up a number, so 'can't verify' is an honest answer, not a guess.
New skill: Coupon Code Finder
Right before you pay at an Israeli online store, the skill scans coupon and discount codes from local sources, checks each one for whether it's still valid and what the terms are, and returns a single ranked list. Instead of asking five chatbots the same question, you get only real codes that were just checked.
New skill: Real or AI-generated?
Someone forwards you a dramatic photo or video on WhatsApp or Telegram and you're not sure it's real? The skill methodically checks whether it was AI-generated, edited and manipulated, or real but with a misleading caption, and gives a verdict with a confidence level. It's a verification tool, not a magic detector, and it tells you honestly when there's simply no way to know.
New skill: Private Home Construction Advisor
Planning to build a private home on your own land? The skill is built on the experience of a veteran Israeli construction supervisor and brings together hundreds of hours of content across ten areas: planning, budget, choosing an architect and contractor, building permits, contracts, guarantees, supervision, and timelines. Everything you weigh before you start building, answered from real field experience.
A small reminder: tap the heart on a skill that matters to you
An Israeli skill is only as good as the information inside it, and tax brackets, Bituach Leumi amounts, forms, and procedures change all the time. We go over the skills and keep them current, but so you don't miss it: tap the heart on the page of a skill that matters to you. The moment it's updated you'll get a notification and can see exactly what changed, and everything you saved is waiting in your personal list.
I rewrote the first guides, and I'd love your take
I noticed that even the guides that are supposed to be simple, with no code, still came out too complicated for a lot of people. So I started rewriting them from the ground up: clear steps, real screenshots, and a separate tab per tool so you see exactly what to do on your end. I started with 'How to use skills without code', which shows how to install and run a skill with a simple file upload to the chat. This is only the beginning, and it would really help me if you go in, try it, and tell me what's still unclear.
And there's a community WhatsApp group
If you'd like to be part of the community, there's an active WhatsApp group where I share new things before anyone else and ask what to build next. It also has a bot that posts a daily and weekly recap, and if you tag it with a question it'll find the right skill from the catalog and answer. No spam, no marketing links.
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Have a great week,
Alex Choroshin
Founder, YooTech · Creator of Skills IL