`top_stories`

Pack: nyt · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/top_stories for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Get current New York Times top stories for a section (home, world, business, technology, science, health, sports, arts, etc.). Returns titles, abstracts, bylines, and URLs. Example: top_stories({ section: “technology” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`section`	string	no	Section name, e.g. “home”, “world”, “business”, “technology”, “science”, “health”, “sports”, “arts”. Default “home”.
`_apiKey`	string	no	Optional — your own NYT API key for higher limits; omit to use the shared Pipeworx key.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "section": "technology"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nyt/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"top_stories","arguments":{"section":"technology"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('top_stories', {
  "section": "technology"
});

More examples

{
  "section": "business"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the nyt pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyt": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nyt/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

top_stories