New York Times

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NYT MCP — wraps The New York Times Developer APIs (developer.nytimes.com)

4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_articles

Full-text search of New York Times news articles. Returns headlines, abstracts, sections, bylines, and URLs. Example: search_articles({ query: "artificial intelligence", sort: "newest" })

No parameters required.

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top_stories

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({ sect

No parameters required.

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books_bestsellers

Get a current New York Times bestselling books list (e.g. hardcover-fiction, hardcover-nonfiction, combined-print-and-e-book-fiction). Returns rank, title, author, description, publisher, and weeks on

No parameters required.

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movie_reviews

Search New York Times movie reviews. Optionally filter by query or critics picks. Returns title, summary, byline, publication date, and URL. Example: movie_reviews({ query: "dune", critics_pick: true

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nyt/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nyt/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_articles","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_articles", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("nyt mcp — wraps the new york times developer apis (developer");