@pipeworx/nyt

Connect: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nyt/mcp · Install: one-click buttons

Tools: 4

New York Times Developer APIs: article search, top stories by section, bestseller lists and movie reviews, as headlines, abstracts, bylines and nytimes.com URLs.

Tools

• search_articles(query, page?, begin_date?, sort?) — full-text search of NYT articles (Article Search API); 10 results per page, newest first by default. Exposed on the gateway as nyt_search_articles (eight packs export a search_articles; the bare name is ambiguous).
• top_stories(section?) — the current top stories for a section (home, world, business, technology, science, health, sports, arts, …).
• books_bestsellers(list?) — the current bestseller list by list name (hardcover-fiction, hardcover-nonfiction, combined-print-and-e-book-fiction, …): rank, title, author, publisher, weeks on list.
• movie_reviews(query?, critics_pick?) — NYT movie reviews, optionally filtered to Critics’ Picks.

Auth

Platform key (PLATFORM_NYT_KEY) with BYO override via _apiKey. The key is sent as the api-key query parameter. Upstream limits per API (portal FAQ #11): 500 requests per day and 5 requests per minute; the pack has no backoff, so a tight agent loop can hit the per-minute ceiling.

Licence terms (read 2026-09-14, fleet #1977; resolved 2026-09-15, fleet #1980)

The NYT API Terms of Use are non-commercial only, and the portal FAQ defines “commercial” to include “using our content inside an application that is paid or has a paid tier currently or in the future”. They also forbid providing “archived or cached data sets containing Content to another person or entity” and cap any caching at 24 hours; the Branding guide requires the attribution “Data provided by The New York Times” (or the Times API logo) wherever the content is displayed, and unmodified headlines and links. The verbatim clauses, the bucket verdict and the traffic numbers are in docs/data/vendor-tos-audit.md (addendum 2026-09-14). Do not add a mirror or ingest of NYT content, and do not re-read the terms: the portal page is a JS shell, the text is served by /portals/api/sites/nyt-apigeex-prd-devportal/liveportal/page/terms.

Resolved 2026-09-15: Bruce chose zero-rate-attribute over asking NYT Licensing for written permission. The gateway pack entry carries zeroRated: true (0 credits, no pricing-v2 bracket advance) and every tool response carries an attribution field — “Data provided by The New York Times (developer.nytimes.com). Non-commercial use only under the NYT Developer Terms of Use; Pipeworx charges nothing for this data.” This is good faith, not compliance: NYT’s FAQ still calls a paid-tier app commercial, and §1(e)(v) still requires written permission to share access “whether for direct commercial or monetary gain or otherwise”. Same posture already accepted for guardian/last-fm/watchmode/acled on 2026-08-18. Do not remove either mechanism without a fresh Bruce decision.

Data sources

• https://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json — Article Search.
• https://api.nytimes.com/svc/topstories/v2/{section}.json — Top Stories.
• https://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v3/lists/current/{list}.json — Books.
• https://api.nytimes.com/svc/movies/v2/reviews/search.json — Movie Reviews.
• https://developer.nytimes.com/ — portal, terms (/terms), attribution guide (/branding), FAQ (/faq).

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” })
• 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
• 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
• 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