How to Use the New York Times MCP in Cline

Q: Can I use Cline to build a custom New York Times dashboard?

Yes. Cline calls getsections to map active categories, then writes the front-end code to display the live feeds.

Q: Can Cline search for specific New York Times articles?

Yes. Cline calls the searcharticles tool to query keywords and date ranges, formatting the output directly inside your project files.

Q: Does Cline support fetching New York Times best-sellers?

Yes. Cline calls the getbooklists tool to pull literary rankings, using the data to generate catalogs or recommendation pages.

Let Cline fetch New York Times data, build custom news components, and write tests inside your VS Code workspace.

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The `get_top_stories` tool provides Cline with live headlines from specific news sections. Cline can grab this active feed, generate a React component, and style it to match your application's design. Because Cline is an autonomous coding agent, it doesn't stop at fetching. It installs necessary dependencies, writes the component code, imports the data from this MCP Server, and runs your local test suite to verify the UI.

Automate movie review aggregators using Cline

The `get_movie_reviews` tool allows Cline to search the entire NYTimes archive for cinematic critiques. Cline uses this tool to populate local databases or generate markdown review cards for your personal site. You simply tell Cline to update your movie database. It queries the MCP Server, parses the review text, creates the markdown files in your workspace, and stages the git commit.

Generate trending data visualizations with Cline

The `get_most_emailed` tool lets Cline fetch the most popular articles over a 1, 7, or 30-day period. Cline reads these popularity metrics to build dynamic data visualizations directly inside your project files. By exposing this MCP Server to Cline, you can request a trending chart, and the agent will fetch the data, write a D3.js script, and launch a local preview to show you the result.

Setup guide

Set up New York Times MCP in Cline

Prerequisites

VS Code with Cline extension installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Cline MCP settings

Click the Cline icon in the VS Code sidebar to open the Cline panel. Then click the MCP Servers icon (server stack) at the top-right corner of the panel.
2

Add a remote server

Click "Remote Servers" at the top, then click "Add Remote MCP". In the Name field, type new-york-times-mcp. In the URL field, paste your Vinkius endpoint: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp. Get your token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Enable the server

After saving, the server appears in the Cline MCP panel. Toggle the switch to enable it. The status indicator turns green when the connection is live.
4

Start using tools

Return to the Cline chat and ask: "Check my latest New York Times refund status." Cline will discover the available tools and request your approval before invoking each one — giving you full control over every action.

Cline MCP Settings

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "new-york-times-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about New York Times MCP in Cline

Yes. Cline calls `get_sections` to map active categories, then writes the front-end code to display the live feeds.

You add your developer credentials to the Cline settings file. Cline handles authentication locally, routing requests securely through the Vinkius client.

Yes. Cline calls the `search_articles` tool to query keywords and date ranges, formatting the output directly inside your project files.

Yes. Cline calls the `get_book_lists` tool to pull literary rankings, using the data to generate catalogs or recommendation pages.

Your API tokens and active search queries are held locally within your VS Code configuration files. Vinkius runs these actions inside temporary, zero-trust sandboxes, so your workspace data is never logged or stored.

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