How to Use the New York Times MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Q: How does the OpenAI Agents SDK handle searching the New York Times archive?

Your agent uses the searcharticles tool. The SDK lets you create guards that check the search parameters before they're sent, preventing bad queries. You just pass the MCP Server endpoint to your agent and it discovers the tools automatically.

Q: What's the best way to get daily headlines from the New York Times using the OpenAI Agents SDK?

Have your agent call the gettopstories tool with a specific section like 'technology' or 'world'. The SDK's tracing dashboard will show you a log of every call, so you can monitor its daily activity and costs.

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Search the News, Safely

The `search_articles` tool gives your agent a direct line to the New York Times archive. You can have it find articles by keyword, date range, or relevance, letting you build agents that track topics over time. The OpenAI Agents SDK wraps this in a guardrail. Before your agent executes a search, you can validate the query parameters. This stops it from running overly broad or expensive searches, giving you real control over a production system.

Track What's Trending

Use the `get_most_emailed`, `get_most_shared`, and `get_most_viewed` tools to see what's currently popular. Your agent can pull this data for specific periods—1, 7, or 30 days—to build daily briefings or spot trends. With the OpenAI framework, you can create a specialized 'trends agent' and hand off tasks to it. The built-in tracing shows you exactly which tool was called with which parameters, so you always have a clear audit trail of how your agent got its information.

Culture & Media for your OpenAI Agent

This server isn't just news. Your agent can access cultural data using `get_book_lists` for best-sellers and `get_movie_reviews` to find critiques. Since tools are auto-discovered, your agent knows about these capabilities immediately. Just pass the server to the `Agent` constructor. Setting `cacheToolsList=True` means the agent doesn't have to fetch the tool list on every startup, which is what you want in production.

Setup guide

Set up New York Times MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
openai-agents package (pip install openai-agents)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents to install the OpenAI Agents SDK. The MCP integration is built-in — no extra dependencies needed.
2

Connect via SSE transport

Use MCPServerSse with your Vinkius endpoint URL. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. The SDK auto-discovers all New York Times tools at runtime.
3

Create your Agent

Pass the MCP to Agent(mcp_servers=[server]). The agent receives New York Times tools as native definitions — JSON schemas resolve automatically.
4

Run the agent

Call Runner.run(agent, prompt) to execute. The agent invokes the appropriate New York Times tools and returns structured results. Copy the full example on the right to get started.

agent.py

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerSse

async def main():
    async with MCPServerSse(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as server:
        agent = Agent(
            name="New York Times Agent",
            instructions="You have access to New York Times tools.",
            mcp_servers=[server],
        )
        result = await Runner.run(agent, "List recent transactions")
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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Common questions about New York Times MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Your agent uses the `search_articles` tool. The SDK lets you create guards that check the search parameters before they're sent, preventing bad queries. You just pass the MCP Server endpoint to your agent and it discovers the tools automatically.

Yes. While the SDK is designed for auto-discovery, you can implement a guardrail function that inspects any tool call from this MCP server. If the tool name isn't on your approved list, you can reject the action before it runs.

Have your agent call the `get_top_stories` tool with a specific section like 'technology' or 'world'. The SDK's tracing dashboard will show you a log of every call, so you can monitor its daily activity and costs.

The MCP server will forward a structured error. Your agent, running in the OpenAI SDK, can catch this exception and decide on a next step, like retrying the call or notifying a user.

Your NYT API key is managed by the Vinkius platform, not your agent's code. The server only processes article text, headlines, and metadata from the NYT API. No user data is stored or logged by the server itself.

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