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New York Times MCP. Search 170+ Years of Global Journalism Data

New York Times MCP connects your AI agent directly to over 170 years of global journalism. Search archives from 1851 forward, track historical trends, pull today's top stories by section (Politics, World, Tech), and access best-seller lists and film reviews—all in one place.

New York Times MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
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Tracking Historical Shifts

Pull articles and reports from specific years to track how a topic or event was covered over decades.

Analyzing Trending Content

Determine which stories were the most viewed, shared on social media, or emailed during any 1-, 7-, or 30-day period.

Searching Deep Archives

Use keywords and precise date ranges (YYYYMMDD) to find specific articles across the entire publication history.

Gathering Current Headlines

Get the day's top stories instantly, filtered by major sections like World, Politics, or Technology.

Accessing Cultural Data

Retrieve current and historical book best-seller lists or search for movie reviews using specific titles.

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What AI agents can do with New York Times: 9 Available Tools

These tools allow your agent to perform specific actions, like retrieving top stories for a section or searching the entire historical archive by keywords and date.

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Get Archive

Retrieves every article published during a specified calendar month.

Get Book Lists

Gets current or historical best-seller lists for different book categories.

Get Most Emailed

Finds the articles that were most shared via email over a 1, 7, or 30 day period.

Get Most Shared

Retrieves articles that saw the highest social media sharing counts in the last 1...

Get Most Viewed

Identifies the most read and viewed articles across all sections.

Get Movie Reviews

Searches the archive specifically for film critiques, allowing filtering by movie title.

Search Articles

Performs keyword searches across the entire database, letting you filter by date range and sort order.

Get Sections

Lists every available topic or news section covered by the New York Times.

Get Top Stories

Gets today's top headline stories for a specific defined section, like World or...

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New York Times MCP is compatible with Claude

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Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

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Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

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Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The New York Times integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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The endless cycle of context switching

Right now, if your research requires knowing how a modern issue relates to historical coverage, you spend hours hopping between databases. You copy keywords into one search engine for 1950 data, open another terminal for best-seller lists from the same era, and finally manually check a third source just to validate the political context.

With this MCP, your agent handles all of that in one go. You ask a single question—like 'How was the Cold War covered in both 1962 and 1985?'—and you get the compiled, sourced answers directly from the archive.

Accessing Historical Context with `search_articles`

Previously, comparing coverage across different years meant manually checking archives month by month. You’d use one tool for one date range and then start the whole tedious process over again for the next time period.

Now you define a single search using `search_articles`, providing keywords and multiple dates in one command. It builds the entire timeline of coverage for you.

What New York Times MCP does for your AI

Think about the sheer volume of information sitting across decades: breaking news reports, cultural critiques, market shifts. This MCP gives your AI agent direct access to that archive. Instead of relying on summaries or limited databases, you can query the full scope of modern journalism, cross-referencing topics and dates from 1851 right up to today.

It’s more than just reading headlines; it’s historical context in real time. You can pull top stories for a specific section, narrow your search by keywords and date ranges, or see what was most shared across social media on any given day. The Vinkius catalog makes this massive dataset available to every MCP-compatible client you use.

Whether you're writing an academic paper that needs background coverage from 1920, researching the cultural impact of a modern tech policy, or just checking out what books were trending last month, this connector handles it. It brings world-class journalism into your agent's hands.

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Frequently asked questions about New York Times MCP

Can I use New York Times MCP to find articles about a specific month? +

Yes, you can use the get_archive tool. This function retrieves all published articles within an entire calendar month for comprehensive coverage.

Does New York Times MCP cover more than just news stories? +

Absolutely. Beyond top stories and archives, this MCP also includes tools for best-seller lists using get_book_lists and movie reviews via get_movie_reviews.

How do I find out what was popular last year? +

You can use the trending tools. Run get_most_shared or get_most_emailed, specifying a 30-day period within the past year to pinpoint peak interest.

Can I search for articles using keywords and dates in New York Times MCP? +

Yes, that's exactly what search_articles is for. You provide your keywords and define a precise date range (YYYYMMDD) to focus your search.

What kind of sections are available in the New York Times MCP? +

You use the get_sections tool first. This lists all currently active topics, ensuring you know exactly which categories (like World or Sports) you can pull top stories from.