Which integrations are available for this server?

Provides tools to search and retrieve articles from the New York Times API, including top stories, most popular, newswire, bestsellers, archive, and article text extraction.

How do I use nyt-mcp?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@nyt-mcp show me the top stories in the science section" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

nyt-mcp

by joe5saia

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Python

Remote

nyt-mcp

MCP server for the New York Times APIs.

Tools

Tool	NYT API	Description
`search_articles`	Article Search	Search by keyword with Lucene filters, date ranges, pagination
`get_top_stories`	Top Stories	Current top stories by section (home, world, science, …)
`get_most_popular`	Most Popular	Most emailed / shared / viewed articles (1, 7, or 30 days)
`get_newswire`	Times Newswire	Live stream of just-published articles
`get_bestsellers`	Books	NYT Best Sellers lists (hardcover-fiction, etc.)
`get_archive`	Archive	Article metadata for any month back to 1851
`read_article`	(scrape)	Fetch and extract the full text of an NYT article URL

Related MCP server: Times Newswire API MCP Server

Setup

Get an API key at https://developer.nytimes.com/get-started.
Set the API_KEY environment variable (or create a .env file):
```
export API_KEY=your-nyt-api-key
```

Installation

No installation needed — just run with uvx:

# From PyPI (after publishing)
uvx nyt-mcp

# From GitHub
uvx --from git+https://github.com/joe5saia/nyt-mcp nyt-mcp

Or install permanently:

uv tool install nyt-mcp
# or from GitHub:
uv tool install git+https://github.com/joe5saia/nyt-mcp

Running as an MCP Server

Claude Code

claude mcp add nyt-mcp -- uvx nyt-mcp

Amp

Add to your MCP config (e.g. ~/.config/amp/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyt-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["nyt-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your-nyt-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Standalone (stdio)

API_KEY=your-key uvx nyt-mcp

Development

uv run ruff check src/ tests/   # lint
uv run ruff format src/ tests/  # format
uv run ty check src/             # type check
uv run pytest tests/ -v          # test

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