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

Setup

1. Get an API key at https://developer.nytimes.com/get-started.

2. 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