New York Times Skill

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/nytimes/install.sh | bash

cp -r skills/nytimes ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set NYTIMES_API_KEY "your_api_key"
canifi-env set NYTIMES_EMAIL "your_email"
canifi-env set NYTIMES_PASSWORD "your_password"

Privacy & Authentication

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Capabilities

1. Article Access: Read articles across news, opinion, and feature sections
2. Section Browsing: Browse by section including World, Politics, Business, Tech
3. Search Archives: Search the complete NYT archive dating back to 1851
4. Saved Articles: Save articles to your account for later reading
5. Newsletter Management: Subscribe to and manage NYT newsletters

Usage Examples

Get Top Stories

User: "Show me today's top stories from the New York Times"
Assistant: Returns top headlines from the home section

Search Articles

User: "Search NYT for articles about artificial intelligence from the last month"
Assistant: Returns matching articles with headlines and summaries

Browse Section

User: "Show me the latest NYT Technology articles"
Assistant: Returns recent technology section articles

Save Article

User: "Save this NYT article to my account"
Assistant: Saves article to your NYT saved list

Authentication Flow

1. Register for API key at developer.nytimes.com
2. API key provides access to article search and top stories
3. Full article access requires subscription
4. Use credentials for authenticated features

Error Handling

Notes

• Free API tier: 500 requests/day, 5 requests/minute
• Subscription required for full article access
• Archive API covers 1851 to present
• Games and Cooking require separate subscriptions
• Wirecutter reviews included with subscription