- name
- get-today-connections
- description
- Fetch today's NYT Connections puzzle answers and hints. Trigger this skill when the user asks for "today's Connections answers", "today's connections hints", "NYT Connections today", or similar questions.
Get Today's NYT Connections Answers
Purpose
Quickly retrieve the full answers and hints for today's NYT Connections puzzle without opening a browser.
Steps
- Use the WebFetch tool to request the following URL:
https://connections-answers.com/api/todayPrompt: "Extract the full JSON response as-is"
- Parse the returned JSON, which has the following structure:
{
"puzzleDate": "YYYY-MM-DD",
"title": "Connections April 9 2026 Answers",
"url": "https://connections-answers.com/blog/connections-april-9-2026-answers",
"categories": [
{
"color": "yellow",
"order": 0,
"name": "Category Name",
"hint": "A one-line hint",
"words": ["WORD1", "WORD2", "WORD3", "WORD4"]
}
],
"hintContent": "...",
"answerContent": "..."
}- Display the results to the user in the following format:
Today's NYT Connections — {puzzleDate}
| Color | Category | Hint | Answers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟨 Yellow | {name} | {hint} | WORD1, WORD2, WORD3, WORD4 |
| 🟩 Green | {name} | {hint} | WORD1, WORD2, WORD3, WORD4 |
| 🟦 Blue | {name} | {hint} | WORD1, WORD2, WORD3, WORD4 |
| 🟪 Purple | {name} | {hint} | WORD1, WORD2, WORD3, WORD4 |
Full breakdown: {url}
Notes
- If the user only wants hints and not answers, show only the
hintcolumn and hide thewordscolumn order: 0(yellow) = easiest,order: 3(purple) = hardesthintContent/answerContentare full Markdown articles; output them directly if the user wants a detailed breakdown- For past puzzles, direct the user to <https://connections-answers.com/blog> to browse the archive