# New York Times AI connector guide

Connect New York Times data to AI agents with Combined. Explore archive, most popular emailed, most popular shared, source setup, MCP access and read-only business queries.

Combined offers 1,125 connectors across catalog sources and connectors generated through desktop automation.

## Connect

1. Open Combined Connected Apps and select New York Times.
2. Authorize the source and choose the relevant datasets.
3. Complete a first sync, then grant your agent access through the Set up or Access workspace.
4. Discover the actual source schemas before querying.

## Setup reference

- API Key: required in the upstream source schema
- End Date: optional
- Period (used for Most Popular streams): required in the upstream source schema
- Share Type (used for Most Popular Shared stream): optional
- Start Date: required in the upstream source schema

## Dataset reference

- archive; key: _id; update field: pub_date
- most_popular_emailed; key: id
- most_popular_shared; key: id
- most_popular_viewed; key: id

This is the upstream connector reference, version 0.2.38. Account permissions and sync configuration determine the datasets available in your workspace.

## Agent prompt

Use Combined to analyze my New York Times data.
List my granted sources, discover the datasets and describe their fields.
Look for datasets corresponding to archive, most_popular_emailed, most_popular_shared, most_popular_viewed.
Check the last successful sync and report the available date coverage.
Propose three useful questions based on the fields actually available.
For the question I choose, run read-only SQL over the complete matching dataset.
Use a bounded result; include source names, time window and query receipt.
Ask for a missing join key or metric definition instead of inventing one.

## Links

- Combined: https://www.trycombined.com/
- Setup: https://www.trycombined.com/docs/getting-started/onboarding
- MCP: https://www.trycombined.com/docs/integrations/mcp
- Pricing: https://www.trycombined.com/pricing
- Upstream source reference: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/nytimes
- Full guide: https://www.trycombined.com/connectors/nytimes