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NYTimes Geographic API MCP connector

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NYTimes Geographic API is NYTimes' geographic enrichment service that layers GeoNames location data onto the Semantic API's tagging capabilities. The NYTimes Geographic API MCP connector allows AI agents to resolve place names and concepts into structured geographic data for deeper location context. It also supports enhancing content analysis workflows with richer, location-aware metadata for downstream use.

Authentication type

  • API Key - Requires a static API key to be configured before the agent can connect to the service.

Uses

Use the NYTimes Geographic API MCP connector to perform the following actions:

  • Enrich news articles with precise geographic location data from GeoNames
  • Identify place names mentioned in New York Times content automatically
  • Map news topics to specific cities, regions, and countries worldwide
  • Discover related location concepts for deeper editorial research
  • Validate geographic references before publishing location-based content
  • Link news stories to standardized place identifiers for consistency
  • Support location-based content recommendations across news workflows
  • Surface geographic context for archived New York Times articles

Example prompts

Use the following example prompts to invoke NYTimes Geographic API MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:

  • Find geographic details for Paris using NYTimes Geographic API.
  • Show me all locations mentioned in this week's top stories.
  • Look up the GeoNames identifier for Tokyo in NYTimes Geographic API.
  • Get geographic concepts related to the Amazon rainforest.
  • Which countries are linked to this article's location tags.
  • Retrieve place details for New York City from NYTimes Geographic API.
  • List related regions for a location mentioned in a news piece.
  • Check if this article references a valid geographic location.
  • Pull details for a city mentioned in a Times article.
  • Find nearby regions to a location referenced in the news.

NYTimes Geographic API MCP connector tools

The NYTimes Geographic API MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.

ToolDescription
getQueryJsonGeographic API
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