get-today-connections

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

1. Use the WebFetch tool to request the following URL:

   https://connections-answers.com/api/today
   

   Prompt: "Extract the full JSON response as-is"

2. 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": "..."
   }
   

3. 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 hint column and hide the words column
• order: 0 (yellow) = easiest, order: 3 (purple) = hardest
• hintContent / answerContent are 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