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"

1. Parse the returned JSON, which has the following structure:

```json

{

"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": "..."

}

```

1. 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 to browse the archive