Get Today Connections

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",...

Security Scan

This instruction-only skill is internally coherent: it simply instructs the agent to fetch a JSON payload from a single third‑party URL and display today's Connections answers/hints, and it does not request extra credentials, installs, or system access.

Purpose & Capability

The skill's name/description (fetch today's NYT Connections answers and hints) matches the runtime instructions (call a single API endpoint and present the JSON). No unrelated env vars, binaries, or config paths are requested.

Instruction Scope

Instructions only call one external URL (https://connections-answers.com/api/today), parse the returned JSON, and format output. This is within the stated purpose, but it relies entirely on a third‑party API (not the official NYT) so correctness and legality (spoilers/copyright) depend on that external service and its data.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no code files — instruction-only skill, so nothing is written to disk and no external packages are pulled.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. There is no disproportionate access requested.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent system changes or elevated privileges. Autonomous invocation is allowed by default but not unusual; no extra privilege is requested.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent and low-risk technically, but consider these practical points before installing: (1) It fetches answers from a third‑party site (connections-answers.com), not the official NYT source — verify you trust that domain and that its content is allowed to be redistributed. (2) The endpoint and JSON schema are hardcoded; if the third‑party changes its API the skill will break or may return unexpected content. (3) The skill will cause the agent to make an outbound network request whenever invoked — if you’re concerned about data leaving your environment, avoid installing or restrict invocation. (4) If you care about copyright or avoiding spoilers for others, check NYT terms and use the skill accordingly. (5) If you want stronger assurances, ask the author for the endpoint's provenance or replace the endpoint with an official source before using.

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