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