During March 2026, Greg Smethells developed the Preflight Monitoring Tool for the punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers repository, focusing on enhancing API and MCP server reliability. He designed the tool to deliver independent reliability ratings by integrating synthetic probes and crowdsourced telemetry, establishing a foundation for data-driven observability. Greg’s work centered on documentation and system design, utilizing Markdown to clearly communicate technical details and implementation strategies. While no bugs were addressed during this period, his efforts provided improved monitoring coverage and early incident detection capabilities, laying essential groundwork for future reliability metrics and increasing operator and developer confidence in the platform’s monitoring infrastructure.