Thomas Smale developed the Government Spending Explorer MCP Server for the modelcontextprotocol/servers repository, enabling users to search and analyze USASPENDING.gov data by agency and community. He focused on API integration and server development, establishing a data pipeline that supports future expansion of federal spending datasets within the MCP framework. In addition, Thomas improved the fedspendingtransparency/usaspending-api repository by correcting a documentation typo in the fiscal period parameter, ensuring alignment between code and documentation. His work, primarily using Markdown and data analysis skills, addressed both backend feature delivery and documentation accuracy, demonstrating depth in both technical implementation and attention to integration quality.