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 [![](https://jitpack.io/v/warlordofmars/gradle-slack-liveupdate.svg)](https://jitpack.io/#warlordofmars/gradle-slack-liveupdate)
 
 ![](https://i.imgur.com/AmrJprI.gif)
+
+Overview
+--------
+Gradle Plugin to provide build status updates to Slack in real-time as Gradle executes through tasks
+
+Setup
+-----
+
+To use this plugin, the following buildscript repositories and dependencies must be configured:
+
+```
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath 'com.github.warlordofmars:gradle-cloudformation-helper:release-0.3.9'
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Then to apply the plugin:
+
+```
+apply plugin: 'com.github.warlordofmars.gradle.slack'
+```
+
+To configure:
+
+```
+slack {
+    channel '<slack_channel>'
+    token '<slack_api_token>'
+}
+```