diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index c3738d00..b95edc05 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     <property name="tools.mda" value="${tools.dir}/aggregator-cli-0.9.1"/>
     <property name="tools.mdnorm" value="${tools.dir}/mdnorm"/>
     <property name="tools.metadatatool" value="${tools.dir}/metadatatool"/>
+    <property name="tools.slacktee" value="${tools.dir}/slacktee" />
     <property name="tools.xmlsectool" value="${tools.dir}/xmlsectool-2.0.0/"/>
     <property name="tools.xalan" value="${tools.dir}/xalan"/>
 
@@ -293,6 +294,14 @@
         </scp>
     </target>
 
+    <!--
+        ****************************************************
+        ***                                              ***
+        ***    S A M L   M D   V E R I F I C A T I O N   ***
+        ***                                              ***
+        ****************************************************
+    -->
+
     <!--
         Verify a metadata file held on the master distribution site.
 
@@ -637,6 +646,40 @@
         </sequential>
     </macrodef>
 
+    <!--
+        ***********************************
+        ***                             ***
+        ***  S L A C K T E E   T O O L  ***
+        ***                             ***
+        ***********************************
+    -->
+
+    <macrodef name="SLACK.send">
+        <attribute name="conf" />
+        <attribute name="colour" />
+        <attribute name="message" />
+        <sequential>
+            <exec executable="bash" failonerror="true">
+                <arg value="-c" />
+                <arg value="echo -e '@{message}' | ${tools.slacktee}/bin/slacktee.sh -p --config @{conf} -a @{colour}" />
+            </exec>
+        </sequential>
+    </macrodef>
+
+    <!--
+        Send success notification to slack channel
+    -->
+    <target name="slack.notify.publication.success">
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="DATE_UTC" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd" locale="UTC" />
+        </tstamp>
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="TIME_UTC" pattern="HH:mm" locale="UTC" />
+        </tstamp>
+        <SLACK.send conf="${tools.slacktee}/conf/aggr-ant.conf" colour="good"
+            message="${DATE_UTC} ${TIME_UTC}: Successfully published new UKf MD Aggregates and MDQ cache." />
+    </target>
+
     <!--
         *****************************************
         ***                                   ***
diff --git a/tools/slacktee/bin/slacktee.sh b/tools/slacktee/bin/slacktee.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..08f49b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/slacktee/bin/slacktee.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,608 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# ----------
+# Default Configuration
+# ----------
+webhook_url=""       # Incoming Webhooks integration URL
+upload_token=""      # The user's API authentication token, only used for file uploads
+channel="general"    # Default channel to post messages. '#' is prepended, if it doesn't start with '#' or '@'.
+tmp_dir="/tmp"       # Temporary file is created in this directory.
+username="slacktee"  # Default username to post messages.
+icon="ghost"         # Default emoji to post messages. Don't wrap it with ':'. See http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com; can be a url too.
+attachment=""        # Default color of the attachments. If an empty string is specified, the attachments are not used.
+
+# ----------
+# Initialization
+# ----------
+me=$(basename "$0")
+title=""
+mode="buffering"
+link=""
+textWrapper="\`\`\`"
+parseMode=""
+fields=()
+# Since bash 3 doesn't support the associative array, we store colors and patterns separately
+cond_color_colors=()
+cond_color_patterns=()
+found_pattern_color=""
+# This color is used when 'attachment' is used without color specification
+internal_default_color="#C0C0C0"
+
+# Since bash 3 doesn't support the associative array, we store prefixes and patterns separately
+cond_prefix_prefixes=()
+cond_prefix_patterns=()
+found_title_prefix=""
+
+function show_help()
+{
+	echo "usage: $me [options]"
+	echo "  options:"
+	echo "    -h, --help                        Show this help."
+	echo "    -n, --no-buffering                Post input values without buffering."
+	echo "    -f, --file                        Post input values as a file."
+	echo "    -l, --link                        Add a URL link to the message."
+	echo "    -c, --channel channel_name        Post input values to specified channel or user."
+	echo "    -u, --username user_name          This username is used for posting."
+	echo "    -i, --icon emoji_name|url         This icon is used for posting. You can use a word"
+	echo "                                      from http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com or a direct url to an image."
+	echo "    -t, --title title_string          This title is added to posts."
+	echo "    -m, --message-formatting format   Switch message formatting (none|link_names|full)."
+	echo "                                      See https://api.slack.com/docs/formatting for more details."
+	echo "    -p, --plain-text                  Don't surround the post with triple backticks."
+	echo "    -a, --attachment [color]          Use attachment (richly-formatted message)"
+	echo "                                      Color can be 'good','warning','danger' or any hex color code (eg. #439FE0)"
+	echo "                                      See https://api.slack.com/docs/attachments for more details."
+	echo "    -e, --field title value           Add a field to the attachment. You can specify this multiple times."
+	echo "    -s, --short-field title value     Add a short field to the attachment. You can specify this multiple times."
+	echo "    -o, --cond-color color pattern    Change the attachment color if the specified Regex pattern matches the input."
+	echo "                                      You can specify this multile times."
+	echo "                                      If more than one pattern matches, the latest matched pattern is used."
+	echo "    -d, --cond-prefix prefix pattern  This prefix is added to the message, if the specified Regex pattern matches the input."
+	echo "                                      You can specify this multile times."
+	echo "                                      If more than one pattern matches, the latest matched pattern is used."
+	echo "    --config config_file              Specify the location of the config file."
+	echo "    --setup                           Setup slacktee interactively."
+}
+
+
+
+function send_message()
+{
+	message="$1"
+
+	# Prepend the prefix to the message, if it's set
+	if [[ -z $attachment && -n $found_pattern_prefix ]]; then
+		message="$found_pattern_prefix$message"
+		# Clear conditional prefix for the nest send
+		found_pattern_prefix=""
+	fi
+
+	escaped_message=$(echo "$textWrapper\n$message\n$textWrapper" | sed 's/"/\\"/g' | sed "s/'/\\'/g" )
+	message_attr=""
+	if [[ $message != "" ]]; then
+		if [[ -n $attachment ]]; then
+
+			# Set message color
+			message_color="$attachment"
+			if [[ -n $found_pattern_color ]]; then
+				message_color="$found_pattern_color"
+				# Reset with the default color for the next send
+				found_pattern_color="$attachment"
+			fi
+
+			message_attr="\"attachments\": [{ \"color\": \"$message_color\", \"mrkdwn_in\": [\"text\", \"fields\"], \"text\": \"$escaped_message\" "
+
+			if [[ -n $found_pattern_prefix ]]; then
+				orig_title=$title
+				title="$found_pattern_prefix $title"
+				# Clear conditional prefix for the nest send
+				found_pattern_prefix=""
+			fi
+
+			if [[ -n $title ]]; then
+				message_attr="$message_attr, \"title\": \"$title\" "
+				# Clear conditional prefix from title
+				title=$orig_title
+			fi
+
+			if [[ -n $link ]]; then
+				message_attr="$message_attr, \"title_link\": \"$link\" "
+			fi
+
+			if [[ $mode == "file" ]]; then
+				fields+=("{\"title\": \"Access URL\", \"value\": \"$access_url\" }")
+				fields+=("{\"title\": \"Download URL\", \"value\": \"$download_url\"}")
+			fi
+
+			if [[ ${#fields[@]} != 0 ]]; then
+				message_attr="$message_attr, \"fields\": ["
+				for field in "${fields[@]}"; do
+					message_attr="$message_attr $field,"
+				done
+				message_attr=${message_attr%?} # Remove last comma
+				message_attr="$message_attr ]"
+			fi
+
+			# Close attachment
+			message_attr="$message_attr }], "
+		else
+			message_attr="\"text\": \"$escaped_message\","
+		fi
+
+		icon_url="$icon"
+		#icon_emoji=""
+		#if echo "$icon" | grep -q "^https\?://.*"; then
+		#	icon_url="$icon"
+		#else
+	 #	icon_emoji=":$icon:"
+		#fi
+
+		json="{\"channel\": \"$channel\", \"username\": \"$username\", $message_attr \"icon_emoji\": \"$icon_emoji\", \"icon_url\": \"$icon_url\" $parseMode}"
+		post_result=$(curl -X POST --data-urlencode "payload=$json" "$webhook_url" 2> /dev/null)
+		exit_code=1
+		if [[ $post_result == "ok" ]]; then
+			exit_code=0
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+function process_line()
+{
+	echo "$1"
+	line="$(echo "$1" | sed $'s/\t/  /g')"
+
+	# Check the patterns of the conditional colors
+	# If more than one pattern matches, the latest pattern is used
+	if [[ ${#cond_color_patterns[@]} != 0 ]]; then
+		for i in "${!cond_color_patterns[@]}"; do
+			if [[ $line =~ ${cond_color_patterns[$i]} ]]; then
+				found_pattern_color=${cond_color_colors[$i]}
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
+	# Check the patterns of the conditional titles
+	# If more than one pattern matches, the latest pattern is used
+	if [[ ${#cond_prefix_patterns[@]} != 0 ]]; then
+		for i in "${!cond_prefix_patterns[@]}"; do
+			if [[ $line =~ ${cond_prefix_patterns[$i]} ]]; then
+				found_pattern_prefix=${cond_prefix_prefixes[$i]}
+				if [[ -n $attachment || $mode != "no-buffering" ]]; then
+					# Append a line break to the prefix for better formatting
+					found_pattern_prefix="$found_pattern_prefix\n"
+				else
+					# Append a space to the prefix for better formatting
+					found_pattern_prefix="$found_pattern_prefix "
+				fi
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $mode == "no-buffering" ]]; then
+		prefix=''
+		if [[ -z $attachment ]]; then
+			prefix=$title
+		fi
+		send_message "$prefix$line"
+	elif [[ $mode == "file" ]]; then
+		echo "$line" >> "$filename"
+	else
+		if [[ -z "$text" ]]; then
+			text="$line"
+		else
+			text="$text\n$line"
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+function setup()
+{
+	if [[ -z "$HOME" ]]; then
+		echo "\$HOME is not defined. Please set it first."
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	local_conf="$HOME/.slacktee"
+
+	if [[ -e "$local_conf" ]]; then
+		echo ".slacktee is found in your home directory."
+		read -p "Are you sure to overwrite it? [y/n] :" choice
+		case "$choice" in
+			y|Y )
+				# Continue
+				;;
+			* )
+				exit 0 # Abort
+				;;
+		esac
+	fi
+
+	# Load current local config
+	. $local_conf
+
+	# Start setup
+	read -p "Incoming Webhook URL [$webhook_url]: " input_webhook_url
+	if [[ -z "$input_webhook_url" ]]; then
+		input_webhook_url=$webhook_url
+	fi
+	read -p "Upload Token [$upload_token]: " input_upload_token
+	if [[ -z "$input_upload_token" ]]; then
+		input_upload_token=$upload_token
+	fi
+	read -p "Temporary Directory [$tmp_dir]: " input_tmp_dir
+	if [[ -z "$input_tmp_dir" ]]; then
+		input_tmp_dir=$tmp_dir
+	fi
+	read -p "Default Channel [$channel]: " input_channel
+	if [[ -z "$input_channel" ]]; then
+		input_channel=$channel
+	fi
+	read -p "Default Username [$username]: " input_username
+	if [[ -z "$input_username" ]]; then
+		input_username=$username
+	fi
+	read -p "Default Icon: [$icon]: " input_icon
+	if [[ -z "$input_icon" ]]; then
+		input_icon=$icon
+	fi
+	read -p "Default color of the attachment. (empty string disables attachment) [$attachment]: " input_attachment
+	if [[ -z "$input_attachment" ]]; then
+		input_attachment=$attachment
+	elif [[ $input_attachment == '""' || $input_attachment == "''" ]]; then
+		input_attachment=""
+	fi
+
+	cat <<- EOF | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//' > "$local_conf"
+	webhook_url="$input_webhook_url"
+	upload_token="$input_upload_token"
+	tmp_dir="$input_tmp_dir"
+	channel="$input_channel"
+	username="$input_username"
+	icon="$input_icon"
+	attachment="$input_attachment"
+	EOF
+}
+
+# ----------
+# Parse command line options
+# ----------
+OPTIND=1
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+	opt="$1"
+	shift
+
+	case "$opt" in
+		-h|\?|--help)
+			show_help
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		-n|--no-buffering)
+			mode="no-buffering"
+			;;
+		-f|--file)
+			mode="file"
+			;;
+		-l|--link)
+			link="$1"
+			shift
+			;;
+		-c|--channel)
+			opt_channel="$1"
+			shift
+			;;
+		-u|--username)
+			opt_username="$1"
+			shift
+			;;
+		-i|--icon)
+			opt_icon="$1"
+			shift
+			;;
+		-t|--title)
+			title="$1"
+			shift
+			;;
+		-d|--cond-prefix)
+			case "$1" in
+				-*|'')
+					# Found next command line option or empty. Error.
+					echo "a prefix of the conditional title was not specified"
+					show_help
+					exit 1
+					;;
+				*)
+					# Prefix should be found
+					case "$2" in
+						-*|'')
+							# Found next command line option or empty. Error.
+							echo "a pattern of the conditional title was not specified"
+							show_help
+							exit 1
+							;;
+						*)
+							# Set the prefix and the pattern to arrays
+							cond_prefix_prefixes+=("$1")
+							cond_prefix_patterns+=("$2")
+							shift
+							shift
+							;;
+					esac
+					;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		-m|--message-formatting)
+			case "$1" in
+				none)
+					parseMode=', "parse": "none"'
+					;;
+				link_names)
+					parseMode=', "link_names": "1"'
+					;;
+				full)
+					parseMode=', "parse": "full"'
+					;;
+				*)
+					echo "unknown message formatting option"
+					show_help
+					exit 1
+					;;
+			esac
+			shift
+			;;
+		-p|--plain-text)
+			textWrapper=""
+			;;
+
+		-a|--attachment)
+			case "$1" in
+				-*|'')
+					# Found next command line option
+					opt_attachment="$internal_default_color" # Use default color
+					;;
+				\#*|good|warning|danger)
+					# Found hex color code or predefined colors
+					opt_attachment="$1"
+					shift
+					;;
+				*)
+					echo "unknown attachment color"
+					show_help
+					exit 1
+					;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		-o|--cond-color)
+			case "$1" in
+				-*|'')
+					# Found next command line option or empty. Error.
+					echo "a color of the conditional color was not specified"
+					show_help
+					exit 1
+					;;
+				\#*|good|warning|danger)
+					# Found hex color code or predefined colors
+					case "$2" in
+						-*|'')
+							# Found next command line option or empty. Error.
+							echo "a pattern of the conditional color was not specified"
+							show_help
+							exit 1
+							;;
+						*)
+							# Set the color and the pattern to arrays
+							cond_color_colors+=("$1")
+							cond_color_patterns+=("$2")
+							shift
+							shift
+							;;
+					esac
+					;;
+				*)
+					echo "unknown attachment color $1"
+					show_help
+					exit 1
+				;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		-e|-s|--field|--short-field)
+			case "$1" in
+				-*|'')
+					# Found next command line option or empty. Error.
+					echo "field title was not specified"
+					show_help
+					exit 1
+					;;
+				*)
+					case "$2" in
+						-*|'')
+							# Found next command line option or empty. Error.
+							echo "field value was not specified"
+							show_help
+							exit 1
+							;;
+						*)
+							if [[ $opt == "-s" || $opt == "--short-field" ]]; then
+								fields+=("{\"title\": \"$1\", \"value\": \"$2\", \"short\": true}")
+							else
+								fields+=("{\"title\": \"$1\", \"value\": \"$2\"}")
+							fi
+							shift
+							shift
+							;;
+					esac
+			esac
+			;;
+		--config)
+			CUSTOM_CONFIG=$1
+			shift
+			;;
+		--setup)
+			setup
+			exit 1
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "illegal option $opt"
+			show_help
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+# ---------
+# Read in our configurations
+# ---------
+if [[ -e "/etc/slacktee.conf" ]]; then
+	. /etc/slacktee.conf
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$HOME" && -e "$HOME/.slacktee" ]]; then
+	. "$HOME/.slacktee"
+fi
+
+if [[ -e "$CUSTOM_CONFIG" ]]; then
+	. $CUSTOM_CONFIG
+fi
+
+# Overwrite webhook_url if the environment variable SLACKTEE_WEBHOOK is set
+if [[ "$SLACKTEE_WEBHOOK" != "" ]]; then
+	webhook_url="$SLACKTEE_WEBHOOK"
+fi
+
+# Overwrite upload_token if the environment variable SLACKTEE_TOKEN is set
+if [[ "$SLACKTEE_TOKEN" != "" ]]; then
+	upload_token="$SLACKTEE_TOKEN"
+fi
+
+# Overwrite channel if it's specified in the command line option
+if [[ "$opt_channel" != "" ]]; then
+	channel="$opt_channel"
+fi
+
+# Overwrite username if it's specified in the command line option
+if [[ "$opt_username" != "" ]]; then
+	username="$opt_username"
+fi
+
+# Overwrite icon if it's specified in the command line option
+if [[ "$opt_icon" != "" ]]; then
+	icon="$opt_icon"
+fi
+
+# Overwrite attachment if it's specified in the command line option
+if [[ "$opt_attachment" != "" ]]; then
+	attachment="$opt_attachment"
+fi
+
+# Set the default color to attachment if it's still empty and the length of the cond_color_patterns is not 0
+if [[ -z $attachment ]] && [[ ${#cond_color_patterns[@]} != 0 ]]; then
+	attachment="$internal_default_color"
+fi
+
+# ----------
+# Validate configurations
+# ----------
+
+if [[ $webhook_url == "" ]]; then
+	echo "Please setup the webhook url of this incoming webhook integration."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $upload_token == "" && $mode == "file" ]]; then
+	echo "Please provide the authentication token for file uploads."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $channel == "" ]]; then
+	echo "Please specify a channel."
+	exit 1
+elif [[ ( "$channel" != "#"* ) && ( "$channel" != "@"* ) ]]; then
+	channel="#$channel"
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$icon" ]]; then
+	icon=${icon#:} # remove leading ':'
+	icon=${icon%:} # remove trailing ':'
+fi
+
+# ----------
+# Start script
+# ----------
+
+text=""
+if [[ -n "$title" || -n "$link" ]]; then
+	# Use link as title, if title is not specified
+	if [[ -z "$title" ]]; then
+		title="$link"
+	fi
+
+	# Add title to filename in the file mode
+	if [[ "$mode" == "file" ]]; then
+		filetitle=$(echo "$title"|sed 's/[ /:.]//g')
+		filetitle="$filetitle-"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ -z "$attachment" ]]; then
+		if [[ "$mode" == "no-buffering" ]]; then
+			if [[ -n "$link" ]]; then
+				title="<$link|$title>: "
+			else
+				title="$title: "
+			fi
+		elif [[ "$mode" == "file" ]]; then
+			if [[ -n "$link" ]]; then
+				title="<$link|$title>"
+			fi
+		else
+			if [[ -n "$link" ]]; then
+				text="-- <$link|$title> --\n"
+			else
+				text="-- $title --\n"
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi
+fi
+
+timestamp="$(date +'%m%d%Y-%H%M%S')"
+filename="$tmp_dir/$filetitle$$-$timestamp.log"
+
+if [[ "$mode" == "file" ]]; then
+	touch $filename
+fi
+
+exit_code=0
+
+while IFS='' read line; do
+	process_line "$line"
+done
+if [[ -n $line ]]; then
+	process_line "$line"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$mode" == "buffering" ]]; then
+	send_message "$text"
+elif [[ "$mode" == "file" ]]; then
+	if [[ -s "$filename" ]]; then
+		channels_param=""
+		if [[ ( "$channel" == "#"* ) ]]; then
+			# Set channels for making the file public
+			channels_param="-F channels=$channel"
+		fi
+		result="$(curl -F file=@"$filename" -F token="$upload_token" $channels_param https://slack.com/api/files.upload 2> /dev/null)"
+		access_url="$(echo "$result" | awk 'match($0, /url_private":"([^"]*)"/) {print substr($0, RSTART+14, RLENGTH-15)}'|sed 's/\\//g')"
+		download_url="$(echo "$result" | awk 'match($0, /url_private_download":"([^"]*)"/) {print substr($0, RSTART+23, RLENGTH-24)}'|sed 's/\\//g')"
+		if [[ -n "$attachment" ]]; then
+			text="Input file has been uploaded"
+		else
+			if [[ "$title" != "" ]]; then
+				title=" of $title"
+			fi
+			text="Input file$title has been uploaded.\n$access_url\n\nYou can download it from the link below.\n$download_url"
+		fi
+		send_message "$text"
+	fi
+	# Clean up the temp file
+	rm "$filename"
+fi
+
+exit $exit_code