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@@ -45,16 +45,12 @@ Generically, onboarding a project to Develocity consists of:
 
 The following sample shows a minimal Develocity configuration for a project building with Gradle 6 or above, using Groovy build scripts. A kotlin script sample (`setting.gradle.kts`) is available [here](https://github.com/gradle/develocity-build-config-samples/blob/main/common-develocity-gradle-configuration-kotlin/settings.gradle.kts).
 
-> **Important!** if your project is hosted on github, replace `System.getenv("EF_SHORT_NAME")` or `env['EF_SHORT_NAME']` with the real short name of your project, e.g: `eclipse-mylyn-bot`.
-
 #### settings.gradle
 
-> **Important!** if your project is hosted on github, replace `System.getenv("EF_SHORT_NAME")` with the real short name of your project, e.g: `eclipse-mylyn-bot`.
-
 ```groovy
 plugins {
-    id 'com.gradle.develocity' version '3.18.1'
-    id 'com.gradle.common-custom-user-data-gradle-plugin' version '2.0.2'
+    id 'com.gradle.develocity' version '3.19.1'
+    id 'com.gradle.common-custom-user-data-gradle-plugin' version '2.1'
 }
 
 def isCI = System.getenv('CI') != null // adjust to your CI provider
@@ -72,13 +68,13 @@ develocity {
 }
 
 buildCache {
-    // disable local caching in CI, unless already used by the build
+    // disable local caching in CI, unless already used by the build on CI
     local {
         enabled = !isCI
     }
     // disable remote caching, unless already used by the build or you want to use / experiment with it
     remote(develocity.buildCache) {
-        enabled = false
+        enabled = true
         push = isCI
     }
 }
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ The following sample shows a Develocity configuration for a Maven project:
     <extension>
         <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
         <artifactId>develocity-maven-extension</artifactId>
-        <version>1.22.2</version>
+        <version>1.23.1</version>
     </extension>
     <extension>
         <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
@@ -115,8 +111,6 @@ The following sample shows a Develocity configuration for a Maven project:
 
 #### .mvn/develocity.xml
 
-> **Important!** if your project is hosted on github, replace `env['EF_SHORT_NAME']` with the real short name of your project, e.g: `eclipse-mylyn-bot`.
-
 ```xml
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
 <develocity
@@ -139,10 +133,10 @@ The following sample shows a Develocity configuration for a Maven project:
   </buildScan>
   <buildCache>
     <local>
-      <enabled>#{isFalse(env['CI'])}</enabled>
+      <enabled>false</enabled> <!-- Set to true if you want to use / experiment with local caching. Alternatively you can also use #{isFalse(env['CI'])} -->
     </local>
     <remote>
-      <enabled>false</enabled>
+      <enabled>false</enabled> <!-- Set to true if you want to use / experiment with remote caching -->
       <storeEnabled>#{isTrue(env['CI'])}</storeEnabled> <!-- adjust to your CI provider -->
     </remote>
   </buildCache>
@@ -172,6 +166,10 @@ https://docs.gradle.com/develocity/get-started/#integrating_your_ci_tool
 
 #### Jenkins
 
+> **Important:** The CI integration needs to be completed by the Eclipse Foundation IT team **before** the following configuration can be used. You can request it by filling a ticket on the [helpdesk](https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/issues/new).
+
+> **Note:** The <project_id> should be taken from the [project.eclipse.org](http://project.eclipse.org/), for example https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.escet -> `technology.escet` and not from [ci.eclipse.org](http://ci.eclipse.org/) path.
+
 ```groovy
 def secrets = [
   [path: 'cbi/<project_id>/develocity.eclipse.org', secretValues: [
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ pipeline {
         stage('Build') {
             steps {
                 withVault([vaultSecrets: secrets]) {
-                    sh 'mvn clean verify -Prelease -B'
+                    sh 'mvn clean install'
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -366,6 +364,8 @@ doc: https://docs.gradle.com/develocity/maven-extension/current/#obfuscating_ide
 
 #### Tags
 
+> **Note:** commonly added tags and other custom data (links, values) are added by the [Common Custom User Data Gradle Plugin](https://github.com/gradle/common-custom-user-data-gradle-plugin) or the [Common Custom User Data Maven Extension](https://github.com/gradle/common-custom-user-data-maven-extension).
+
 1. Gradle: `build.gradle.kts`
 
 doc: https://docs.gradle.com/develocity/gradle-plugin/current/#adding_tags