The dist-tool-plugin checks that Maven release process has been fully applied across every artifact, as listed in configuration file.
Results are displayed in 4 reports:
Dist Tool> Source Release report, for checks about artifacts source release publication,
Dist Tool> Sites report, for checks about documentation sites associated to artifacts,
Dist Tool> Index page report, for checks about index pages.
Dist Tool> Prerequisites report, for checks about prerequisites.
Notice that this plugin is actually intended for Maven itself only: if interest is expressed to use it in other context, it would require more configurations.