US Patent 10997341 System editing plugin

Disclosed herein are system, method, and device embodiments for executing an application program interface (API) plugin for use in conjunction with a vector editing design tool. For example, a method may include: retrieving contextual information related to a plurality of features of a design tool upon initialization of the design tool, the contextual information being stored on a remote server from one or more computing devices; detecting a placement of a first feature from among the plurality of features in a design environment of the design tool; and displaying the contextual information in the design environment in response to detecting the placement of the first feature.