A device to execute an application design plugin associated with a user interface. The device may analyze, using the application design plugin, a set of historical applications to identify one or more dependencies included in the set of historical applications. The device may provide, to a storage device, historical application metadata relating to the one or more dependencies. The device may receive, via the user interface, a request to generate an application design. The device may update the user interface with design information that includes design feature metadata identifying the one or more dependencies. The device may determine that the application design is ready for validation. The device may validate the application design based on determining that the application design is ready for validation.