Figma Plugin API adds real-time co-edit hooks and headless rendering

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The enhanced Plugin API exposes hooks that notify plugins of remote edits in real time, enabling plugins to react to collaborative changes with low latency. This supports plugins that need to maintain derived artifacts or shared state across editors without polling.

Headless rendering is a server-facing endpoint that generates high-fidelity PNG, SVG, or PDF exports from Figma documents, useful for CI pipelines and automated marketing asset generation. The endpoint preserves layer fidelity and supports tokenized substitutions for mass personalization.

Plugin developers can now build smarter automation and integrate Figma into backend processes more reliably. Figma published migration notes and security best practices to ensure plugins handle real-time events safely.