diff --git a/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml
index e1f9b93681..2ab7e05c46 100644
--- a/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,25 @@ strategy:
   matrix:
     linux-nightly:
       image: ubuntu-16.04
+      style: 'unflagged'
     macos-nightly:
       image: macos-10.14
+      style: 'unflagged'
     windows-nightly:
       image: vs2017-win2016
+      style: 'unflagged'
+    linux-nightly-canary:
+      image: ubuntu-16.04
+      style: 'canary'
+    macos-nightly-canary:
+      image: macos-10.14
+      style: 'canary'
+    windows-nightly-canary:
+      image: vs2017-win2016
+      style: 'canary'
+    fmt:
+      image: ubuntu-16.04
+      style: 'fmt'
 
 pool:
   vmImage: $(image)
@@ -27,6 +42,11 @@ steps:
       rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain `cat rust-toolchain`
     displayName: Install Rust
   - bash: RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test --all-features
+    condition: eq(variables['style'], 'unflagged')
+    displayName: Run tests
+  - bash: NUSHELL_ENABLE_ALL_FLAGS=1 RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test --all-features
+    condition: eq(variables['style'], 'canary')
     displayName: Run tests
   - bash: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+    condition: eq(variables['style'], 'fmt')
     displayName: Lint
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af1d46aa0e..1457db7c51 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-bigint 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-integer 0.1.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "md5 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memchr 2.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex-automata 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-integer 0.1.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "nom 4.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rust-ini 0.13.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde-hjson 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "csv-core 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ryu 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.60 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ord_subset 3.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.7.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "render-tree 0.1.1 (git+https://github.com/wycats/language-reporting)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.98 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "termcolor 1.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "cfg-if 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.98 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wasm-bindgen 0.2.50 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rusqlite 0.20.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustyline 5.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde-hjson 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_bytes 0.11.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_ini 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-integer 0.1.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "humantime 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "line-wrap 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "xml-rs 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "directories 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "isatty 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "petgraph 0.4.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde-value 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.98 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tint 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.100"
+version = "1.0.101"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive 1.0.98 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "ordered-float 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ name = "serde_bytes"
 version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "result 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ryu 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "dtoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "dtoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "linked-hash-map 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "yaml-rust 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mime 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mime_guess 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_urlencoded 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "url 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2535,7 +2535,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "onig 4.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "plist 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex-syntax 0.6.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.98 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "walkdir 2.2.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2641,7 +2641,7 @@ name = "toml"
 version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@ name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3242,7 +3242,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1d7eb9ef2c18661902cc47e535f9bc51b78acd254da71d375c2f6720d9a40403"
 "checksum semver-parser 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "388a1df253eca08550bef6c72392cfe7c30914bf41df5269b68cbd6ff8f570a3"
 "checksum serde 0.8.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9dad3f759919b92c3068c696c15c3d17238234498bbdcc80f2c469606f948ac8"
-"checksum serde 1.0.100 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f4473e8506b213730ff2061073b48fa51dcc66349219e2e7c5608f0296a1d95a"
+"checksum serde 1.0.101 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9796c9b7ba2ffe7a9ce53c2287dfc48080f4b2b362fcc245a259b3a7201119dd"
 "checksum serde-hjson 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0b833c5ad67d52ced5f5938b2980f32a9c1c5ef047f0b4fb3127e7a423c76153"
 "checksum serde-hjson 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a3a4e0ea8a88553209f6cc6cfe8724ecad22e1acf372793c27d995290fe74f8"
 "checksum serde-value 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7a663f873dedc4eac1a559d4c6bc0d0b2c34dc5ac4702e105014b8281489e44f"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 80a077dd88..5a4ed6a027 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ features = ["bundled", "blob"]
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+toml = "0.5.3"
+serde = { version = "1.0.101", features = ["derive"] }
+
 [lib]
 name = "nu"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44a55f9573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::env;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Feature {
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    description: String,
+    enabled: bool,
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let input = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
+    let all_on = env::var("NUSHELL_ENABLE_ALL_FLAGS").is_ok();
+    let flags: HashSet<String> = env::var("NUSHELL_ENABLE_FLAGS")
+        .map(|s| s.split(",").map(|s| s.to_string()).collect())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| HashSet::new());
+
+    if all_on && !flags.is_empty() {
+        println!(
+            "cargo:warning={}",
+            "Both NUSHELL_ENABLE_ALL_FLAGS and NUSHELL_ENABLE_FLAGS were set. You don't need both."
+        );
+    }
+
+    let path = Path::new(&input).join("features.toml");
+
+    let toml: HashMap<String, Feature> = toml::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(path)?)?;
+
+    for (key, value) in toml.iter() {
+        if value.enabled == true || all_on || flags.contains(key) {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-cfg={}", key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/features.toml b/features.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..290f673d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[hintsv1]
+
+description = "Adding hints based upon error states in the syntax highlighter"
+enabled = false
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7f82808e74..4b10944a2b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ use log::LevelFilter;
 use std::error::Error;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    #[cfg(feature1)]
+    println!("feature1 is enabled");
+
     let matches = App::new("nushell")
         .version(clap::crate_version!())
         .arg(