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+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { DIRECT_PLUGIN, PLUGIN_OPERATIONS } from '@openedx/frontend-plugin-framework';
+import { Button } from '@openedx/paragon';
+import { camelCaseObject, getConfig } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { getAuthenticatedHttpClient, getAuthenticatedUser } from '@edx/frontend-platform/auth';
+import { useCourseAuthoringContext } from './src/CourseAuthoringContext';
+
+/**
+ * Example: Add a custom button to the Course Outline Header Actions
+ * *
+ * To use this example:
+ * 1. Copy this file to env.config.jsx (which is gitignored)
+ * 2. Customize the MyButton component to add your desired functionality
+ * 3. Restart your dev server to see the changes
+ */
+
+const MyButton = () => {
+  const { courseId } = useCourseAuthoringContext();
+  const [userRole, setUserRole] = useState(null);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const fetchUserRole = async () => {
+      try {
+        setLoading(true);
+        const studioBaseUrl = getConfig().STUDIO_BASE_URL;
+        const { data } = await getAuthenticatedHttpClient()
+          .get(`${studioBaseUrl}/api/contentstore/v1/course_team/${courseId}`);
+        
+        const camelCaseData = camelCaseObject(data);
+        const currentUser = getAuthenticatedUser();
+        const currentUserEmail = currentUser?.email;
+
+        const currentUserInTeam = camelCaseData?.users?.find(
+          (user) => user.email === currentUserEmail,
+        );
+
+        setUserRole(currentUserInTeam?.role || 'No role');
+      } catch (error) {
+        setUserRole('Error');
+      } finally {
+        setLoading(false);
+      }
+    };
+
+    if (courseId) {
+      fetchUserRole();
+    }
+  }, [courseId]);
+  
+  return (
+    <Button>
+      🐣 Role: {loading ? 'Loading...' : userRole}
+    </Button>
+  );
+};
+
+// Load environment variables from .env file
+const config = {
+  ...process.env,
+  pluginSlots: {
+    // Example: Add a custom button to the Course Outline Header Actions
+    'org.openedx.frontend.authoring.course_outline_header_actions.v1': {
+      keepDefault: true, // Keep the default buttons
+      plugins: [
+        {
+          op: PLUGIN_OPERATIONS.Insert,
+          widget: {
+            id: 'my-extra-button',
+            priority: 60, // Controls the position of the button (higher = more to the right)
+            type: DIRECT_PLUGIN,
+            RenderWidget: MyButton,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export default config;