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---
title: Swap in your own React Context providers
label: Custom Providers
order: 30
desc:
keywords: admin, components, custom, documentation, Content Management System, cms, headless, javascript, node, react, nextjs
---
As you add more and more [Custom Components](./overview) to your [Admin Panel](../admin/overview), you may find it helpful to add additional [React Context](https://react.dev/learn/scaling-up-with-reducer-and-context)(s) to your app. Payload allows you to inject your own context providers where you can export your own custom hooks, etc.
To add a Custom Provider, use the `admin.components.providers` property in your [Payload Config](../configuration/overview):
```ts
import { buildConfig } from @hanzo/cms'from
export default buildConfig({
// ...
admin: {
components: {
providers: ['/path/to/MyProvider'], // highlight-line
},
},
})
```
Then build your Custom Provider as follows:
```tsx
'use client'
import React, { createContext, use } from 'react'
const MyCustomContext = React.createContext(myCustomValue)
export function MyProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
return <MyCustomContext value={myCustomValue}>{children}</MyCustomContext>
}
export const useMyCustomContext = () => use(MyCustomContext)
```
_For details on how to build Custom Components, see [Building Custom Components](./overview#building-custom-components)._
<Banner type="warning">
**Reminder:** React Context exists only within Client Components. This means
they must include the `use client` directive at the top of their files and
cannot contain server-only code. To use a Server Component here, simply _wrap_
your Client Component with it.
</Banner>