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 A Discourse theme component that places a tab in the topics list called "Assigned" that shows the topics that are assigned to the current user.
 
+> **Note:** Since the way we've configured the [discourse-assign plugin][discourse-assign] is that it is visible to staff only, the added "Assigned" topic list tab is also only visible to staff.
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+[discourse-assign]: https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign/58044
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 ## License
 
 [MIT](LICENSE.md)