diff --git a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/package.json b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/package.json
index 0bfd34f0ff..bcd3b7a8c7 100644
--- a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/package.json
+++ b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/css": "^11.13.5",
     "@sentry/react": "^10.19.0",
+    "@skooldev/skool-stream-layout": "^1.0.1",
     "@stream-io/video-react-sdk": "workspace:^",
     "clsx": "^2.0.0",
     "js-base64": "^3.7.8",
diff --git a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/ConfigurationContext.tsx b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/ConfigurationContext.tsx
index b1a0656fea..b57b885318 100644
--- a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/ConfigurationContext.tsx
+++ b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/ConfigurationContext.tsx
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ export type ConfigurationValue = {
     'layout.spotlight.participants_bar_limit'?: 'dynamic' | number; // ✅
 
     custom_actions?: CustomActions;
+    // used for customer-specific layouts that aren't yet available for
+    // selection through our dashboard UI. In this case, customers can enable
+    // them by specifying their identifier in call recording's advanced options.
+    custom_layout_override?: Layout;
+    custom_screen_share_layout_override?: ScreenshareLayout;
   };
 } & {
   setOptionsOverride: Dispatch<
@@ -201,6 +206,11 @@ export const applyConfigurationDefaults = (
     ...rest
   } = configuration;
 
+  // apply overrides
+  rest.layout = options.custom_layout_override ?? rest.layout;
+  rest.screenshare_layout =
+    options.custom_screen_share_layout_override ?? rest.screenshare_layout;
+
   return {
     api_key,
     token,
diff --git a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/components/layouts/index.ts b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/components/layouts/index.ts
index d277a9efcc..26ca9edd1b 100644
--- a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/components/layouts/index.ts
+++ b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/components/layouts/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ import { DominantSpeaker, DominantSpeakerScreenShare } from './DominantSpeaker';
 import { PaginatedGrid } from './PaginatedGrid';
 import { Spotlight } from './Spotlight';
 
+// NOTE: with the current setup of the app, using this layout breaks in DEV mode.
+// The reason for it seems to be yarn and how `workspace:^` versions are resolved.
+// This app and the skool layout package both depend on `@stream-io/video-react-sdk`
+// and this causes some resolution conflict internally.
+//
+// The production builds don't seem to be affected, and we have a workaround for dev.
+// The workaround is to modify the egress-composite/package.json with
+// `"@stream-io/video-react-sdk": "x.y.z"` (where x.y.z) is the previously released version
+// e.g.: current: 1.25.1 -> x.y.z should be 1.25.0
+import { SkoolStreamLayout } from '@skooldev/skool-stream-layout';
+
 export const DEFAULT_LAYOUT: Layout = 'spotlight';
 export const DEFAULT_SCREENSHARE_LAYOUT: ScreenshareLayout = 'spotlight';
 
@@ -12,12 +23,17 @@ export type Layout =
   | 'single-participant'
   | 'spotlight'
   | 'mobile'
-  | 'dominant-speaker';
+  | 'dominant-speaker'
+  // custom layouts
+  | 'skool';
+
 // NOTE: should always be a subset of the Layout type
 export type ScreenshareLayout =
   | 'single-participant'
   | 'spotlight'
-  | 'dominant-speaker';
+  | 'dominant-speaker'
+  // custom layouts
+  | 'skool';
 
 export const layoutMap: Record<
   Layout,
@@ -29,4 +45,7 @@ export const layoutMap: Record<
   mobile: [DominantSpeaker, DominantSpeakerScreenShare],
   grid: [PaginatedGrid],
   spotlight: [Spotlight, Spotlight],
+
+  // custom layouts
+  skool: [SkoolStreamLayout, SkoolStreamLayout],
 };
diff --git a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/main.tsx b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/main.tsx
index 7fcc851ac8..56488a1631 100644
--- a/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/main.tsx
+++ b/sample-apps/react/egress-composite/src/main.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { CompositeApp } from './CompositeApp';
 
 import '@stream-io/video-react-sdk/dist/css/styles.css';
+import '@skooldev/skool-stream-layout/dist/styles.css';
 // Uncomment this line to test your own custom CSS
 // import cssUrl from '../public/example/custom.css?url';
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ed71bd7bce..2024e3d787 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7052,6 +7052,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@skooldev/skool-stream-layout@npm:^1.0.1":
+  version: 1.0.1
+  resolution: "@skooldev/skool-stream-layout@npm:1.0.1"
+  peerDependencies:
+    "@stream-io/video-react-sdk": ^1.25.0
+    react: ^17 || ^18 || ^19
+    react-dom: ^17 || ^18 || ^19
+  checksum: 10/ff87dd44de90a5622fe77c11260832091e52d9dd957b694cc92199cf57480a4bf1c191b2603f2d86575bdf5fa93a693f39bf58f06b6a1d79dc055258cb7f4078
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@stream-io/audio-filters-web@workspace:^, @stream-io/audio-filters-web@workspace:packages/audio-filters-web":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@stream-io/audio-filters-web@workspace:packages/audio-filters-web"
@@ -7108,6 +7119,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@playwright/test": "npm:^1.56.0"
     "@sentry/react": "npm:^10.19.0"
     "@sentry/vite-plugin": "npm:^4.3.0"
+    "@skooldev/skool-stream-layout": "npm:^1.0.1"
     "@stream-io/video-react-sdk": "workspace:^"
     "@types/react": "npm:~19.1.17"
     "@types/react-dom": "npm:~19.1.11"