diff --git a/addons/api/addon/adapters/user.js b/addons/api/addon/adapters/user.js
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+import ApplicationAdapter from './application';
+import ScopeAdapterMixin from '../mixins/scope-adapter';
+
+export default class UserAdapter extends ApplicationAdapter.extend(
+  ScopeAdapterMixin
+) {
+  // =attributes
+
+  /**
+   * Project is scoped to org only, technically.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  includeProject = false;
+}
diff --git a/addons/api/app/adapters/user.js b/addons/api/app/adapters/user.js
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+export { default } from 'api/adapters/user';
diff --git a/addons/api/tests/unit/adapters/user-test.js b/addons/api/tests/unit/adapters/user-test.js
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+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Adapter | user', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let adapter = this.owner.lookup('adapter:user');
+    assert.ok(adapter);
+  });
+});