diff --git a/app/services/usergroup/service.go b/app/services/usergroup/service.go
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index 000000000..984a7a26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/usergroup/service.go
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+// Copyright 2023 Harness, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package usergroup
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/store"
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/types"
+)
+
+type Service struct {
+}
+
+func (s *Service) Resolve(context.Context, string) (*types.UserGroup, error) {
+	// todo: implement once usergroup is supported
+	return nil, store.ErrResourceNotFound
+}
diff --git a/app/services/usergroup/user_group_resolver.go b/app/services/usergroup/user_group_resolver.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcd3c61da
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+++ b/app/services/usergroup/user_group_resolver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Harness, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package usergroup
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/types"
+)
+
+type Resolver interface {
+	Resolve(ctx context.Context, scopedID string) (*types.UserGroup, error)
+}