mysql create user if not exists

Question

I have a query to check mysql users list for create new user.

IF (SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM `mysql`.`user` WHERE `user` = \'{{ title }}\')) = 0 THEN
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Answer 1

I use

SELECT EXISTS (SELECT DISTINCT user FROM mysql.user WHERE user = "username") as is_user

should return 1 if exists or 0 if it does not