Testing an install now for a client to use for their outside reps. Is it possible through scripting and or the API to create a series of folders/shares automatically when a new user is added.
So if I add user “mike”, a new “Mike @ Department” folder is created with 5 additional subfolders, which then automatically gets shared with Mike so when he logs in the “Mike @ Department” folder is there for him to use?
What about reading the administrator guide which has explicitly been written to answer many initial questions 
It’s ok you say you don’t know the answer. The guide details skeleton files. I did not ask about skeleton files. I asked about creating shares automatically when a new user is created. User “A” would have a folder created called “Mikes Data”, that folder would then be shared automatically with the user Mike.
What about reading the question instead.
Sorry, you’re right, I missunderstood your requirement.
Nevertheless who should own the shared folders? If you create a new user, you can let the system automatically create the desired sub-directory structure for this user under the <Nextcloud-data-directory>/Mike/files directory. You cannot let Nextcloud create sub-folders which are owned by someone else which are then shared to the user.
A possible way would be to create shared folders in advance, assign these folders to a specific group, e.g. “Department” and get the new user “Mike” automatically be added to that group, using [Auto Groups app](the Auto Groups - Apps - App Store - Nextcloud),