Need Help Creating Subfolder Rule

[MBrandhorst]

New to Hazel.
I have a folder on an external drive where I create and store client folders.
Every time I create a new client folder I need to create the same three subfolders for that new client folder.
Been trying to set up a rule to do this automatically when I create the new client folder and I can seem to get it.
Can anyone help?

[Mr_Noodle]

You'll probably need to do a script to create the folders. While there is a Sort into Subfolder action which will create folders, it ends up moving the file/folder in question into that newly created folder. Instead, you need to write a script to create empty folders for you.

[MBrandhorst]

You'll probably need to do a script to create the folders. While there is a Sort into Subfolder action which will create folders, it ends up moving the file/folder in question into that newly created folder. Instead, you need to write a script to create empty folders for you.

I was able to create one empty subfolder, but can't figure out how to make three empty subfolders with different names at the same level.

My current rule looks like:
...Do the following
Run rules on folder contents
Sort into subfolder, with pattern: name ▸ Proposals

[Pe8er]

Try Applescript. This should get you started:

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set path_ to choose folder
set folders_ to {"folder 1", "folder 2"} -- names of folders you want to create

repeat with folder_ in folders_
   tell application "Finder" to make new folder at path_ with properties {name:folder_}
end repeat