Playbook to create a default directory & file structure for Ansible projects, create a folder, copy this playbook to it and execute it from within that folder.

structure.ansible.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  become: false

  tasks:
  - name: Create folder structure
    ansible.builtin.file:
      path: "{{ item }}"
      state: directory
      mode: 0755
    loop:
      - ./files
      - ./group_vars
      - ./host_vars
      - ./inventory
      - ./roles/role1/defaults
      - ./roles/role1/files
      - ./roles/role1/handlers
      - ./roles/role1/meta
      - ./roles/role1/tasks
      - ./roles/role1/tests
      - ./roles/role1/vars
      - ./templates
      - ./vault
  
  - name: Create default config
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      dest: ./ansible.cfg
      content: |
        [defaults]
        # Default inventory
        inventory = ./inventory/
        # Add timer to Ansible tasks
        callback_enabled = ansible.posix.profile_tasks
        # Use the YAML callback plugin.
        stdout_callback = yaml
        # Use the stdout_callback when running ad-hoc commands.
        bin_ansible_callbacks = True
        [persistent_connection]
        network_cli_retries = 5
  
  - name: Create default role content
    ansible.builtin.copy:
      dest: "{{ item }}"
      content: |
        ---
        # Content below
    loop:
      - ./roles/role1/defaults/main.yml
      - ./roles/role1/files/main.yml
      - ./roles/role1/handlers/main.yml
      - ./roles/role1/meta/main.yml
      - ./roles/role1/tasks/main.yml
      - ./roles/role1/tests/main.yml
      - ./roles/role1/vars/main.yml
      - ./requirements.yml