Generally, we associate an user with a recipe that is enabled in your app. So the idea of creating an user without an auth method should not be possible. However, one solution could be to create the user with one auth method (or recipe), like emailpassword and if you have auto linking of accounts enabled, the user's account should be automatically linked when they sign up. Could you share the workaround that you thought of using? Perhaps we can suggest whether that would be the best option or not. Also, you could open a support post for better visibility and communication.