Agent skill

Orphan Pages

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing site architecture or investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Orphan Pages

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill orphan-pages -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist orphan-pages --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orphan-pages .claude/skills/orphan-pages && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
orphan-pages
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~601 tokens
SKILL.md length
293 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when auditing site architecture or investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content.

  • Auditing site architecture
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content

What it does

Orphan Pages is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing site architecture or investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content. Applies to any site with more than ~20 pages.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Auditing site architecture
  • Investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content

Example prompts

  • “/orphan-pages”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Orphan Pages loads about 601 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 293 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~601
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 293 words, ~601 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/orphan-pages/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
orphan-pages
description
Use when auditing site architecture or investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content. Applies to any site with more than ~20 pages.
metadata.category
seo
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
20
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/orphan-pages

Orphan pages receive no PageRank from internal links and are rarely recrawled by Googlebot, which limits their ability to rank even when their content is excellent.

Quick Reference

  • Orphan pages have no internal links pointing to them from other site pages
  • Googlebot may never discover or regularly recrawl pages with no internal links
  • Add at least one contextually relevant internal link to every important page
  • The sitemap alone is not sufficient — internal links are required for PageRank flow

Check

Using a site crawl (Screaming Frog or similar), identify pages that appear in the sitemap or have been indexed but receive zero inbound internal links. List the URL, page title, and any existing content that could logically link to the orphan page.

Fix

For each orphan page, identify 2–5 relevant existing pages that should link to it. Add contextual <a href='...'>anchor text</a> links in body content, related articles sections, or navigation. Ensure anchor text is descriptive and matches the target page's primary keyword.

Explain

Search engines discover pages primarily by following links. A page with no internal links may be found via the sitemap but receives no PageRank from the site's link graph. Without PageRank, the page has limited ranking potential even if the content is excellent. Regular crawling also depends on internal links — orphan pages are recrawled less frequently.

Code Review

Crawl the site and build an inbound link count for each URL. Cross-reference against the sitemap and indexed pages. Identify URLs with zero inbound internal links. For each orphan, report: URL, page title, word count, and potential linking pages (pages with semantically related content). Exclude intentional no-link pages (thank-you pages, admin pages).


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/orphan-pages

© thedaviddias, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/orphan-pages of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Production Auditaffaan-m/ECC277k1 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
SEO Auditevery-app/open-seo23k—~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
SEO Site Health Auditrampstackco/claude-skills945—~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Orphan Pages

What does Orphan Pages do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing site architecture or investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content. Orphan Pages is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing site architecture or investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content.

When should I use Orphan Pages?

Orphan Pages fits situations like: auditing site architecture; investigating why specific pages have low organic traffic despite good content.

How do I install Orphan Pages in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill orphan-pages -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/orphan-pages in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/orphan-pages in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Orphan Pages in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill orphan-pages -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/orphan-pages in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/orphan-pages in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Orphan Pages in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill orphan-pages -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/orphan-pages, .gemini/skills/orphan-pages, .github/skills/orphan-pages and .opencode/skills/orphan-pages in your project.

What does Orphan Pages need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Orphan Pages is instructions for the agent only.

Does Orphan Pages access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Orphan Pages safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Orphan Pages use?

Orphan Pages is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Orphan Pages use?

About 601 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Orphan Pages?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Orphan Pages: Audit Rgpd Site Internet (lawve-ai/awesome-legal-skills, 847 stars), Full Website SEO Audit (AgriciDaniel/claude-seo, 19k stars), Production Audit (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars) and SEO Audit (every-app/open-seo, 23k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Orphan Pages?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.