---
title: ToolRouter — Agent Use Case Guide
description: Step-by-step guide for completing a task with a specific AI agent using ToolRouter.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/site-crawler/use-cases/identify-orphaned-pages/claude
---
# How to Identify Orphaned Pages with Claude

Claude finds orphaned pages that have no internal links pointing to them, then helps you decide what to do with each one. Discuss whether orphaned content should be linked, consolidated, or removed, and get suggestions for where to add internal links that bring valuable content back into your site's navigation flow.

## Setup

claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp

## Steps

1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
2. Ask Claude: "Crawl mysite.com and compare against my sitemap.xml to find orphaned pages"
3. Claude identifies pages in the sitemap that were not discovered during the crawl
4. Ask: "Which orphaned pages have the most potential value? Should they be linked or removed?"
5. Claude suggests where to add internal links or whether to deindex the page

## Example Prompt

```
Crawl mysite.com and compare the results against my sitemap. Which pages exist in the sitemap but are not reachable through internal links?
```

## Tips

- Claude can suggest natural internal link placements for orphaned content
- Check if orphaned pages have external backlinks -- those are especially wasteful to leave unlinked
- Run after major navigation changes to catch pages accidentally disconnected
