An orphan query has real demand but no dedicated page — Yandex ends up showing the homepage or an unrelated URL for it, usually stuck low in the results because there's simply nothing better to show instead. This skill confirms candidates with a three-way check before handing over a page brief, so effort isn't spent on demand that turns out too small to justify a new page.
What it does
Using a connected Yandex Webmaster account, it flags candidates where a substantial query ranks the homepage or a topically unrelated page, checks the demand cluster around each in Wordstat, and looks at the actual SERP to see whether competitors serve it with dedicated pages. A candidate only counts as confirmed when all three line up — real demand, the wrong page ranking, and competitors holding dedicated URLs — which filters out coincidental matches.
What you get
For each confirmed orphan, a mini-brief in chat: core query and tail → total demand → what currently ranks → who has a dedicated page → a suggested structure for the new page, sorted by demand; rejected candidates are listed with a one-line reason so they aren't rechecked later.
To size the whole site's coverage gap rather than individual orphans, start with search demand analysis; to size a whole market before launching a new direction, see niche analysis.