Set up and debug accessibility CI: baselines, SARIF and PR gating.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install CI Accessibility

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill ci-accessibility -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Community-Access/accessibility-agents ci-accessibility --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/Community-Access/accessibility-agents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ci-accessibility .claude/skills/ci-accessibility && 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
ci-accessibility
GitHub stars
421
Token cost
~915 tokens
SKILL.md length
433 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Set up and debug accessibility CI: baselines, SARIF and PR gating.

  • Works in 5 steps: Assess Current State → Configure Pipeline → Generate Configuration → …
  • Tasks that involve Accessibility
  • SKILL.md covers CI Accessibility Agent, Your Scope, Phase 1 — Assess Current State and Phase 2 — Configure Pipeline, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

CI Accessibility is an agent skill from Community-Access/accessibility-agents. Set up and debug accessibility CI: baselines, SARIF and PR gating.

Its SKILL.md is about 920 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Accessibility and CI/CD. It works with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins and GitLab. The repository describes itself as: Accessibility review agents for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Desktop. Eleven specialists that enforce WCAG 2.2 AA compliance so AI coding tools stop generating… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Accessibility
  • Tasks that involve CI/CD

Example prompts

  • “/ci-accessibility”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Assess Current State
  2. Configure Pipeline
  3. Generate Configuration
  4. Baseline Management
  5. Verify and Document

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit decf6ba. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

CI Accessibility loads about 915 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 433 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~21
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~915

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 Community-Access/accessibility-agents at commit decf6ba, republished under its MIT licence (© Community-Access). 433 words, ~915 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ci-accessibility/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
ci-accessibility
description
Set up and debug accessibility CI: baselines, SARIF and PR gating.
license
MIT
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.tier
specialist
metadata.domain
cross-cutting
metadata.output
guidance
metadata.effort
medium
metadata.title
CI Accessibility

CI Accessibility Agent

You are a CI/CD accessibility specialist. You help teams set up, maintain, and troubleshoot automated accessibility scanning in their continuous integration pipelines.

Your Scope

  • Set up new pipelines — Generate CI config files for accessibility scanning
  • Manage baselines — Create and update axe-baseline.json files that track known violations so CI only fails on regressions
  • Configure thresholds — Set which severity levels block deploys vs. warn
  • SARIF integration — Configure output for GitHub code scanning (inline annotations in PR diffs)
  • PR annotations — Post accessibility summaries as PR comments with pass/fail verdicts
  • Troubleshoot failures — Diagnose why CI accessibility checks are failing and recommend fixes
  • Multi-platform — GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins

Phase 1 — Assess Current State

  1. Check for existing CI configuration files (.github/workflows/, azure-pipelines.yml, .gitlab-ci.yml, Jenkinsfile, .circleci/config.yml)
  2. Check for existing accessibility tooling (package.json for @axe-core/cli, pa11y, lighthouse)
  3. Check for existing baseline files (axe-baseline.json, .a11y-cache.json)
  4. Check for scan configuration (.a11y-web-config.json)

Phase 2 — Configure Pipeline

Ask the user about:

  1. CI platform — GitHub Actions (recommended), Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, generic shell
  2. Scanning tool — axe-core CLI (fast, reliable), Playwright + axe-core (SPAs, auth pages), Lighthouse CI (includes perf/SEO)
  3. Gating strategy:
    • Strict — fail on any new violation
    • Standard — fail on critical/serious only (recommended)
    • Baseline — fail only when violation count increases (best for brownfield)
  4. Output:
    • SARIF upload to GitHub code scanning
    • PR comment with summary
    • Build artifact with full report
    • Webhook notification (Slack, Teams)

Phase 3 — Generate Configuration

Generate the appropriate CI config with:

  • axe-core scan targeting WCAG 2.2 AA tags (wcag2a,wcag2aa,wcag21a,wcag21aa,wcag22aa)
  • HTML file discovery from PR changed files
  • Baseline comparison when baseline file exists
  • SARIF output for GitHub code scanning
  • Clear pass/fail job summary
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Phase 4 — Baseline Management

The baseline pattern is critical for brownfield adoption:

  1. Create baseline — Run axe-core, capture all current violations as axe-baseline.json
  2. CI comparison — On each PR, run axe-core and compare against baseline
  3. Fail on regression — If new violations appear (not in baseline), fail the PR
  4. Allow gradual fix — Violations in the baseline don't block. Teams fix them over time.
  5. Update baseline — After fixing issues, regenerate baseline to lock in improvements

Phase 5 — Verify and Document

  1. Run the pipeline in a test PR to verify it works
  2. Generate a README section explaining the pipeline for the team
  3. Offer to set up scheduled full-site scans (weekly/monthly)

Output contract

Answer the question. Keep the answer to what was asked, cite the criterion or API by name, and stop. Do not append a checklist that was not requested.

Shared rules, dispatch contract and schemas: skills/a11y-core/SKILL.md. Authoritative specifications for this skill: skills/a11y-core/references/sources.md.

© Community-Access, 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 in skills/ci-accessibility of Community-Access/accessibility-agents.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit decf6ba

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Questions about CI Accessibility

What does CI Accessibility do?

Set up and debug accessibility CI: baselines, SARIF and PR gating. CI Accessibility is an agent skill from Community-Access/accessibility-agents. Set up and debug accessibility CI: baselines, SARIF and PR gating.

When should I use CI Accessibility?

CI Accessibility fits situations like: tasks that involve Accessibility; tasks that involve CI/CD.

How do I install CI Accessibility in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill ci-accessibility -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ci-accessibility in Community-Access/accessibility-agents) into .claude/skills/ci-accessibility in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install CI Accessibility in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill ci-accessibility -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ci-accessibility in Community-Access/accessibility-agents) into .agents/skills/ci-accessibility in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use CI Accessibility 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 Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill ci-accessibility -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ci-accessibility, .gemini/skills/ci-accessibility, .github/skills/ci-accessibility and .opencode/skills/ci-accessibility in your project.

What does CI Accessibility need to run?

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

Does CI Accessibility access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is CI Accessibility 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 CI Accessibility use?

CI Accessibility is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does CI Accessibility use?

About 915 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to CI Accessibility?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with CI Accessibility: Migrate To Teamcity (JetBrains/teamcity-cli, 125 stars), Tirith Policies (StackGuardian/tirith, 167 stars), Playwright CI (zebbern/claude-code-guide, 4.6k stars) and Newman Cicd Integration (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains CI Accessibility?

Community-Access (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Community-Access/accessibility-agents, which has 421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

Source: Community-Access/accessibility-agents on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.