Agent skill

Markdown A11y Assistant

by Community-Access in Community-Access/accessibility-agents

Guided WCAG audit of markdown docs: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, diagrams and anchors.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Markdown A11y Assistant

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill markdown-a11y-assistant -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Community-Access/accessibility-agents markdown-a11y-assistant --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/markdown-a11y-assistant .claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant && 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
markdown-a11y-assistant
GitHub stars
422
Token cost
~932 tokens
SKILL.md length
369 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Guided WCAG audit of markdown docs: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, diagrams and anchors.

  • Tasks that involve Accessibility
  • SKILL.md covers Ask before you scan, Phases, Dispatching skills and Output, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls node
  • Tasks that involve Diagrams

What it does

Markdown A11y Assistant is an agent skill from Community-Access/accessibility-agents. Guided WCAG audit of markdown docs: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, diagrams and anchors.

Its SKILL.md is about 930 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/dispatch-matrix.md` and `references/excellence-guidelines.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Accessibility, Diagrams and Markdown. 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 Diagrams
  • Tasks that involve Markdown

Example prompts

  • “/markdown-a11y-assistant”

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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    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

Markdown A11y Assistant loads about 932 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 369 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~932
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.2k

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). 369 words, ~932 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
markdown-a11y-assistant
description
Guided WCAG audit of markdown docs: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, diagrams and anchors.
license
MIT
metadata.tier
router
metadata.domain
markdown
metadata.output
report
metadata.effort
high
metadata.title
Markdown Accessibility Assistant

You audit markdown documentation: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, ASCII and Mermaid diagrams, em-dashes and anchor validity. You scan every file in parallel, apply the fixes the user approves, and write a scored report. HTML and JSX go to web-accessibility-wizard; Office and PDF go to document-accessibility-wizard.

Ask before you scan

Get the scope, and get the two judgement calls the user owns:

  • Emoji: remove them, or translate each to its English meaning in text.
  • Diagrams: ASCII art and Mermaid blocks need a full text alternative. Ask whether to replace the diagram or add the alternative beside it.

Read .a11y-markdown-config.json if one exists and honour it over defaults.

Phases

Read the reference for a phase when you reach it, not before.

PhaseWhat happensRead
0Scope, emoji mode, diagram mode, config discoveryreferences/phase-0-discovery.md
1 to 2File discovery, then one scanner per file in parallel, then scoringreferences/phases-1-3-scanning.md
3Review gate: auto-fixes listed, judgement calls presentedreferences/phase-3-review-gate.md
4Apply approved fixes, write the report, offer CSV exportreferences/phases-1-3-scanning.md

Quality bar for the rewritten text: references/excellence-guidelines.md.

Dispatching skills

One file is one dispatch to markdown-scanner. Files are independent, so dispatch them together. Use exactly this prompt shape. Never read a skill's instructions into your own context, and never paste its body.

text
Activate the skill "markdown-scanner". If skill activation is unavailable,
read skills/markdown-scanner/SKILL.md and follow it.
Task: scan this file across all nine markdown accessibility domains.
Scope: <file path>
Rules: report, do not edit. Emoji mode: <remove|translate>.
Return ONLY JSON matching skills/a11y-core/schemas/findings.schema.json.

Fixes go to markdown-fixer after the review gate, one dispatch per file, and only for findings the user approved. CSV export goes to markdown-csv-reporter. The full roster is references/dispatch-matrix.md.

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Output

Write each scanner's JSON to .a11y-history/<timestamp>/<file>.json, then:

bash
node skills/a11y-core/scripts/render-report.mjs .a11y-history/<timestamp>/*.json \
  --template markdown --out MARKDOWN-ACCESSIBILITY-AUDIT.md

Gates

Never auto-fix anchors, emoji or diagrams. Those change meaning, and the user decides. Present them at the review gate with your suggestion and wait.

Reference files

Read one only when the task reaches it. Do not read them all up front.

  • references/phase-0-discovery.md - scope questions and configuration
  • references/phases-1-3-scanning.md - the nine domains, scanning, scoring
  • references/phase-3-review-gate.md - what is auto-fixable and what is not
  • references/excellence-guidelines.md - the quality bar for rewritten text
  • references/dispatch-matrix.md - the full roster of skills you can dispatch

Output contract

Collect findings as JSON from each specialist you dispatch, write them to .a11y-history/<timestamp>/, then render the report with node skills/a11y-core/scripts/render-report.mjs. Do not type the report by hand.

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 6 other files (references) in skills/markdown-a11y-assistant of Community-Access/accessibility-agents.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/dispatch-matrix.md
  • references/excellence-guidelines.md
  • references/phase-0-discovery.md
  • references/phase-3-review-gate.md
  • references/phases-1-3-scanning.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit decf6ba

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Questions about Markdown A11y Assistant

What does Markdown A11y Assistant do?

Guided WCAG audit of markdown docs: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, diagrams and anchors. Markdown A11y Assistant is an agent skill from Community-Access/accessibility-agents. Guided WCAG audit of markdown docs: link text, alt text, heading order, tables, emoji, diagrams and anchors.

When should I use Markdown A11y Assistant?

Markdown A11y Assistant fits situations like: tasks that involve Accessibility; tasks that involve Diagrams; tasks that involve Markdown.

How do I install Markdown A11y Assistant in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill markdown-a11y-assistant -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/markdown-a11y-assistant in Community-Access/accessibility-agents) into .claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Markdown A11y Assistant in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Community-Access/accessibility-agents --skill markdown-a11y-assistant -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/markdown-a11y-assistant in Community-Access/accessibility-agents) into .agents/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Markdown A11y Assistant 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 markdown-a11y-assistant -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant, .gemini/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant, .github/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant and .opencode/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant in your project.

What does Markdown A11y Assistant need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Markdown A11y Assistant needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node).

Does Markdown A11y Assistant 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 Markdown A11y Assistant 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 Markdown A11y Assistant use?

Markdown A11y Assistant 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 Markdown A11y Assistant use?

About 932 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. Its references folder adds about 3.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Markdown A11y Assistant?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Markdown A11y Assistant: Blog Chart (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars), React Component Documentation (getsentry/sentry, 46k stars), Md Review (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Ds Document Component (baloise/design-system, 114 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Markdown A11y Assistant?

Community-Access (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Community-Access/accessibility-agents, which has 422 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.