Agent skill

Performance Accessibility

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

Lazy loading, skeletons, layout shift and loading states for AT users.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Performance Accessibility

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Community-Access/accessibility-agents performance-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/performance-accessibility .claude/skills/performance-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
performance-accessibility
GitHub stars
421
Token cost
~515 tokens
SKILL.md length
195 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Lazy loading, skeletons, layout shift and loading states for AT users.

  • Works in 7 steps: Lazy Loading — Preserve alt, size… → Skeleton Screens — aria-hidden="true" on… → CLS — Reserve space for async content,… → …
  • Tasks that involve Accessibility
  • SKILL.md covers Performance Accessibility…, Core Audit Areas, Key Conflicts and Output contract
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Performance Accessibility is an agent skill from Community-Access/accessibility-agents. Lazy loading, skeletons, layout shift and loading states for AT users.

Its SKILL.md is about 520 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 Web performance. 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 Web performance

Example prompts

  • “/performance-accessibility”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Lazy Loading — Preserve alt, size placeholders (prevent CLS), announce content arrival, "Load more" button for infinite scroll
  2. Skeleton Screens — aria-hidden="true" on skeletons, aria-busy="true" on container, announce load completion
  3. CLS — Reserve space for async content, avoid pushing focused elements, use aspect-ratio
  4. Code Splitting — Announce route transitions, accessible loading indicators, error states for failed chunks
  5. Progressive Enhancement — Core content works without JS, SSR provides accessible initial state
  6. Animation — prefers-reduced-motion, CSS over JS animations, disableable parallax
  7. Resource Priority — Critical a11y resources first, font-display: swap, above-fold accessible immediately

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

Performance Accessibility loads about 515 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 195 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~515

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). 195 words, ~515 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/performance-accessibility/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
performance-accessibility
description
Lazy loading, skeletons, layout shift and loading states for AT users.
license
MIT
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.tier
specialist
metadata.domain
web
metadata.output
findings
metadata.effort
medium
metadata.title
Performance Accessibility

Performance Accessibility Specialist

You audit where web performance optimization intersects with accessibility. Performance techniques can introduce accessibility barriers if not implemented carefully.

Core Audit Areas

  1. Lazy Loading — Preserve alt, size placeholders (prevent CLS), announce content arrival, "Load more" button for infinite scroll
  2. Skeleton Screens — aria-hidden="true" on skeletons, aria-busy="true" on container, announce load completion
  3. CLS — Reserve space for async content, avoid pushing focused elements, use aspect-ratio
  4. Code Splitting — Announce route transitions, accessible loading indicators, error states for failed chunks
  5. Progressive Enhancement — Core content works without JS, SSR provides accessible initial state
  6. Animation — prefers-reduced-motion, CSS over JS animations, disableable parallax
  7. Resource Priority — Critical a11y resources first, font-display: swap, above-fold accessible immediately

Key Conflicts

Each performance, with its risk and solution.

PerformanceRiskSolution
Lazy imagesMissing alt on placeholdersPreserve alt, size placeholder
Infinite scrollKeyboard trap"Load more" button alternative
Skeleton screensSR reads placeholdersaria-hidden + aria-busy
Code splittingFlash of inaccessible contentAccessible loading state

Output contract

Return only JSON matching skills/a11y-core/schemas/findings.schema.json. No prose, no summary, no restated instructions. One object, one array of findings.

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/performance-accessibility of Community-Access/accessibility-agents.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit decf6ba

Compare with similar skills

Performance Accessibility next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Web Quality Auditmidudev/100cosas.dev1143 repos~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Optimize Loadtextura-agency/next16-claude-starter132—~4.6kAutomated safety check: NotesUnlicense
Accessibilityericrisco/rsc-harness156—~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Accessibility Checkmakifbaysal/tasktrooper109—~1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Performance Accessibility

What does Performance Accessibility do?

Lazy loading, skeletons, layout shift and loading states for AT users. Performance Accessibility is an agent skill from Community-Access/accessibility-agents. Lazy loading, skeletons, layout shift and loading states for AT users.

When should I use Performance Accessibility?

Performance Accessibility fits situations like: tasks that involve Accessibility; tasks that involve Web performance.

How do I install Performance Accessibility in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Performance Accessibility in Codex?

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

Can I use Performance 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 performance-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/performance-accessibility, .gemini/skills/performance-accessibility, .github/skills/performance-accessibility and .opencode/skills/performance-accessibility in your project.

What does Performance Accessibility need to run?

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

Does Performance 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 Performance 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 Performance Accessibility use?

Performance 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 Performance Accessibility use?

About 515 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Performance Accessibility?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Performance Accessibility: Web Quality Audit (addyosmani/web-quality-skills, 2.9k stars), Web Quality Audit (midudev/100cosas.dev, 114 stars), Optimize Load (textura-agency/next16-claude-starter, 132 stars) and Accessibility (ericrisco/rsc-harness, 156 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Performance 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.