Agent skill

Form Validation

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Validate forms accessibly.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Form Validation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill form-validation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist form-validation --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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/form-validation .claude/skills/form-validation && 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
form-validation
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~633 tokens
SKILL.md length
255 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Validate forms accessibly.

  • Reviewing templates
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Shared components related to Validate forms accessibly

What it does

Form Validation is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Validate forms accessibly. Validate the final browser-facing markup, not just the source framework abstraction. Distinguish between browser-posted forms and client-handled React forms so you do not over-report missing method or action as accessibility defects.

Its SKILL.md is about 630 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Forms and validation and Accessibility. It works with React. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing templates
  • Shared components related to Validate forms accessibly

Example prompts

  • “/form-validation”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    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

Form Validation loads about 633 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 255 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~633
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.9k

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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 255 words, ~633 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/form-validation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
form-validation
description
Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Validate forms accessibly. Validate the final browser-facing markup, not just the source framework abstraction. Distinguish between browser-posted forms and client-handled React forms so you do not over-report missing `method` or `action` as accessibility defects.
metadata.category
html
metadata.priority
high
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
25
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/html/form-validation

Validate forms accessibly

Inaccessible form validation leaves screen reader users unable to understand what went wrong and how to fix it, causing frustration and form abandonment.

Quick Reference

  • Associate error messages with fields using aria-describedby
  • Use aria-invalid to indicate validation state
  • Mark required fields programmatically with required or aria-required
  • Provide inline error messages near the field
  • Don't rely solely on color to indicate errors
  • Keep help text and error text linked to the field throughout validation

Check

Verify forms have client-side validation with accessible error messages linked to form fields via aria-describedby. Do not flag React forms just because they omit method or action when onSubmit clearly handles submission client-side. Confirm required fields are exposed programmatically and grouped controls use fieldset and legend.

Fix

Implement validation with clear error messages, aria-invalid states, and aria-describedby references to error text. For client-handled forms, improve validation semantics without forcing server-post patterns that the component is not using. Add required or aria-required where appropriate and use <fieldset> with <legend> for grouped choices.

Explain

Explain how accessible form validation improves user experience and ensures all users can understand and correct errors.

Code Review

Review templates, server-rendered HTML, and shared components that output markup related to Validate forms accessibly. Flag exact elements, attributes, and routes where the rendered HTML violates the rule. Check that help text and error text are both included in aria-describedby and that required state is exposed in markup, not only in visual styling.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/html/form-validation

© thedaviddias, 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 (references) in skills/form-validation of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Accessibility CompliancevmDeshpande/ai-agent-automation1783 repos~601Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Works with

Questions about Form Validation

What does Form Validation do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Validate forms accessibly. Form Validation is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Validate forms accessibly.

When should I use Form Validation?

Form Validation fits situations like: reviewing templates; shared components related to Validate forms accessibly.

How do I install Form Validation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill form-validation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/form-validation in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/form-validation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Form Validation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill form-validation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/form-validation in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/form-validation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Form Validation 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill form-validation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/form-validation, .gemini/skills/form-validation, .github/skills/form-validation and .opencode/skills/form-validation in your project.

What does Form Validation need to run?

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

Does Form Validation access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Form Validation 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 Form Validation use?

Form Validation is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Form Validation use?

About 633 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k 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 2.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Form Validation?

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Who maintains Form Validation?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,398 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.