agentskillexchange Pa11y Accessibility Testing CLI and CI
Pa11y is a real open-source accessibility testing tool that lets agents audit pages for WCAG issues from the command line or in CI. This skill uses Pa11y to turn page-level accessibility checks into actionable reports with issue counts, selectors, and remediation context.
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- brew install nvm
- npm install -g pa11y
- npm install pa11y --save-dev
- npm run lint # Lint the code
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal. It runs accessibility tests on your pages via the command line or Node.js, so you can automate your testing process.
- [![Node.js version support][shield-node]][info-node]
- const pa11y = require('pa11y');
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
pa11y https://example.com
pa11y('https://example.com').then((results) => {
Linux and macOS
Source: https://github.com/pa11y/pa11y
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pa11y/pa11y/HEAD/README.md