# Accessibility Audit

> Audit interfaces for accessibility issues using standards, tools, and manual checks — then prioritize and remediate effectively. Use when evaluating existing products for WCAG conformance, preparing for compliance, or improving inclusive quality.

- Skill: `itsual/accessibility-audit` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add itsual/accessibility-audit`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/itsual/accessibility-audit/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: itsual (https://skillmd.com/u/itsual)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/itsual/accessibility-audit

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# Accessibility Audit

## Overview

An accessibility audit combines automated checks, manual expert review, and ideally assistive technology testing to find barriers and guide remediation.

## When to Use

- Preparing for formal VPAT/ACR or compliance goals
- Baseline assessment of an existing product
- Post-release regression audits
- Prioritizing accessibility debt

## Core Practices

- Define scope, standards (e.g., WCAG 2.2 AA), and target level
- Run automated scans — then go far beyond them
- Manually test keyboard access, focus order, and semantics
- Test with screen readers on key user journeys
- Check contrast, reflow, zoom, and motion preferences
- Rank issues by severity and user impact
- Produce a remediation plan with owners

## Principles

- Automation catches only a fraction of issues
- Real assistive technology use reveals what tools miss
- Fix systemic component issues at the source
- Audit is continuous, not one-time

## Verification

- [ ] Critical user journeys work with keyboard and screen reader
- [ ] Issues are severity-rated and tracked
- [ ] Component-level fixes are preferred over one-off patches