WCAG Audit Patterns
A reference skill for auditing web content against WCAG 2.2 and prioritizing accessibility fixes.
Design & UIIntermediate★ 38,895⑂ 4,143AI score 5/10Last updated: Aug 18, 2026
What it does
- Explains WCAG 2.2 conformance levels (A / AA / AAA) and which regulations expect which level.
- Frames issues through the POUR principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust.
- Groups common violations by impact — Critical (missing alt text, no keyboard access, missing form labels, autoplay media), Serious (contrast, skip links, custom widgets), Moderate (language attribute, link text, landmarks, heading order).
- Provides do's and don'ts: pair automated scans with manual testing, prefer semantic HTML over ARIA, never hide focus outlines, never disable zoom, never rely on color alone.
- Points to
references/details.mdfor deeper worked patterns.
Who it's for
- Web developers and QA engineers working toward ADA, Section 508, or VPAT compliance.
- Frontend engineers and UI designers baking accessibility into a component library.
- Teams writing audit reports or remediating flagged accessibility defects.
Example uses
- "Audit our marketing landing page for WCAG 2.2 AA" → a checklist of criteria plus likely violations sorted by severity.
- "Our scanner flagged contrast failures — how do we fix them?" → remediation direction plus non-color indicators.
- "Rebuild this custom dropdown so it's accessible" → review against semantic-HTML-first and visible-focus rules.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.
Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wshobson/agents/HEAD/plugins/accessibility-compliance/skills/wcag-audit-patterns/SKILL.md What I want: (describe your task here)
If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.
↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code
Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart. Copy the plugins/accessibility-compliance/skills/wcag-audit-patterns folder from the GitHub repo wshobson/agents into my ~/.claude/skills/wcag-audit-patterns/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git /tmp/agents && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/agents/plugins/accessibility-compliance/skills/wcag-audit-patterns ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS/Linux, PowerShell or WSL on Windows).
- Clone the repo into a temp folder:
git clone https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git /tmp/agents - Create the skills folder if needed:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills - Copy the skill in:
cp -r /tmp/agents/plugins/accessibility-compliance/skills/wcag-audit-patterns ~/.claude/skills/ - Verify with
ls ~/.claude/skills/wcag-audit-patterns— you should seeSKILL.mdand thereferencesfolder. - Restart Claude Code and try a prompt like "Audit this page against WCAG 2.2 AA."
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT