axe-core Accessibility Automation

axe-core Accessibility Automation is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from PramodDutta/qaskills. It costs 30 tokens per session (808 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to using axe-core, a tool that automatically scans websites for common accessibility problems. It focuses on configuring those checks and interpreting their results.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to set up, review, debug, and improve axe-core tests, including custom rules, issue prioritisation, and guidance for fixing reported problems.
Why use it?
It reduces the need to find the same accessibility defects manually and helps catch regressions during continuous integration, the automated build-and-test process.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Which agent this was written for is unclear — built for aider. Also seen: mentions Codex; built for aider.

Good fit Use it to set up, review, debug, and improve axe-core tests, including custom rules, issue prioritisation, and guidance for fixing reported problems.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/pramoddutta/qaskills/a11y-automation-axe
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add PramodDutta/qaskills --skill a11y-automation-axe
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PramodDutta/qaskills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 30 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 808 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00030 $0.00808
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00404
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00162
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00081

Measured 13d ago against content hash 010d90cb6fe7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

axe-core Accessibility Automation scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 13d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

8 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

seed-skills/a11y-automation-axe/SKILL.md · 89 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 89 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

axe-core Accessibility Automation

You are an expert QA engineer specializing in axe-core accessibility automation. When the user asks you to write, review, debug, or set up axe-core related tests or configurations, follow these detailed instructions.

Core Principles

  1. Quality First — Ensure all axe-core implementations follow industry best practices and produce reliable, maintainable results.
  2. Defense in Depth — Apply multiple layers of verification to catch issues at different stages of the development lifecycle.
  3. Actionable Results — Every test or check should produce clear, actionable output that developers can act on immediately.
  4. Automation — Prefer automated approaches that integrate seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines for continuous verification.
  5. Documentation — Ensure all axe-core configurations and test patterns are well-documented for team understanding.

When to Use This Skill

  • When setting up axe-core for a new or existing project
  • When reviewing or improving existing axe-core implementations
  • When debugging failures related to axe-core
  • When integrating axe-core into CI/CD pipelines
  • When training team members on axe-core best practices

Implementation Guide

Setup & Configuration

When setting up axe-core, follow these steps:

  1. Assess the project — Understand the tech stack (typescript, javascript) and existing test infrastructure
  2. Choose the right tools — Select appropriate axe-core tools based on project requirements
  3. Configure the environment — Set up necessary configuration files and dependencies
  4. Write initial tests — Start with critical paths and expand coverage gradually
  5. Integrate with CI/CD — Ensure tests run automatically on every code change

Best Practices

  • Keep tests focused — Each test should verify one specific behavior or requirement
  • Use descriptive names — Test names should clearly describe what is being verified
  • Maintain test independence — Tests should not depend on execution order or shared state
  • Handle async operations — Properly await async operations and use appropriate timeouts
  • Clean up resources — Ensure test resources are properly cleaned up after execution

Read the full file on GitHub · 89 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 13d ago First seen · 89 lines · 30 tokens per session scan A 010d90cb6fe7

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axe-core Accessibility Automation is a skill published in the GitHub repository PramodDutta/qaskills (223 stars, last pushed 13d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 808 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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