# accessibility-inclusive-design

A skill that pushes your coding agent to design and critique interfaces for keyboard use, screen readers, contrast and semantics.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 574 installs · ★ 23
- Author: hueyexe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-02
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design

## What it does

The skill activates when you ask an agent to design, critique, implement or revise UI work — forms, navigation, menus, filters, tables of contents, interactive widgets. It carries a set of principles: reach for native HTML before rebuilding behaviour with JavaScript and ARIA, keep structure machine-readable, let users control zoom, motion and autoplay, and make hidden state explicit when something expands, loads or errors.

A defaults table covers the usual decisions. Target WCAG AA expectations and treat legal conformance as a floor rather than the goal. Semantics start with `button`, `a`, `label`, `input`, `fieldset`, `legend`, `nav`, `main`, headings and lists. ARIA is reserved for names, relationships, live updates and states on markup that is already sound. Forms get persistent labels, grouped controls and validation on submit first, with inline feedback once errors exist. Each principle is also packaged as a card in `references/principle-cards.md`.

The skill is explicit about its edges. It is not legal advice, and it is not meant as the primary tool for UX research planning or backend-only architecture. Automated checks alone do not satisfy it either — keyboard walkthroughs and screen reader checks are what catch the rest.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill accessibility-inclusive-design -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill accessibility-inclusive-design -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill accessibility-inclusive-design -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills accessibility-inclusive-design
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill accessibility-inclusive-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --path accessibility-inclusive-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills --skill accessibility-inclusive-design -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/hueyexe/frontend-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/accessibility-inclusive-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit a form for keyboard and screen reader barriers
- replace a custom widget with native HTML elements
- plan a path to WCAG AA conformance
- check contrast, typography and responsive behaviour under text settings
- find accessibility gaps in menus, filters and dynamic loading

## Example prompts
- audit this form for accessibility and suggest fixes
- rebuild this dropdown as a native button with aria-expanded
- walk through this page as a screen reader and tell me what breaks

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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  author: hueyexe
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# Accessibility Inclusive Design

## Purpose

Help an agent design and critique interfaces that are accessible, inclusive, keyboard-friendly, screen-reader-aware, and usable by diverse people.

Use this skill to turn accessibility into normal design practice. Treat accessibility as part of product quality, not as a late QA task or legal checkbox.

## When to use this skill

Use this skill when the user asks for help with:

- UI, UX, frontend implementation, product design, or design-system work.
- Accessibility critique, audit, remediation, redesign, or conformance planning.
- Forms, navigation, menus, filters, product lists, media, tables of contents, dynamic loading, or interactive widgets.
- Keyboard interaction, focus management, screen reader behavior, semantic HTML, ARIA, color contrast, typography, responsive behavior, or inclusive content.
- Design defaults for users with visual, auditory, motor, cognitive, language, device, bandwidth, or situational constraints.

## When not to use this skill

Do not use this skill as the primary skill for:

- Broad UX research planning unrelated to inclusion or accessibility.
- Brand-only visual exploration where no interface behavior, content, or user task is being designed.
- Backend-only architecture with no user-facing accessibility impact.
- Legal advice. You may identify accessibility risk and recommend standards-aligned review, but do not make legal determinations.

## Core principles

1. **Design for real diversity, not an average user.** People differ in ability, technology, language, attention, literacy, device, bandwidth, and environment. Avoid solutions that only work for the designer’s setup.
2. **Start with purpose and user task.** Clear purpose reduces complexity, cognitive load, and implementation waste.
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