# include

Embeds digital accessibility and WCAG 2.2 standards directly into UI design workflows before handoff.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 226
- Author: ghaida
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ghaida/intent/tree/HEAD/skills/include/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/include

## What it does

Part of the Intent design strategy system, include treats accessibility as an active design discipline rather than a compliance checklist. It aligns interface decisions with WCAG 2.2 guidelines, ADA, Section 508, and the European Accessibility Act. The skill reviews screen reader experiences and ensures interactions work without mouse or touch input.

The skill applies concrete sensory criteria to interface components. It checks for a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 on body text and 3:1 on large text or UI controls across both light and dark modes. It also flags status indicators that rely solely on color and enforces text descriptions for informative media.

Within the Intent family, include feeds keyboard maps and ARIA role patterns straight into `/specify` handoff packages. It works without extra packages, making it ready for ad-hoc interface audits immediately.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill include -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill include -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill include -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ghaida/intent include
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill include -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ghaida/intent --path skills/include
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill include -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/ghaida/intent/tree/HEAD/skills/include/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit design flows against WCAG 2.2 guidelines
- plan keyboard navigation order and focus management
- draft meaningful text alternatives for images and charts
- evaluate color contrast ratios across light and dark themes

## Example prompts
- Check this form design for WCAG 2.2 focus order and keyboard traps.
- Evaluate color contrast ratios for our primary button states.
- Write accessible names and screen reader announcements for this flow.

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC0-1.0

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---
name: include
description: >
  Design for everyone by treating accessibility as a first-class design
  discipline, not a compliance checklist. Part of the Intent design strategy
  system. Covers WCAG 2.2 for designers, screen reader experience design,
  keyboard navigation, cognitive accessibility, motor accessibility, inclusive
  design beyond compliance, and accessibility testing methodology. Trigger on:
  accessibility, a11y, WCAG, screen reader, keyboard navigation, color
  contrast, alt text, focus management, touch targets, inclusive design,
  assistive technology, "is this accessible", "check accessibility", "design
  for everyone", "who are we excluding", ADA compliance, Section 508, EAA,
  reduced motion, or any question about whether all users can perceive,
  operate, understand, and benefit from the experience.
version: 1.7.2
user-invocable: true
---

# Include — Design for Everyone

## Overview

Accessibility is not a feature. It's not a phase. It's not something you "add" after the design is "done." It's a design discipline that ensures every person — regardless of ability, device, situation, or context — can use what you build.

One billion people worldwide have a disability. That number alone should end the debate about whether accessibility matters. But accessibility is not just about permanent disability. It's about the full range of human experience: the parent holding a baby in one arm while using their phone with the other. The commuter reading a screen in direct sunlight. The user in a noisy cafe who can't play audio. The person recovering from eye surgery. The aging executive whose eyesight isn't what it was five years ago. The teenager with ADHD trying to focus on a multi-step form.

Everyone experiences situational or temporary impairment. Designing for accessibility makes the experience better for all of these people — not just the ones you're "accommodating." Curb cuts were designed for wheelchair users. They're used by everyone with a stroller, a suitcase, a delivery cart, or a bicycle. Good accessible design works the same way.

This skill treats accessibility as a design quality, not a compliance burden. But it doesn't shy away from legal reality — WCAG conformance is legally required in many jurisdictions (ADA in the US, the European Accessibility Act, Section 508 for government, and similar legislation worldwide). Ignoring accessibility is both a design failure and a legal risk.

**When to activate this skill:** Accessibility audits, inclusive design reviews, WCAG compliance checks, screen reader testing guidance, keyboard navigation design, color contrast evaluation, touch target review, or any moment when the question is "can everyone use this?"

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## Skill family

Include works alongside the full Intent skill system. Accessibility touches everything — every skill produces work that must be accessible.
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