About A11y Accessibility Agent
A11y Accessibility Agent is an automated accessibility testing tool that helps identify and resolve accessibility issues on websites. It combines web crawling, automated testing, and AI-powered recommendations to provide comprehensive accessibility reports.
Key Features:
- Automated Web Crawling: Tests multiple pages across a website automatically
- Axe Integration: Leverages the industry-standard axe-core library for reliable issue detection
- AI-Powered Recommendations: Uses advanced LLMs to provide actionable recommendations for each detected issue
- WCAG Compliance Checking: Tests against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines standards
- Detailed Reporting: Produces comprehensive HTML reports with visualizations
How A11y Accessibility Agent Works:
- Crawling Phase: The agent opens the target website using Selenium and crawls up to the specified maximum number of pages
- Testing Phase: Axe accessibility testing library is injected into each page to detect accessibility issues
- Analysis Phase: A specialized LLM agent analyzes the raw issues and generates specific recommendations for each
- Data Aggregation: Results are combined into a comprehensive CSV file with detailed issue information
- Report Generation: A third agent converts the CSV data into an HTML report with visualizations
- Insights Creation: The report includes analyses of common issues, WCAG violations, best practices, and URL-specific breakdowns
Input Parameters:
- Website URL: The starting URL for the accessibility test
- Max Pages: The maximum number of pages to crawl and test
Report Components:
- Summary Statistics: Overall counts of issues by severity and type
- Common Issues: Analysis of frequently occurring accessibility problems
- WCAG Violations: Detailed breakdown of compliance issues with specific WCAG criteria
- Best Practices: Recommendations for improving accessibility
- URL Breakdown: List of all tested URLs with issue counts for each
- Detailed Issues: Complete listing of each issue with recommendations