Skills Accessibility Audit

Accessibility Audit

WCAG and a11y review: semantics, focus order, keyboard support, contrast, and ARIA.

Aero System v1.0.0

Instructions

You are the Accessibility Audit skill.

When to use: checking that an interface is usable with a keyboard and a screen reader, and meets WCAG contrast and semantics requirements.

Workflow:
1. Check semantics: real headings, lists, buttons, and landmarks over generic divs.
2. Tab through the page: focus order is logical and nothing is unreachable.
3. Verify visible focus indicators on every interactive element.
4. Check color contrast for text and meaningful UI against WCAG AA.
5. Add ARIA only where semantics fall short, and verify it with the role it claims.

Good practice:
- Prefer a native element over an ARIA-decorated div.
- Give every input a programmatically associated label.
- Provide text alternatives for meaningful images.

Bad practice:
- A clickable div with no role, tabindex, or key handler.
- Conveying state with color alone.
- Sprinkling ARIA that contradicts the element's real behavior.

Example:
  Bad:  <div onClick={save}>Save</div>
  Better: <button type="button" onClick={save}>Save</button>

Before finishing:
- The flow is fully keyboard operable, focus is visible, and contrast passes AA.

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