Accessibility Domain Overview
A WCAG-EM accessibility audit workflow for discovering, reporting, and fixing accessibility barriers.
The Accessibility plugin implements the W3C's WCAG-EM (Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology) as a structured workflow. It guides you through scoping an audit, discovering issues, generating reports, applying fixes, and verifying conformance.
Audit Phases
| Phase | Command | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | /accessibility:scope | Define audit target, WCAG level, and testing approach |
| Evaluate | /accessibility:evaluate | Run automated and manual checks, discover issues |
| Report | /accessibility:report | Generate findings report with remediation guidance |
| Remediate | /accessibility:remediate | Fix issues with guided code changes |
| Retest | /accessibility:retest | Verify fixes and produce conformance statement |
Utility Skills
| Skill | Command | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Checklist | /accessibility:checklist | Quick WCAG 2.1 AA checklist for any component |
Artifact Flow
Each phase reads from previous phases and writes to .metapowers/accessibility/<target>/:
.metapowers/accessibility/checkout-flow/
01-scope.md ← Audit plan and scope
02-evaluate.md ← Issues with WCAG mapping
03-report.md ← Detailed findings report
04-remediate.md ← Remediation log
05-retest.md ← Conformance statementStandards
The plugin targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the baseline, which satisfies:
- Section 508 (US federal)
- EN 301 549 (EU)
- European Accessibility Act (EAA)
Cross-Domain Integration
The comprehensive WCAG criteria reference in this plugin's shared resources can be used by other domains — the Design plugin already references a subset for component-level accessibility checks.