
A11y MCP Server
An MCP server that enables LLMs to perform web accessibility testing against WCAG standards using Deque Axe-core API and Puppeteer.
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Web Accessibility-Testing MCP Server (A11y MCP)
A11y MCP is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives LLMs access to web accessibility testing APIs.
This server uses the Deque Axe-core API and Puppeteer to allow LLMs to analyze web content for WCAG compliance and identify accessibility issues.
NOTE: This is not an official MCP server from Deque Labs.
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Features
- Test web pages: Test any public URL for accessibility issues
- Test HTML snippets: Test raw HTML strings for accessibility issues
- WCAG compliance testing: Check content against various WCAG standards (2.0, 2.1, 2.2)
- Customizable tests: Specify which accessibility tags/standards to test against
- Rule exploration: Get information about available accessibility rules
- Color contrast analysis: Check color combinations for WCAG compliance
- ARIA validation: Test proper usage of ARIA attributes
- Orientation lock detection: Identify content that forces specific screen orientations
Installation
To use this server with Claude Desktop, you need to configure it in the MCP settings:
For macOS:
Edit the file at '~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json'
{
"mcpServers": {
"a11y-accessibility": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"a11y-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
For Windows:
Edit the file at %APPDATA%\Claude\settings\claude_mcp_settings.json
For Linux:
Edit the file at ~/.config/Claude/settings/claude_mcp_settings.json
Replace /path/to/axe-mcp-server/build/index.js
with the actual path to your compiled server file.
Available Tools
test_accessibility
Tests a URL for accessibility issues.
Parameters:
url
(required): The URL of the web page to testtags
(optional): Array of WCAG tags to test against (e.g., ["wcag2aa"])
Example
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"tags": ["wcag2aa"]
}
test_html_string
Tests an HTML string for accessibility issues. Parameters:
- html (required): The HTML content to test
- tags (optional): Array of WCAG tags to test against (e.g., ["wcag2aa"])
Example
{
"html": "<div><img src='image.jpg'></div>",
"tags": ["wcag2aa"]
}
get_rules
Get information about available accessibility rules with optional filtering.
check_color_contrast
Check if a foreground and background color combination meets WCAG contrast requirements.
Parameters:
foreground
(required): Foreground color in hex format (e.g., "#000000")background
(required): Background color in hex format (e.g., "#FFFFFF")fontSize
(optional): Font size in pixels (default: 16)isBold
(optional): Whether the text is bold (default: false)
Example
{
"foreground": "#777777",
"background": "#EEEEEE",
"fontSize": 16,
"isBold": false
}
check_color_contrast
Check if ARIA attributes are used correctly in HTML.
Parameters:
html
(required): HTML content to test for ARIA attribute usage
Example
{
"html": "<div role='button' aria-pressed='false'>Click me</div>"
}
check_orientation_lock
Check if content forces a specific orientation.
Parameters:
html
(required): HTML content to test for orientation lock issues
Example
{
"html": "<html><head><meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, orientation=portrait'></head><body>Content</body></html>"
}
Response Format
The server returns accessibility test results in a structured JSON format:
{
"violations": [
{
"id": "color-contrast",
"impact": "serious",
"description": "Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds",
"help": "Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds",
"helpUrl": "https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/color-contrast",
"affectedNodes": [
{
"html": "<div style=\"color: #aaa; background-color: #eee;\">Low contrast text</div>",
"target": ["div"],
"failureSummary": "Fix any of the following: Element has insufficient color contrast of 1.98 (foreground color: #aaa, background color: #eee, font size: 12.0pt, font weight: normal)"
}
]
}
],
"passes": 1,
"incomplete": 0,
"inapplicable": 2,
"timestamp": "2025-04-25T16:45:33.655Z",
"url": "about:blank",
"testEngine": {
"name": "axe-core",
"version": "4.10.3"
},
"testRunner": {
"name": "axe"
},
"testEnvironment": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) HeadlessChrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
"windowWidth": 800,
"windowHeight": 600,
"orientationAngle": 0,
"orientationType": "portrait-primary"
}
}
Dependencies
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
- puppeteer
- @axe-core/puppeteer
- axe-core
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