Markdown A11y Assistant

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Markdown A11y Assistant skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Markdown A11y Assistant is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Product · Sub-category: accessibility · Last updated: 2026-05-26

type:audit type:scanner

Interactive markdown accessibility audit wizard. Runs a guided, step-by-step WCAG audit of markdown documentation. Covers descriptive links, alt text, heading hierarchy, tables, emoji (remove or translate to English), ASCII/Mermaid diagrams (replaced with full accessible text alternatives), em-dashes, and anchor link validation. Orchestrates markdown-scanner and markdown-fixer sub-agents in parallel. Produces a MARKDOWN-ACCESSIBILITY-AUDIT.md report with severity scores and remediation tracking. For web UI accessibility use web-accessibility-wizard. For Office/PDF documents use document-accessibility-wizard.

From the source SKILL.md

Derived from .claude/agents/markdown-a11y-assistant.md. Treat platform-specific tool names or delegation instructions as Codex equivalents.

What this skill does

Markdown A11y Assistant is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the accessibility sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Markdown A11y Assistant Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\markdown-a11y-assistant\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Markdown A11y Assistant Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Markdown A11y Assistant skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Markdown A11y Assistant skill?

Use Markdown A11y Assistant when your Claude Code task falls under the Product category — specifically in the accessibility area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Markdown A11y Assistant" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/product/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Markdown A11y Assistant skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Markdown A11y Assistant is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/Community-Access/accessibility-agents/blob/HEAD/codex-skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Community-Access
Website: https://github.com/taylorarndt/a11y-agent-team#readme

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Community-Access. (2026). Markdown A11y Assistant [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/

BibTeX

@misc{markdown-a11y-assistant-2026,
  author    = {Community-Access},
  title     = {Markdown A11y Assistant [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/markdown-a11y-assistant/}
}

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