Accessibility Testing with Selenium WebDriver & Axe Core

This skill enables automated accessibility analysis within the Selenium WebDriver framework using the axe-core engine to detect WCAG violations and best practice issues directly in the browser.

Activation: This skill is triggered when you need to validate WCAG compliance, scan for accessibility violations, test keyboard navigation, audit ARIA semantics, or generate a11y reports.

First Questions to Ask

• What app URL(s) or user flows are in scope (and what is explicitly out of scope)?
• Is there an existing Selenium setup and how is CI run?
• Which standard is the target (WCAG 2.1 AA by default), and are there org-specific policies?
• Which pages/components are highest risk (auth, checkout, forms, modals, navigation)?
• Are there known constraints (legacy markup, third-party widgets) that require exceptions?

Prerequisites