Content
50%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill is comprehensive and highly actionable with excellent code examples covering all WCAG principles, but it suffers significantly from verbosity—it tries to be both a quick-reference skill and a complete WCAG tutorial. Much of the content (violation statistics, POUR principles, conformance levels, extensive pattern examples) should be moved to the referenced files, leaving the skill body as a lean audit workflow. The workflow is well-structured but lacks explicit validation checkpoints between phases.
Suggestions
Move the '12 Most Common WCAG Violations' list, POUR principles table, conformance levels table, and detailed WCAG pattern examples into reference files (e.g., references/common-violations.md, references/pattern-examples.md), keeping only the audit workflow and output format in the skill body.
Remove explanatory content Claude already knows (what WCAG principles mean, what conformance levels are, WebAIM statistics) to reduce token usage by ~60%.
Add explicit validation checkpoints between audit phases, e.g., 'Review automated results for false positives before proceeding to manual inspection' and 'Verify all critical issues are reproducible before including in report'.
Consolidate the 'Important Notes' and 'Common Pitfalls' sections into the workflow itself as inline warnings where they're most relevant, rather than as separate end-of-file lists.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Extremely verbose at ~400+ lines. Includes extensive WCAG principle explanations, conformance level tables, and statistics that Claude already knows. The '12 Most Common WCAG Violations' section with WebAIM percentages, the POUR principles table, and conformance levels are all well-known reference material that doesn't need to be in the skill body. Much of this belongs in reference files. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable code examples across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and bash commands. The audit process includes concrete commands (ESLint, Lighthouse, grep patterns), and every WCAG pattern example shows before/after with copy-paste ready code. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 4-phase audit process is clearly sequenced and the severity prioritization is well-defined. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops between phases—no 'verify automated results before proceeding to manual inspection' or error recovery steps if tools fail. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | References to external files exist (references/grep-patterns.md, references/screen-reader-guide.md, etc.) which is good, but the main file contains massive amounts of inline content that should be in those reference files instead. The WCAG pattern examples section alone could be a separate reference document, keeping the skill body as a concise overview. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |