Accessibility MCP Server

Scan any URL for WCAG accessibility issues (axe-core) and get per-element fixes for an AI agent.

Local serverstdio

What is the Accessibility MCP server?

Accessibility MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Accessibility directly instead of describing what you should do. Scan any URL for WCAG accessibility issues (axe-core) and get per-element fixes for an AI agent.

What you get

An MCP server that lets an AI agent scan a web page for WCAG accessibility issues and get back findings it can act on. The agent calls one tool with a URL; it gets every violation grouped by severity, each with the exact element selector, the offending HTML, the specific failure, the WCAG success criterion, and a fix-guide link — plus the items that still need human review.

What the assistant can call

Once Accessibility is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Input — The Input tool exposed by this server
  • scan_accessibility — Returns a report grouped by severity. For each rule: the WCAG criterion, a fix-guide link, and per element the selector, HTML, and exact failure

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: CHROME_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

  • Node.js 18+ - Google Chrome installed (or set the CHROME_PATH environment variable to a Chromium binary)

Choosing this one

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Accessibility's toolset — Input, scan_accessibility — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Bishop81; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Accessibility's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the accessibility mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
InputThe Input tool exposed by this server.
scan_accessibilityReturns a report grouped by severity. For each rule: the WCAG criterion, a fix-guide link, and per element the selector, HTML, and exact failure. Example flow with an agent:

How to install the Accessibility MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "accessibility-scanner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "accessibility-scanner-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • Node.js 18+ - Google Chrome installed (or set the CHROME_PATH environment variable to a Chromium binary)
VariableDescriptionRequired
CHROME_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Accessibility to Input.
  • Use Accessibility to scan accessibility.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Accessibility to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (Input, scan_accessibility) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Accessibility directly.