How does Cursor A11y work?

It runs accessibility tests powered by axe-core against URLs or local development servers. The tool then generates detailed reports highlighting violations, including their impact level, affected elements, and suggested fixes.

What inputs does Cursor A11y accept?

Cursor A11y can test a full URL or a relative path that will be appended to http://localhost:5000 for local development testing.

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Cursor A11y MCP Server

Identifies accessibility issues in web applications using AI agents and comprehensive testing.

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What is the Cursor A11y MCP Server?

Identifies accessibility issues in web applications using AI agents and comprehensive testing.

What it actually does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides accessibility testing capabilities AI agents. This tool helps identify accessibility issues in web applications using axe-core and Puppeteer.

Run accessibility tests on any URL or local development server
Powered by axe-core for comprehensive accessibility testing
Provides detailed violation reports including:
Description of the issue
Help text and documentation links
Affected HTML elements

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Frequently asked questions

Cursor A11y offers detailed reports with impact levels, descriptions of the issues, help text, documentation links, affected HTML elements, and failure summaries. These reports make it easy to understand and address accessibility problems.

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