axiom-accessibility

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkNone observedNo outbound calls in the source
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
• DependenciesPinnedNothing floats
• SecretsNone foundNo keys in source

Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass.

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• Publishercharleswiltgen GitHub userOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source foldercharleswiltgen/axiom/axiom-codex/skills/axiom-accessibilityThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceMITAs the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdictacd19356df6aA new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedPushed today
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: Use when fixing or auditing ANY accessibility issue — VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, color contrast, touch targets, WCAG compliance, App Store accessibility review.

---
name: axiom-accessibility
description: Use when fixing or auditing ANY accessibility issue — VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, color contrast, touch targets, WCAG compliance, App Store accessibility review.
license: MIT
---

# Accessibility

**You MUST use this skill for ANY accessibility work including VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, color contrast, WCAG compliance, and UX flow auditing.**

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> **Auditors are skills here.** Where this router says "Launch `some-auditor` agent", invoke the
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> Available: `axiom-audit-accessibility`, `axiom-audit-concurrency`, `axiom-audit-swiftdata`, `axiom-audit-swiftui-nav`, `axiom-audit-ux-flow`.
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## Quick Reference

| Symptom / Task | Reference |
|----------------|-----------|
| VoiceOver labels, hints, navigation | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Dynamic Type scaling violations | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Dynamic Type on tvOS (Large Text, tvOS 27) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Long-form reading apps (continuous reading, Speak Screen, text navigation) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Captions & subtitle styling in video players (generated subtitles, style preview) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Custom control technique choice (adjustable, passthrough, direct touch) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Accessibility Nutrition Labels | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Color contrast (WCAG AA/AAA) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Touch target sizes (< 44x44pt) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Keyboard navigation (iPadOS/macOS) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Button Shapes, Large Content Viewer, Full Keyboard Access, Switch Control | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| VoiceOver order broken after resize / column collapse; table & grid semantics | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Reduce Motion support | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Assistive Access (cognitive, iOS 17+) | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| Accessibility Inspector workflows | See `skills/accessibility-diag.md` |
| UX dead ends, dismiss traps | See `skills/ux-flow-audit.md` |
| Buried CTAs, missing empty states | See `skills/ux-flow-audit.md` |
| Missing loading/error states | See `skills/ux-flow-audit.md` |
| Deep link dead ends | See `skills/ux-flow-audit.md` |
| Accessibility dead ends (gesture-only) | See `skills/ux-flow-audit.md` |
| watchOS-specific (VoiceOver rotor on Digital Crown, AssistiveTouch, Double Tap) | See `skills/watchos-a11y.md` |

## Cross-Suite Routes

- Full watchOS development context → See axiom-watchos
- Live accessibility validation on the simulator (set toggles, assert announcements) → `simulator-tester` agent + `xcui` — see axiom-tools (skills/xcui-ref.md)
- Asserting VoiceOver speech in an XCUITest (`XCUIDevice.shared.voiceOverService`, `OS27`) → axiom-testing (skills/ui-testing.md Pattern 7)

## Decision Tree

```dot
digraph accessibility {
    start [label="Accessibility issue" shape=ellipse];
    what [label="What type?" shape=diamond];

    start -> what;
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="VoiceOver/labels/hints"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="Dynamic Type"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="color contrast"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="touch targets"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="keyboard nav"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="resizable window / desktop-class"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="Reduce Motion"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="Assistive Access"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="custom control techniques"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="continuous reading / text navigation"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="captions / subtitle styling"];
    what -> "skills/accessibility-diag.md" [label="App Store prep / Nutrition Labels"];
    what -> "skills/ux-flow-audit.md" [label="UX dead end/dismiss trap"];
    what -> "skills/ux-flow-audit.md" [label="missing states"];
    what -> "skills/watchos-a11y.md" [label="watchOS VoiceOver / AssistiveTouch / Double Tap"];
    what -> "accessibility-auditor" [label="automated scan" shape=box];
}
```

1. ANY VoiceOver, Dynamic Type (including tvOS Large Text), contrast, touch target, or WCAG issue → `skills/accessibility-diag.md`
2. Assistive Access (cognitive disabilities, iOS 17+) → `skills/accessibility-diag.md`
3. Accessibility Nutrition Labels, or an App Review note about accessibility → `skills/accessibility-diag.md`
4. Reading app: VoiceOver stops at paragraphs/pages, Speak Screen halts → `skills/accessibility-diag.md`
5. UX dead ends, dismiss traps, buried CTAs, missing states → `skills/ux-flow-audit.md`
6. watchOS-specific accessibility (rotor on Digital Crown, AssistiveTouch, Double Tap) → `skills/watchos-a11y.md`
7. Want automated accessibility scan? → `accessibility-auditor` agent or `axiom-audit-accessibility`

## Automated Scanning

**Accessibility audit** → `axiom-audit-accessibility`
- VoiceOver labels and hints
- Dynamic Type violations
- Color contrast failures
- WCAG compliance scanning

**UX flow audit** → `axiom-audit-ux-flow`
- Dead-end views, dismiss traps
- Buried CTAs, missing empty/loading/error states
- Deep link dead ends, accessibility dead ends

## Critical Patterns

#### Image Accessibility

- Use `Image(decorative: "photo")` for purely decorative images — automatically hidden from VoiceOver (equivalent to `accessibilityHidden(true)` but semantically clearer)
- Use `accessibilityInputLabels()` for buttons with complex or changing labels — improves Voice Control acc

Excerpt, first 6,000 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

1. 2026-10-20
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source acd19356df6a

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