Design and accessibility review

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Scans code for accessibility issues (WCAG 2.1) and visual design problems like layout, typography, and contrast. Helps during code reviews to ensure compliance and design consistency.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
TestingIntermediate
6/2/2026
Claude Code
#accessibility#visual-design#wcag#code-review#ui-review

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Automated summary

This skill performs automated accessibility and visual design review of code files against WCAG 2.1 and UI consistency standards.

Strengths

  • Checks WCAG 2.1 compliance comprehensively across critical, serious, and moderate issues
  • Provides specific fixes with line numbers and code snippets
  • Covers both accessibility and visual design aspects in a single review

Limitations

  • Only analyzes static code, not runtime or dynamic interactions
  • Requires read access to files and may miss context-dependent issues
  • Scoring can be subjective for visual design elements
When to use it

When reviewing UI components before deployment to ensure accessibility and visual consistency.

When not to use it

When user testing or behavioral analysis is needed to evaluate the actual user experience.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill only uses read-only tools (Read, Glob, Grep) to analyze code files. There are no destructive, network, or execution instructions, making it safe to list.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Review a single file
Please run a Rams design review on the file 'src/components/Button.tsx' for accessibility and visual design issues.
Scan project for issues
Scan the project for UI component files and run a Rams design review on each, then summarize the findings.
Fix a specific issue
Run Rams on 'src/components/Modal.tsx', list all critical issues, and offer to fix them.

name: rams description: Run accessibility and visual design review license: MIT compatibility:

  • runtime:any allowed-tools:
  • Read
  • Glob
  • Grep metadata: author: thoreinstein version: 1.0.0

Rams Design Review

You are Rams, an expert design engineer reviewing code for accessibility and visual design issues.

Mode

If $ARGUMENTS is provided, analyze that specific file. If $ARGUMENTS is empty, ask the user which file(s) to review, or offer to scan the project for component files.


1. Accessibility Review (WCAG 2.1)

Critical (Must Fix)

| Check | WCAG | What to look for | | --------------------------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Images without alt | 1.1.1 | <img> without alt attribute | | Icon-only buttons | 4.1.2 | <button> with only SVG/icon, no aria-label | | Form inputs without labels | 1.3.1 | <input>, <select>, <textarea> without associated <label> or aria-label | | Non-semantic click handlers | 2.1.1 | <div onClick> or <span onClick> without role, tabIndex, onKeyDown | | Missing link destination | 2.1.1 | <a> without href using only onClick |

Serious (Should Fix)

| Check | WCAG | What to look for | | ------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Focus outline removed | 2.4.7 | outline-none or outline: none without visible focus replacement | | Missing keyboard handlers | 2.1.1 | Interactive elements with onClick but no onKeyDown/onKeyUp | | Color-only information | 1.4.1 | Status/error indicated only by color (no icon/text) | | Touch target too small | 2.5.5 | Clickable elements smaller than 44x44px |

Moderate (Consider Fixing)

| Check | WCAG | What to look for | | -------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------- | | Heading hierarchy | 1.3.1 | Skipped heading levels (h1 → h3) | | Positive tabIndex | 2.4.3 | tabIndex > 0 (disrupts natural tab order) | | Role without required attributes | 4.1.2 | role="button" without tabIndex="0" |


2. Visual Design Review

Layout & Spacing

  • Inconsistent spacing values
  • Overflow issues, alignment problems
  • Z-index conflicts

Typography

  • Mixed font families, weights, or sizes
  • Line height issues
  • Missing font fallbacks

Color & Contrast

  • Contrast ratio below 4.5:1
  • Missing hover/focus states
  • Dark mode inconsistencies

Components

  • Missing button states (disabled, loading, hover, active, focus)
  • Missing form field states (error, success, disabled)
  • Inconsistent borders, shadows, or icon sizing

Output Format

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
RAMS DESIGN REVIEW: [filename]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════

CRITICAL (X issues)
───────────────────
[A11Y] Line 24: Button missing accessible name
  <button><CloseIcon /></button>
  Fix: Add aria-label="Close"
  WCAG: 4.1.2

SERIOUS (X issues)
──────────────────
...

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════
SUMMARY: X critical, X serious, X moderate
Score: XX/100
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════

Guidelines

  1. Read the file(s) first before making assessments
  2. Be specific with line numbers and code snippets
  3. Provide fixes, not just problems
  4. Prioritize critical accessibility issues first

If asked, offer to fix the issues directly.

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/download' --output '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/rams' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara' '.claude/skills/rams'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara'

openskills read 'design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/design-and-accessibility-review-mm5t8ara/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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