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@taylorarndt taylorarndt released this 25 Feb 01:28
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Accessibility Agents v2.0.0

47 agents. 3 platforms. 1 command to install. Built over a weekend by people who need it.

This release represents a complete rebuild of the project. What started as 6 accessibility agents for Claude Code on Friday, February 21 became 47 specialized agents across 4 teams and 3 platforms by Monday, February 24. The project moved from a personal repository to the Community Access GitHub organization and gained 9 contributors, 30 merged pull requests, and 360 changed files.

What Is New Since v1.0.0

Agents (6 to 47)

Web Accessibility (16 agents): accessibility-lead, aria-specialist, modal-specialist, contrast-master, keyboard-navigator, live-region-controller, forms-specialist, alt-text-headings, tables-data-specialist, link-checker, cognitive-accessibility, mobile-accessibility, design-system-auditor, web-accessibility-wizard, testing-coach, wcag-guide

Document Scanning (9 agents): word-accessibility, excel-accessibility, powerpoint-accessibility, pdf-accessibility, epub-accessibility, office-scan-config, pdf-scan-config, epub-scan-config, document-accessibility-wizard

Markdown Documentation (3 agents): markdown-a11y-assistant, markdown-scanner, markdown-fixer

GitHub Workflows (11 agents): github-hub, nexus, daily-briefing, pr-review, issue-tracker, analytics, insiders-a11y-tracker, repo-admin, team-manager, contributions-hub, template-builder, repo-manager

Sub-agents (10): cross-document-analyzer, cross-page-analyzer, document-inventory, document-csv-reporter, web-csv-reporter, markdown-csv-reporter, web-issue-fixer, office-scan-config, pdf-scan-config, epub-scan-config

Platform Support (1 to 3)

  • Claude Code — markdown-based agents in .claude/agents/
  • GitHub Copilot — agents and workspace instructions in .github/agents/
  • Claude Desktop — MCP extension with 11 tools and 6 prompts

14 Shared Knowledge Modules

Accessibility rules, framework patterns (React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Tailwind), cognitive accessibility, mobile accessibility, document scanning, report generation, VPAT formatting, severity scoring, help URL references, GitHub workflow standards, design system auditing, and markdown accessibility.

52 Pre-Built Prompts

  • 6 web audit prompts
  • 10 document audit prompts
  • 31 GitHub workflow prompts
  • 5 markdown audit prompts

Document Scanning

  • Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint scanning with 46 built-in rules
  • PDF scanning per PDF/UA and Matterhorn Protocol with 56 built-in rules
  • EPUB accessibility scanning
  • VPAT 2.5 compliance report generation
  • CSV export with help documentation links
  • Scan configuration profiles (strict, moderate, minimal)

Multi-Agent Reliability Engineering

  • Hooks removed entirely
  • Structured output contracts added to all orchestrator and sub-agent files
  • Handoff transparency sections added to all custom prompts
  • Multi-agent reliability instructions shared across both platforms

Security Hardening

  • 34 security findings resolved
  • Path traversal prevention in MCP tools
  • Python source injection prevention
  • ZIP bomb protection (200MB limit)
  • ZIP64 archive detection
  • Case-insensitive bypass prevention
  • Input validation at all call sites

Installer Improvements

  • One-command install on macOS, Linux, and Windows
  • Non-destructive — never overwrites existing files
  • Manifest-based tracking of installed files
  • Daily auto-update system
  • One-command uninstall
  • Safe update that only touches manifest-tracked files

Organization Move

  • Repository moved from taylorarndt/a11y-agent-team to Community-Access/accessibility-agents
  • All internal references updated
  • Dedicated website at https://community-access.github.io/

By the Numbers

Metric v1.0.0 v2.0.0
Agents 6 47
Platforms 1 3
Knowledge modules 0 14
Prompts 0 52
Document scanning rules 0 102
Contributors 1 9
Merged PRs 0 30
Files changed — 360
Lines added — 73,988

Installation

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Community-Access/accessibility-agents/main/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Community-Access/accessibility-agents/main/install.ps1 | iex

Contributors

Taylor Arndt, Michael Babcock, Jeff Bishop, Clint Covington, Michael Doise, Doug Geoffray, Maria Lamardo, Roberto Perez, and Megan Rogge.

Links

Free. MIT licensed. Built by and for the blind and low vision community.

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