mcp-axe 0.1.0

MCP plugin for accessibility testing using Axe-core

🧪 mcp-axe: Accessibility Testing Plugin using Axe-core

mcp-axe is an MCP-compatible plugin for automated accessibility scanning using Deque's axe-core. It supports both Selenium and Playwright engines and provides a CLI and FastAPI interface for scanning URLs, raw HTML content, and batches — all enriched with screenshot capture and optional reporting.

📦 Installation

Clone this repo and install in editable mode:

#git clone https://github.com/yourname/mcp-axe.git
#cd mcp-axe
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

CLI Usage

Scan a URL

mcp-axe scan-url https://broken-workshop.dequelabs.com --engine selenium --no-headless --save --output-json --output-html

Scan a local HTML file

mcp-axe scan-html path/to/your/file.html --browser chrome --no-headless --save --output-json --output-html

Batch scan multiple URLs:

mcp-axe batch-scan "https://broken-workshop.dequelabs.com,https://google.com" --engine selenium --browser chrome --headless --save --output-json

Summarize a saved report:

mcp-axe summarize report_selenium_chrome.json --output-json --save

API Usage

Run the FastAPI server locally:

uvicorn mcp_axe.api:app --reload --app-dir src

Available Endpoints:

Endpoint	Description
POST /scan/url	Scan a live URL
POST /scan/html	Scan raw HTML content
POST /scan/batch	Scan multiple URLs
POST /scan/summarise	Summarize violations