npm install --save-dev @axe-core/cli

npx axe <url> --tags wcag2a,wcag2aa,wcag21a,wcag21aa,wcag22aa

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "timestamp": "2026-03-22T00:00:00Z",
  "tool": "@axe-core/cli",
  "tags": "wcag2a,wcag2aa,wcag21a,wcag21aa,wcag22aa",
  "violations": {
    "color-contrast": { "count": 12, "pages": ["index.html", "about.html"] },
    "image-alt": { "count": 3, "pages": ["gallery.html"] },
    "label": { "count": 5, "pages": ["contact.html", "signup.html"] }
  },
  "total": 20
}

current_violations = run_axe_scan()
baseline = load("axe-baseline.json")

new_violations = current_violations - baseline
if new_violations.count > 0:
    FAIL PR — "N new accessibility violations introduced"
else:
    PASS — "No new violations (M existing in baseline)"

name: Accessibility Check
on:
  pull_request:
    paths: ['**/*.html', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.tsx', '**/*.vue', '**/*.svelte']

jobs:
  a11y:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with: { node-version: 22 }
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npx axe $(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 --diff-filter=ACMR -- '*.html' | tr '\n' ' ') --tags wcag2a,wcag2aa,wcag21a,wcag21aa,wcag22aa --reporter json --save results.json
      - name: Check results
        run: |
          violations=$(jq '[.[].violations[]] | length' results.json)
          echo "Found $violations violations"
          if [ "$violations" -gt 0 ]; then exit 1; fi

- uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
  with:
    sarif_file: results.sarif
    category: accessibility

trigger:
  paths:
    include: ['**/*.html', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.tsx']

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
  - task: NodeTool@0
    inputs: { versionSpec: '22.x' }
  - script: npm ci && npx axe $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/index.html --tags wcag2a,wcag2aa
    displayName: 'Accessibility Scan'

accessibility:
  image: node:22
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npx axe $CI_PROJECT_DIR/index.html --tags wcag2a,wcag2aa
  only:
    changes: ['**/*.html', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.tsx']