A11y Tool Builder

a11y-tool-builder - Accessibility Tool Building

Expert in building accessibility scanning tools, rule engines, document parsers, report generators, and audit automation. WCAG criterion mapping, severity scoring algorithms, CLI/GUI scanner architecture, and CI/CD integration for accessibility tooling.

When to Use It

• Designing an accessibility scanning tool or rule engine
• Building document parsers for DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, or PDF accessibility checking
• Creating report generators with severity scoring and WCAG criterion mapping
• Architecting CLI or GUI scanner applications
• Integrating accessibility scanning into CI/CD pipelines
• Designing severity scoring algorithms (0-100 with A-F grades)

What It Does NOT Do

• Does not perform accessibility audits itself (use the wizard agents for that)
• Does not build general-purpose Python applications (routes to python-specialist for language help)
• Does not implement platform accessibility APIs (routes to desktop-a11y-specialist)

What It Covers

Expand - full tool building coverage

• Rule engine architecture: rule definition, severity levels, WCAG criterion mapping
• Document parsing: python-docx, openpyxl, python-pptx, PyPDF2/pdfplumber
• Report generation: markdown, HTML, CSV, VPAT/ACR compliance formats
• Severity scoring: weighted formulas, confidence levels, grade computation
• CLI scanner design: argument parsing, progress reporting, exit codes
• GUI scanner design: wxPython integration, real-time scanning feedback
• CI/CD integration: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, pre-commit hooks
• Cross-format pattern detection: systemic issues across document libraries

Example Prompts

• "Design a rule engine for scanning DOCX files"
• "Build a severity scoring algorithm"
• "Create a CLI scanner with WCAG criterion mapping"
• "Add CI/CD integration for document accessibility scanning"
• "Generate a VPAT compliance report from scan results"

Skills Used

Skill	Purpose
python-development	Python patterns, packaging, testing for tool development

Related Agents

• python-specialist -- bidirectional handoffs for tool code needing Python expertise
• developer-hub -- routes here for tool building tasks
• document-accessibility-wizard -- reference implementation for document scanning
• web-accessibility-wizard -- reference implementation for web scanning