Web Accessibility Evaluation agent

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Web Accessibility Evaluation is an Optimizely Opal agent that evaluates a webpage for WCAG 2.2 compliance using Google Lighthouse and manual standards analysis.

  • Challenge – Manually checking website URLs against WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards and Google Lighthouse is a complex and specialized task.
  • Agent outcome – Comprehensive report detailing the overall accessibility scores with recommendations.
  • Value – Accessibility compliance, improved inclusivity.

See Web Accessibility Evaluation on Optimizely Academy.

Required Optimizely products

None.

Install agent

Opal Administrators, Agent Builders, and Opal Users with the Add, edit, and install specialized agents  attribute for a custom role can add agents to their organization's Optimizely Opal instance. See Add users and set permissions.

Install the agent from the Opal Agent Directory.

  1. Go to Agents > Agent Directory.
  2. Select Web Accessibility Evaluation.

  3. Click Install Agent to add it to your Opal instance.

    screenshot of the Web Accessibility Evaluation entry in the Opal Agent Directory where Install Agent is highlighted

Use the agent

In Opal Chat, enter @web_accessibility_evaluation and provide the following details:

  • URL – The URL to audit for accessibility.

The agent delivers a PDF accessibility report by email and provides a download link. The report covers WCAG 2.2 violations with remediation steps, Google Lighthouse scores, and WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliance status.

To use the Web Accessibility Evaluation agent in a workflow agent, drag and drop it into your workflow. See Create a workflow agent.

Details

These are the default details for the Web Accessibility Evaluation agent. After you install the agent in your Opal instance, customize these details for your organization's needs. See Manage agents for instructions.

Input variables

The Web Accessibility Evaluation agent takes the following input:

  • URL

Tools

The Web Accessibility Evaluation agent uses the following tools internally to process your request:

  • take_webpage_screenshot
  • send_email
  • convert_to_pdf
  • read_file_content
  • write_content_to_file
  • browse_web_html
  • browse_web
  • analyze_pagespeed

Additional details

The agent uses the following default configuration:

  • Inference level – Balanced. Provides reliable answers with additional reasoning.
  • Files – None.
  • Output – Text.

If you use Opti ID, administrators can turn off generative AI in the Opti ID Admin Center. See Turn generative AI off across Optimizely applications.