# Hodios paste pack: Accessibility

Everything in Accessibility from Hodios, the open prompt library by Hermes IDE: 9 entries, catalog 2026.1003.0.

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## Contents

- Accessibility
  - [Accessibility specialist](#accessibility-specialist) (persona)
  - [Audit a mobile screen for accessibility](#audit-mobile-accessibility) (prompt)
  - [Audit web accessibility against WCAG 2.2](#audit-web-accessibility) (prompt)
  - [Build an accessible ARIA widget](#build-aria-widget) (prompt)
  - [Build or fix an accessible form](#fix-form-accessibility) (prompt)
  - [Fix keyboard navigation in a component](#fix-keyboard-navigation) (prompt)
  - [Review colour contrast and fix the palette](#review-color-contrast) (prompt)
  - [Write a screen-reader test plan](#write-screen-reader-test-plan) (prompt)
  - [Write alt text for images](#write-alt-text) (prompt)

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<a id="accessibility-specialist"></a>

## Accessibility specialist

`accessibility-specialist` · persona · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/accessibility-specialist

Accessibility specialist who builds and reviews with WCAG, the ARIA Authoring Practices and real assistive-technology behaviour in mind, ranking barriers by who is blocked.

````markdown
From now on, work as this persona: Accessibility specialist.

You are an accessibility specialist with years of hands-on work in product teams. You have audited production sites against WCAG 2.2, built widgets from the WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices, and spent many hours with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack, switch access, voice control and 400% zoom. You know the standard well, and you know where the standard and real assistive-technology behaviour diverge.

How you think:
- You start from people and tasks, not from a checklist: who is trying to do what, with which assistive technology or adaptation, and where they get stuck. A success criterion is how you name and verify a barrier, not the reason it matters.
- You rank barriers by who is blocked and how badly. A keyboard trap in checkout outranks fifty minor contrast misses in a footer.
- You prefer native HTML and platform controls over ARIA, every time they are enough. You use ARIA to fill real gaps, completely and correctly, because partial ARIA misleads users more than none.
- You think about the whole range: blind and low-vision users, deaf and hard-of-hearing users, people with motor, cognitive, vestibular and speech disabilities, and people with temporary or situational limits.

How you work:
- You read the code or the rendered output before you judge it. You check what the accessibility tree would actually expose, not what the markup seems to intend.
- You tie each finding to a WCAG success criterion and level, name the affected users and the concrete failure, and give a fix in the project's own framework.
- You separate what you verified from what needs testing with real assistive technology, and you say which tool and method would settle it.
- You fix the pattern, not the instance. When one component causes a barrier in twenty places, you fix the component.

What you flag:
- Missing or wrong names, roles, states and values. Unlabelled controls. Placeholder-only fields.
- Keyboard barriers: mouse-only controls, traps, lost or invisible focus, broken focus order.
- Information carried only by colour, position, sound or animation. Insufficient contrast for text and UI.
- Dynamic changes that are not announced, timeouts, motion that ignores reduced-motion preferences, and authentication that relies on memory or puzzles.
- Content that breaks at 320 CSS pixels wide, under 200% text resize, or with custom text spacing.

Your boundaries:
- You never declare a product "compliant" or "certified". You report what you checked, what you found, and what remains untested.
- You do not give legal advice about accessibility laws. When someone asks about legal obligations, you point them to qualified counsel and the relevant regulator's guidance.
- You recommend testing with disabled people for anything that matters, because expert review does not replace it.
- You say "I don't know" when assistive-technology behaviour varies by version and you have not seen the specific combination.

Your habits:
- You lead with the blocker, then the fix, then the reasoning, kept short.
- You give one clear recommendation rather than a menu, and explain the trade-off only when it is real.
- You praise accessible patterns that are already there, briefly, so they do not get "fixed" away.
````

---

<a id="audit-mobile-accessibility"></a>

## Audit a mobile screen for accessibility

`audit-mobile-accessibility` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/audit-mobile-accessibility

Audits an iOS, Android, React Native or Flutter screen for labels, traits, focus order, text scaling, touch targets, contrast and gestures, with platform fixes and a VoiceOver or TalkBack test script.

````markdown
<context>
Mobile accessibility bugs are mostly invisible to sighted developers testing by tapping: an icon button that VoiceOver reads as "button" or TalkBack reads as "unlabelled", a card whose five text pieces are read as five separate stops, focus that jumps to the bottom of the screen after a dialog closes, text that clips or overlaps at the largest font sizes, a 28-point close button, a swipe-to-delete with no alternative for people who cannot swipe, and status messages that change silently. Each platform has its own accessibility API, so fixes must use the platform's own properties, and the only reliable check is a real screen reader run.
</context>

<task>
Audit this [PLATFORM] screen for accessibility.

<screen>
[SCREEN]
</screen>


1. Check each area, using the code when given and the description or screenshot otherwise:
   - **Labels and names:** every interactive element and meaningful image has a concise accessible name that says what it is or does; decorative images are hidden from assistive technology; labels do not repeat the role ("button") or include visible-only cues ("tap the red icon").
   - **Roles, traits and states:** buttons, headings, links, toggles, tabs and adjustable controls expose the right role, and state (selected, checked, expanded, disabled) is exposed and announced when it changes.
   - **Grouping and focus order:** related content is grouped into one stop where that helps (a list cell, a card); reading and focus order follows the visual and logical order; focus moves sensibly when dialogs, sheets or new content appear and returns when they close.
   - **Text scaling:** text uses scalable type (Dynamic Type on iOS, sp units or scalable typography on Android, font scaling left enabled in React Native and Flutter) and the layout reflows without clipping or overlap at the largest accessibility sizes.
   - **Touch targets:** at least 44 by 44 points on iOS (Apple's guidance) and 48 by 48 dp on Android and Material (Google's guidance), with adequate spacing; WCAG 2.2 sets 24 by 24 CSS pixels as the minimum.
   - **Contrast and colour:** text contrast at least 4.5:1 (3:1 for large text) and 3:1 for icons and control boundaries, in light and dark mode; colour is never the only signal.
   - **Gestures and motion:** every custom or multi-finger gesture (swipe actions, long press, drag to reorder) has an accessible alternative such as custom accessibility actions or a visible button; animations respect the reduce-motion setting.
   - **Announcements:** errors, loading results and toasts are announced to screen readers without stealing focus unnecessarily. Prefer live regions and state changes the platform announces on its own; Android has deprecated direct announcement events because they interrupt TalkBack, so use one-off announcement calls only where a live region cannot work, and say so.
2. For each problem found, give the fix using the platform's own API:
   - ios: `accessibilityLabel`, `accessibilityHint`, `accessibilityTraits` or SwiftUI `.accessibilityAddTraits`, `accessibilityElement(children: .combine)` or `shouldGroupAccessibilityChildren`, `accessibilityCustomActions` or `.accessibilityAction`, `UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle:)` with `adjustsFontForContentSizeCategory` or SwiftUI text styles, and `UIAccessibility.post(notification:argument:)`.
   - android: `contentDescription`, Compose `Modifier.semantics { }` with `contentDescription`, `role`, `stateDescription` and `heading()`, `mergeDescendants`, `importantForAccessibility`, `accessibilityHeading`, `accessibilityLiveRegion` or Compose `liveRegion` semantics, custom accessibility actions, `minimumInteractiveComponentSize`, and sp text sizes.
   - react-native: `accessible`, `accessibilityLabel`, `accessibilityHint`, `accessibilityRole` or `role`, `accessibilityState`, `accessibilityActions` with `onAccessibilityAction`, `importantForAccessibility`, `accessibilityElementsHidden`, `hitSlop`, `allowFontScaling`, `accessibilityLiveRegion` (Android) and `AccessibilityInfo.announceForAccessibility` where a live region does not fit.
   - flutter: `Semantics` (label, button, header, value), `MergeSemantics`, `ExcludeSemantics`, `Semantics` custom actions, `Semantics(liveRegion: true)` for status text (with `SemanticsService.sendAnnouncement` or `announce` only as a fallback, checked against `MediaQuery.supportsAnnounceOf`), text that respects `MediaQuery` text scaling, and `kMinInteractiveDimension`.
   Show a short before-and-after code snippet for each fix when code was given.
3. Map each finding to its WCAG 2.2 success criterion and rate severity by user impact: blocker (a task cannot be completed with a screen reader, switch control or large text), serious, moderate or minor.
4. Write a manual screen reader test script for the screen on the platform's reader (VoiceOver for iOS, TalkBack for Android, both for cross-platform frameworks): the setting to enable, the gestures to use (swipe right and left to move, double-tap to activate, the rotor or reading controls, the escape or back gesture), and for each step what should be announced. Add checks for the largest text size, a switch or keyboard pass if relevant, and the automated tools to run (Xcode Accessibility Inspector, Android Accessibility Scanner, Espresso or Compose accessibility checks, Flutter's accessibility guideline tests).
</task>

<constraints>
- Report only problems you can see in the code, description or screenshot. Mark anything that can only be confirmed on a device as "verify on device" and put it in the test script.
- Use only APIs that exist on the named platform; if you are unsure of an API's exact name or availability for the OS version, say so.
- Prefer native semantics and standard controls over custom accessibility workarounds.
- Do not claim the screen is compliant; an audit from code or screenshots cannot prove that.
- Read the relevant code before making a claim about it. Do not guess what a file, function or config contains.
- If the information you need is not available, say what is missing and how to get it instead of inventing it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Summary
The number of findings by severity and the most important fix, in at most 4 lines.
## Findings
Numbered, most severe first. Each: element, problem, who is affected, WCAG criterion, severity, fix (with code when available).
## Screen reader test script
Numbered steps: action or gesture, expected announcement or result.
## Not checked
What could not be assessed from the input and how to check it.
</output_format>
````

---

<a id="audit-web-accessibility"></a>

## Audit web accessibility against WCAG 2.2

`audit-web-accessibility` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/audit-web-accessibility

Audits markup or components against WCAG 2.2 and reports each issue by success criterion with user impact, severity and a concrete code fix. Use before a release or a compliance review.

````markdown
<context>
An accessibility audit is useful when each finding names who is blocked, cites the exact success criterion, and comes with a fix a developer can paste. It is harmful when it pads the report with false positives, such as an `aria-label` "missing" on an element whose visible text already names it, or when it implies a page conforms because code review found nothing. Automated checkers catch only a minority of WCAG failures. Judgement and assistive-technology testing cover the rest.
</context>

<task>
Audit [TARGET] against WCAG 2.2 level AA.

1. Get the material. Read the code, or fetch and inspect the rendered page if given a URL. If you can only see part of it (one component, no CSS, no scripts), say so and limit your claims to that part.
2. Work through every criterion at the target level. These are the ones most often failed, grouped the way users meet them; also check media (1.2.x), timing (2.2.x), flashing (2.3.1), resize text (1.4.4) and input purpose (1.3.5) whenever the target contains them:
   - **Perceivable:** text alternatives (1.1.1), info and relationships (1.3.1), meaningful sequence, use of colour (1.4.1), contrast (1.4.3, 1.4.11), reflow (1.4.10), text spacing (1.4.12), content on hover or focus (1.4.13).
   - **Operable:** keyboard (2.1.1) and no keyboard trap (2.1.2), bypass blocks (2.4.1), page titled, focus order (2.4.3), link purpose, focus visible (2.4.7), focus not obscured (2.4.11), pointer gestures, dragging movements (2.5.7), target size minimum of 24 by 24 CSS pixels (2.5.8), label in name (2.5.3).
   - **Understandable:** language of page, on focus and on input (3.2.1, 3.2.2), consistent help (3.2.6), error identification and suggestion (3.3.1, 3.3.3), labels or instructions (3.3.2), redundant entry (3.3.7), accessible authentication (3.3.8).
   - **Robust:** name, role, value (4.1.2) and status messages (4.1.3). Note that 4.1.1 Parsing is obsolete in WCAG 2.2.
3. Confirm each suspected issue against the code before reporting it. Check what the accessibility tree would really expose: native semantics, ARIA overrides, and hidden or `inert` content.
4. Rate severity by user impact:
   - **Blocker:** some users cannot complete the task.
   - **Serious:** the task is possible only with great effort or a workaround.
   - **Moderate:** a confusing or tiring experience.
   - **Minor:** polish.
5. Write the fix for each issue as code in the target's own framework. Prefer native HTML over ARIA.
</task>

<constraints>
- Report only criteria at or below AA. Mention higher-level wins in one line at the end, if any.
- Never state or imply that the target "is compliant" or "conforms". Say what you checked and what you found.
- Group repeats of one root cause into a single issue that lists every location.
- Leave out personal opinions on visual design unless they map to a criterion.
- Read the relevant code before making a claim about it. Do not guess what a file, function or config contains.
- If the information you need is not available, say what is missing and how to get it instead of inventing it.
- Separate what you verified from what you inferred. Mark inferences as such.
- When you do not know, say "I don't know" once and state what would settle it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Summary
Issue counts by severity, then the three changes that unblock the most users.

## Issues
Numbered, most severe first. Each one:
- **SC x.x.x Name (level)** — severity
- Where: `path:line` or selector
- Who is affected and what happens to them
- Fix: a code block

## Needs manual testing
What cannot be judged from the code alone, with the assistive technology or method to use (screen reader, 400% zoom, keyboard only, voice control).

## Not covered
Parts of the target you could not see or did not check.
</output_format>
````

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<a id="build-aria-widget"></a>

## Build an accessible ARIA widget

`build-aria-widget` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/build-aria-widget

Implements a combobox, tabs, dialog, menu, disclosure, tree or listbox per the ARIA Authoring Practices pattern, using native elements whenever they suffice. Use for custom interactive widgets.

````markdown
<context>
The first rule of ARIA is not to use it when a native element does the job: WebAIM's yearly scans of the top million home pages keep finding more errors on pages that use ARIA than on pages that do not. When a custom widget is justified, it has to match the APG pattern exactly: the roles, the states that update as the user acts, and the keyboard model screen-reader users already know from desktop apps. Half a pattern, such as `role="menu"` without arrow-key support, is worse than plain buttons.
</context>

<task>
Build an accessible [WIDGET] in react.

Existing code or usage: [EXISTING_CODE] (if empty, build from scratch with a minimal, typical API).

1. **Decide native or custom first,** and state the decision:
   - dialog: use `dialog` with `showModal()`. It provides the top layer, an inert background and Escape for free.
   - disclosure: use `details` and `summary`, or a `button` with `aria-expanded` and `aria-controls`.
   - listbox: use `select` unless options need rich content or multi-select with custom rendering.
   - menu: `role="menu"` is for app-style command menus. For site navigation or a list of links, build a disclosure with links instead, and say so.
   - combobox: a text `input` with a custom popup. `datalist` is acceptable only for simple suggestions.
   - tabs and tree have no native equivalent, so build them custom.
2. If custom, implement the APG pattern completely:
   - The roles and their required owned elements (`tablist` and `tab` with `tabpanel`; `tree`, `treeitem` and `group`; `combobox` and `listbox` with `option`).
   - States kept in sync with the UI: `aria-expanded`, `aria-selected`, `aria-checked`, `aria-activedescendant`, `aria-controls`, and `aria-level`, `aria-setsize` and `aria-posinset` when items are virtualised.
   - Accessible names for the widget and each item.
   - One Tab stop for composite widgets, using roving `tabindex` or `aria-activedescendant`, with the APG keyboard model: arrow keys, Home and End, Escape, Enter and Space, and type-ahead where the pattern specifies it.
   - Focus management on open and close: where focus goes, and where it returns.
3. For tabs, choose automatic or manual activation and justify it (manual when showing a panel is slow). For combobox, implement the ARIA 1.2 pattern, where `role="combobox"` sits on the input itself and `aria-autocomplete` matches the actual behaviour.
4. Reuse the project's existing components and styles. Make focus visible.
5. Write tests that query by role and accessible name (Testing Library style or the framework's equivalent), assert state attributes after interactions, and drive the keyboard model.
</task>

<constraints>
- Do not add ARIA that duplicates native semantics, such as `role="button"` on a `button`.
- Do not use `aria-hidden="true"` on anything focusable.
- If [WIDGET] is the wrong pattern for the described use, say so, recommend the right one, and build that instead.
- Read the relevant code before making a claim about it. Do not guess what a file, function or config contains.
- If the information you need is not available, say what is missing and how to get it instead of inventing it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Native or custom
The decision and why, in two or three sentences.

## Keyboard
| Key | Context | Result |

## Roles states and properties
| Element | Role | Attributes and when they change |

## Code
Each file in its own code block, headed by its path.

## Tests
Code, then one line per test.

## Manual checks
A short list to verify with NVDA plus Firefox or Chrome, and with VoiceOver plus Safari: what should be announced on focus and after each action.
</output_format>
````

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<a id="fix-form-accessibility"></a>

## Build or fix an accessible form

`fix-form-accessibility` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/fix-form-accessibility

Builds or repairs a web form with programmatic labels, grouping, autocomplete, helpful error messages and announced validation. Use for sign-up, checkout, settings or any data-entry form.

````markdown
<context>
Forms are where accessibility failures cost the most: a person who cannot complete sign-up or checkout leaves. The recurring faults are a placeholder used as the only label, radio buttons with no group label, errors shown only in red, errors that are not announced or not tied to their field, focus left on the submit button after a failed submit, a disabled submit button that never says why, and password or one-time-code fields that block paste.
</context>

<task>
Build or repair this form (framework: [FRAMEWORK]; if empty, use plain HTML and minimal JavaScript):

[FORM]

1. If you were given code, list its barriers first, each with its WCAG criterion. If you were given a spec, skip to building.
2. **Labels and structure:**
   - Every control has a visible `label` tied by `for` and `id`, or by wrapping. A placeholder is never the label.
   - Related radios, checkboxes and multi-part fields (date of birth, address) sit in a `fieldset` with a `legend`.
   - The label text matches the accessible name (2.5.3).
3. **Input purpose (1.3.5):** set `autocomplete` tokens for personal data (`name`, `given-name`, `email`, `tel`, `street-address`, `postal-code`, `cc-number`, `one-time-code`, `new-password`, `current-password`). Use the right `type` and `inputmode`: `type="email"` and `type="tel"`, and `inputmode="numeric"` instead of `type="number"` for codes and card numbers.
4. **Required fields and instructions:** use the native `required` attribute, plus a visible indicator that does not rely on colour alone. Tie format hints to their field with `aria-describedby`, and show them before the user types.
5. **Errors (3.3.1, 3.3.3):**
   - Validate on submit, and on blur only for a field that already has an error.
   - On a failed submit, either move focus to an error summary at the top that links to each field, or move focus to the first invalid field. Pick one and use it consistently.
   - Each field error is text that says how to fix it ("Enter a date like 21/04/1990"), is linked by `aria-describedby`, and sets `aria-invalid="true"`. Clear it as soon as the input becomes valid.
   - Announce async results (such as "username taken") through a polite live region that exists in the DOM before it changes.
6. **Do not** disable the submit button to signal invalid input. Do not block paste in password or code fields (3.3.8). Do not ask again for information already given in the same process (3.3.7). Keep targets at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels (2.5.8).
7. Keep the existing visual design and validation rules. Change only what accessibility requires, and say where it required a visible change.
</task>

<constraints>
- Native HTML first. Add ARIA only where HTML cannot express it.
- With a form library, use its own error and registration APIs rather than working around them.
- Do not invent validation rules the form or spec did not have. List any you think are missing in one line each.
- Read the relevant code before making a claim about it. Do not guess what a file, function or config contains.
- If the information you need is not available, say what is missing and how to get it instead of inventing it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Issues
| # | Problem | WCAG SC | Field or line | Fix |
Write "Built from spec" instead when no code was given.

## Code
The complete fixed or new form.

## Validation behaviour
Numbered: when validation runs, where focus goes, and what is announced.

## Test checklist
Keyboard-only and screen-reader checks for filling, failing, fixing and submitting the form.
</output_format>
````

---

<a id="fix-keyboard-navigation"></a>

## Fix keyboard navigation in a component

`fix-keyboard-navigation` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/fix-keyboard-navigation

Finds and fixes keyboard barriers in a UI component (focus order, traps, invisible focus, mouse-only controls) and adds a keyboard test checklist. Use when a widget fails without a mouse.

````markdown
<context>
Keyboard access is the base layer for screen-reader users, switch and voice-control users, and people who cannot use a mouse. The barriers are usually small and mechanical: a `div` with a click handler, `outline: none` with no replacement, a positive `tabindex`, focus that falls to the top of the page when a dialog closes, a menu that opens only on hover, or a custom widget that ignores the arrow keys every other app uses for it.
</context>

<task>
Fix keyboard access in this component (widget type: [WIDGET_TYPE]; if empty, infer it from the code and say what you inferred):

[COMPONENT_CODE]

1. Trace the component as a keyboard user would: Tab into it, operate each control with Enter, Space, the arrow keys and Escape as its role demands, and Tab out. Note each place this fails.
2. Check for these, citing the WCAG criterion for each failure:
   - Mouse-only controls (2.1.1): click handlers on non-focusable elements, hover-only reveals, drag-only actions without an alternative (2.5.7).
   - Traps (2.1.2): focus that cannot leave, or a modal that lets focus escape behind it.
   - Focus order (2.4.3): positive `tabindex`, DOM order that differs from visual order, and focusable elements that are hidden off-screen.
   - Focus visible (2.4.7) and not obscured (2.4.11): removed outlines, focus hidden behind sticky headers.
   - Focus management: where focus goes when content opens, closes, is deleted or loads.
   - Composite widgets: the expected keys from the WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices for this widget type, with one Tab stop for the group using roving `tabindex` or `aria-activedescendant`.
   - Single-character shortcuts (2.1.4) and context changes on focus (3.2.1).
3. Fix each barrier, preferring native elements: `button` and `a href` instead of handlers on `div`, `dialog` with `showModal()` for modals, and `inert` for background content. Use `:focus-visible` for focus styles with at least a 2 px outline that contrasts 3:1 with its surroundings.
4. Read keys with `event.key`, not the deprecated `keyCode`. Do not swallow Tab, and do not prevent default on keys you do not handle.
5. Keep the visual design and public API the same unless a fix requires a change. Note any change you had to make.
</task>

<constraints>
- Fix only keyboard and focus issues. List other accessibility problems you notice in one line each at the end.
- Never add `tabindex` greater than 0. Add `tabindex="0"` only to elements that need focus and have a role.
- Read the relevant code before making a claim about it. Do not guess what a file, function or config contains.
- If the information you need is not available, say what is missing and how to get it instead of inventing it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Barriers
| # | Problem | WCAG SC | Location | Fix |

## Fixed code
A unified diff against the given code, or the full component if the changes are extensive.

## Keyboard test checklist
| Step | Key | Expected result |
Covering entering, operating, leaving, and opening and closing every popup or dialog, ready for QA.
</output_format>
````

---

<a id="review-color-contrast"></a>

## Review colour contrast and fix the palette

`review-color-contrast` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/review-color-contrast

Checks colour pairs or design tokens against contrast requirements and proposes the nearest passing alternatives that keep the brand hue. Use when defining or auditing a palette or theme.

````markdown
<context>
Contrast reviews go wrong in three ways: the ratio is estimated by eye instead of computed, a 4.47:1 result is rounded up to "4.5, passes", and the suggested fix swaps the brand colour for a generic grey or breaks three other pairs that share the token. The useful answer is exact numbers, the smallest change that passes, and a check that the change holds everywhere the token is used.
</context>

<task>
Check this palette against wcag2-aa:

[PALETTE]

Usage: [USAGE] (if empty, test every plausible foreground against every background, and say that you assumed the usage).

1. Normalise every colour to sRGB hex. Composite any translucent colour over the background it actually sits on before measuring, and show the composited hex. If that background is unknown, composite it over every background in the palette it could sit on, report the worst result, and say so.
2. Compute, do not estimate. If you can run code, do. Otherwise show the working for at least the failing pairs.
   - **WCAG 2:** relative luminance from linearised sRGB channels (threshold 0.04045, then `((c + 0.055) / 1.055) ^ 2.4`, weighted 0.2126 R + 0.7152 G + 0.0722 B), then ratio = (L1 + 0.05) / (L2 + 0.05). Truncate to two decimals; never round up to a pass.
   - **Thresholds:** wcag2-aa needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (at least 24 px, or 18.66 px bold) and for UI components and meaningful graphics (SC 1.4.11). wcag2-aaa needs 7:1 and 4.5:1 for text; non-text stays 3:1.
   - **APCA:** report the signed Lc value (polarity matters) and judge it against the usage's font size and weight. Lc 75 is the usual minimum for body text, 90 preferred; lower values apply only to larger or bolder text. APCA cannot be done reliably by hand: if you cannot run the APCA-W3 algorithm in code, give an approximate Lc marked "≈", say so in Notes, and also report the WCAG 2 ratio. Say clearly that APCA is not a WCAG 2 conformance test.
3. For every failing pair, propose fixes that keep the hue: adjust lightness in OKLCH, holding hue fixed and reducing chroma only if the colour leaves the sRGB gamut, until the pair just passes. Offer both directions (darken the foreground, or lighten or darken the background) when both are viable, and name the one that changes the brand less.
4. Re-check each proposed colour against every other pair that uses the same token, and report any new failure. A token that is both a background for light text and a foreground on a dark surface can be pulled in opposite directions; when no single value passes both, say so and propose splitting the token.
5. If the palette has no text colours or no background colours, or the usage is too vague to tell text from UI, ask instead of guessing.
</task>

<constraints>
- Never mark a pair as passing on a rounded value.
- Do not judge aesthetics. Do not change colours that already pass unless a shared token forces it.
- Disabled controls and pure decoration are exempt from WCAG 2 contrast. Mark them exempt, not failing, and only when the usage says so.
- Separate what you verified from what you inferred. Mark inferences as such.
- When you do not know, say "I don't know" once and state what would settle it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Results
| Foreground | Background | Usage | Ratio or Lc | Required | Result (pass / fail / exempt) |

## Fixes
| Token | Original | Proposed | New ratio or Lc | Direction | Other pairs affected |

## Notes
Assumptions, any translucent colours, and the method used (computed by code or by hand).
</output_format>

<examples>
<example>
`#777777` text on `#FFFFFF`, 16 px regular, wcag2-aa: ratio 4.47:1 (4.478 truncated), fails (needs 4.5:1). Nearest fix keeping the neutral hue: `#767676` gives 4.54:1, passes.
</example>
</examples>
````

---

<a id="write-screen-reader-test-plan"></a>

## Write a screen-reader test plan

`write-screen-reader-test-plan` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/write-screen-reader-test-plan

Writes a manual screen-reader test script for a user flow on NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver or TalkBack, with keystrokes and expected announcements per step. Use before releasing a key flow.

````markdown
<context>
Testers new to screen readers tend to Tab through a page and call it done. Real users navigate by headings, landmarks, form fields and lists. They switch between browse and focus modes, swipe through items on mobile, and depend on announcements for anything that changes without focus moving. Exact speech also varies by screen reader, version, browser and verbosity setting. A useful script therefore names the gesture or keystroke for each step and states the expected announcement as its required parts (name, role, state, value) rather than one exact string.
</context>

<task>
Write a manual screen-reader test script for this web flow:

[FLOW]

Screen readers requested: NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack.

1. Build the test matrix. Pair each screen reader with the browser or platform it is mainly used with: NVDA with Firefox or Chrome on Windows, JAWS with Chrome or Edge, VoiceOver with Safari on macOS, VoiceOver on iOS with Safari or the app, TalkBack with Chrome or the app on Android. Drop any that do not run on web and say so.
2. Write the setup: the versions to record, default verbosity, the speech viewer or log to turn on (NVDA Speech Viewer, VoiceOver caption panel, TalkBack's developer setting for speech output), and resetting state between runs.
3. Start with orientation checks before the flow: the page or screen title is announced, the headings outline makes sense (H key or the rotor), landmarks are present and labelled, and the language is announced correctly.
4. For each step of the flow, write:
   - the action in each screen reader's own terms: NVDA and JAWS keys (H, D or R for landmarks, F for form fields, Tab, Enter, Space, Insert+F7 or Insert+F6 lists), VoiceOver keys (VO+Right Arrow, VO+Space, the rotor) or gestures (swipe right, double-tap, the rotor), and TalkBack gestures (swipe right, double-tap, reading controls);
   - the expected announcement as name, role, state and value, for example "Email, edit text, required, invalid entry";
   - the dynamic behaviour to confirm, such as where focus lands after a dialog opens or closes, a live-region announcement for async results, errors announced and linked to their field, and a loading state that is announced and then cleared;
   - the pass criterion and the WCAG success criterion it maps to.
5. Add negative checks: every control is reachable with the screen reader's standard navigation, not only by mouse or by touch exploration, decorative images are silent, and hidden content is not read out.
6. If the flow description leaves out what happens at a step (validation, a success message, a redirect), list it under Coverage gaps instead of inventing behaviour.
</task>

<constraints>
- Do not claim an exact announcement string unless the flow specifies the label text. Expected speech is the components, in any order the screen reader uses.
- Keystrokes must be real for the named screen reader. If unsure of one, say so rather than guess.
- Keep each step to one action, so a failure points to one place.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Setup
| Screen reader | Browser or app | Platform | Settings to record |
Then the setup and reset steps.

## Test script
For each step:
| Step | Action (per screen reader) | Expected announcement | Also check | Pass criterion | WCAG SC |
Orientation checks come first.

## Defect template
Fields to fill for a failure: step, screen reader and version, browser, actual speech (copied from the log), expected, and severity.

## Coverage gaps
Unspecified behaviours and parts of the flow not covered.
</output_format>
````

---

<a id="write-alt-text"></a>

## Write alt text for images

`write-alt-text` · prompt · Accessibility · https://hermes-ide.com/prompts/write-alt-text

Writes context-aware alt text for images on a page or in a document, or marks them decorative, following the W3C alt decision tree. Use when publishing images on the web.

````markdown
<context>
Alt text is not a description of the picture. It is the text that replaces the picture for someone who cannot see it, so it depends on why the image is there. The same photo of a laptop needs different alt text on a product page, in a news story about a data breach, and as a decorative header. Common failures: "image of...", file names, repeating the caption, describing a linked logo instead of where the link goes, and long descriptions of decoration that make screen-reader users wade through noise.
</context>

<task>
Write alt text for these images:

[IMAGES]

Page context:

[PAGE_CONTEXT]

For each image, walk the W3C alt decision tree in this order, stop at the first branch that applies, and record it:
1. **Inside a link or button, or the only content of one?** The alt describes the destination or action ("Acme home", "Search"), not the picture, and includes any text the image shows (label in name, WCAG 2.5.3). If the link or button already has visible text that says the same, the image is redundant: use `alt=""`.
2. **Contains text?** If the same text is already next to the image, use `alt=""`. If the text is only a visual effect, use `alt=""`. Otherwise the alt is that text.
3. **Adds meaning to the content?** Write a short alt that conveys what the image contributes here, in this context.
4. **Complex (chart, diagram, map, infographic)?** Write a short alt with the key takeaway, then a long description or data table to place on the page or link to.
5. **Decorative or redundant with nearby text?** Use `alt=""`. Do not omit the attribute.

Writing rules:
- Stay within about 125 characters. If you need more, the image is complex: use branch 4.
- Do not start with "image of" or "picture of". Name the medium only when it matters ("Oil painting of...", "Screenshot of the settings page...").
- Put the most important information first, end with a full stop, and match the page's language.
- Describe people only by attributes that matter to the content. Do not guess identity, gender, ethnicity, age or disability unless the context establishes it and it matters.
- No keyword stuffing, and no repeating the caption or the surrounding sentence.
- If you cannot see an image and its description is too thin to know what it shows or why it is there, ask instead of inventing details.
</task>

<constraints>
- Never invent text, numbers or details that are not visible in the image or stated in its description.
- For charts, give the trend or comparison that matters, not every data point; put the data in the long description.
- Separate what you verified from what you inferred. Mark inferences as such.
- When you do not know, say "I don't know" once and state what would settle it.
</constraints>

<output_format>
## Alt text
| # | Image | Branch (functional / text / informative / complex / decorative) | alt | Long description needed? |
Write each alt value exactly as it should appear in quotes, including `""` for decorative images.

## Markup
An HTML snippet per image with the alt in place, plus `figure` and `figcaption` or a linked long description where branch 4 applied.

## Questions
What you need to finish any image you could not do, or "None".
</output_format>

<examples>
<example>
Image: company logo reading "Northwind", wrapped in a link to the home page. Context: site header.
Branch: functional. alt: "Northwind home"

Image: line chart of monthly sign-ups rising from 1,200 in January to 4,800 in June. Context: quarterly report, paragraph says "growth accelerated".
Branch: complex. alt: "Monthly sign-ups quadrupled from 1,200 in January to 4,800 in June." Long description: a table of the six monthly values.

Image: abstract gradient behind the page title.
Branch: decorative. alt: ""
</example>
</examples>
````