How do I find my WCAG.com API Key?

Log in to your [**WCAG.com account**](https://api.wcag.com/), navigate to the 'API Keys' section in your dashboard, and generate a new token. Copy and paste it below.

What compliance levels are supported?

The API audits against WCAG 2.1 levels A, AA, and AAA, identifying issues for each category.

Does it provide remediation tips?

Yes. The `get_wcag_guideline_details` tool retrieves specific implementation recommendations to help fix accessibility issues identified during audits.

WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server for Claude Desktop 4 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: WCAG.com Accessibility
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Author: Vinkius

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Classic Setup·json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wcagcom-accessibility": {
      // Your Vinkius token — get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server

Empower your AI agent to orchestrate your entire web accessibility and inclusive design workflow with WCAG.com, the authoritative source for digital compliance data. By connecting the WCAG.com API to your agent, you transform complex accessibility audits into a natural conversation. Your agent can instantly analyze URLs for WCAG 2.1 compliance, audit specific issues and levels, and retrieve detailed remediation metadata without you ever touching a technical validator. Whether you are conducting quality assurance research or managing regional accessibility constraints, your agent acts as a real-time inclusive design consultant, ensuring your data is always verified and precise.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect WCAG.com Accessibility to your AI workflow. Add the Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 4 tools in the chat interface — ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Accessibility Auditing — Retrieve high-resolution reports for any URL, identifying issues and maintain a clear view of WCAG compliance.
Guideline Oversight — Audit specific WCAG guidelines to understand the technical reach of your digital products instantly.
Issue Discovery — Search for accessibility rules and standards to identify relevant stylistic markers for your UI components.
Metadata Intelligence — Retrieve unique issue identifiers and remediation recommendations to assist in deep-dive classification.
Operational Monitoring — Check API status to ensure your accessibility research workflow is always operational.

The WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server exposes 4 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect WCAG.com Accessibility to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using WCAG.com Accessibility

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat — your 4 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with WCAG.com Accessibility through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client — it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage — your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to the Vinkius Edge network

WCAG.com Accessibility + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies — all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (4)

These 4 tools become available when you connect WCAG.com Accessibility to Claude Desktop via MCP:

audit_url_accessibility

1 standards to identify accessibility issues and compliance markers. Perform a WCAG accessibility audit on a specific URL

check_api_status

com Accessibility API. Check if the WCAG.com service is operational

get_wcag_guideline_details

Get detailed metadata and recommendations for a specific WCAG guideline

list_accessibility_rules

List all accessibility rules used by the WCAG auditing engine

Example Prompts for WCAG.com Accessibility in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with WCAG.com Accessibility immediately.

"Perform an accessibility audit on 'https://example.com' using WCAG.com."

"What are the requirements for WCAG guideline '1.1.1'?"

"List all accessibility rules used by the engine."

Troubleshooting WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting WCAG.com Accessibility to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting — wait a few seconds.

WCAG.com Accessibility + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating WCAG.com Accessibility MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully — if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL — Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.