Implement accessible breadcrumb navigation

SkillWeb & browsing

Guides your agent to review and validate accessible breadcrumb navigation in HTML templates and components.

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About this capability

Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Implement accessible breadcrumb navigation. Validate the final browser-facing markup, not just the source framework abstraction.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by thedaviddias/front-end-checklist in skills/breadcrumb-navigation/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Proper breadcrumb markup helps screen reader users understand site hierarchy and their current location, while also improving SEO through structured data.

Quick Reference

  • Use nav element with aria-label='Breadcrumb'
  • Use ordered list (ol) for semantic structure
  • Mark current page with aria-current='page'
  • Keep any structured data aligned with the visible breadcrumb trail

Check

Verify breadcrumbs use nav element with aria-label, ordered list markup, and aria-current for the current page.

Fix

Implement breadcrumbs using semantic nav, ol/li structure, and proper ARIA attributes including aria-current='page'.

Explain

Explain how properly marked up breadcrumbs improve navigation, SEO, and screen reader accessibility.

Code Review

Review templates, server-rendered HTML, and shared components that output markup related to Implement accessible breadcrumb navigation. Flag exact elements, attributes, and routes where the rendered HTML violates the rule.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/html/breadcrumb-navigation

Signals

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Last commit
Aug 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
breadcrumb-navigation
Source
github.com/thedaviddias/front-end-checklist