Include a skip navigation link
SkillMediaskip-navigation is a skill for AI agents that reviews rendered HTML, interactive components, and design-system patterns for a proper skip navigation link. It checks native semantics first, then keyboard behavior, focus flow, accessible names, and screen-reader output. It helps anyone using an AI agent to audit web pages for this accessibility feature.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Have the rendered HTML, interactive component, or design-system pattern you want reviewed available to the agent.
Then ask your AI: use the Include a skip navigation link skill
What your AI can do with it
- Review rendered HTML for a skip navigation link
- Check interactive components and design-system patterns for skip-nav support
- Verify native semantics before deeper checks
- Inspect keyboard behavior and focus flow
- Check accessible names on skip-nav links
- Assess screen-reader output where relevant
Getting started
- Have the rendered HTML, interactive component, or design-system pattern you want reviewed available to the agent.
- Add the skip-navigation skill to your agent's available skills.
- Ask the agent to review the page or component for a skip navigation link.
- Review the agent's findings on semantics, keyboard focus, accessible names, and screen-reader output.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by thedaviddias/front-end-checklist in skills/skip-navigation/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Skip links save keyboard and screen reader users from tabbing through 50+ navigation items on every page visit—turning a frustrating experience into an efficient one.
Quick Reference
- Add a 'Skip to main content' link as the first focusable element
- Hide visually but show on focus with CSS
- Link to main content using id='main-content'
- Test by pressing Tab immediately after page load
Check
Verify that a 'Skip to main content' link is present and functional at the beginning of the page.
Fix
Add a visually hidden skip link that becomes visible on focus and links to the main content area.
Explain
Explain how skip links improve efficiency for keyboard users by allowing them to bypass repeated navigation elements.
Code Review
Review the rendered markup and interactive states that affect Include a skip navigation link. Flag exact elements, roles, labels, focus behavior, or keyboard interactions that violate the rule, and note how to verify the fix with browser accessibility tooling or assistive tech.
For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance,
see references/rule.md.
Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/accessibility/skip-navigation
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 74k
- Forks
- 7k
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Questions
- When should this skill be used?
- Use it when reviewing rendered HTML, interactive components, or design-system patterns related to including a skip navigation link.
- What does the skill check first?
- It checks native semantics first, then inspects keyboard behavior, focus flow, accessible names, and screen-reader output where relevant.
- Does it test actual screen readers?
- It inspects screen-reader output where relevant, as part of the review; the item does not describe running specific screen-reader software.
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
skip-navigation- Source
- github.com/thedaviddias/front-end-checklist