axe MCP Server

Name: axe MCP Server
Author: dequelabs

@dequelabsMCP server · External

Official MCP server for Axe DevTools for Web.

Web accessibilityv1.0.2

Freeno charge per call

How to install

Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

What it does

Reads
Writes
High impact

At most: creates or changes data: records, files, settings.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally over stdio

This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).

Dockerdocker.io/dequesystems/axe-mcp-server:v1.0.2

Run

docker run -i --rm docker.io/dequesystems/axe-mcp-server:v1.0.2

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "axe-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/dequesystems/axe-mcp-server:v1.0.2"
      ]
    }
  }
}

README1 min readView on GitHub

Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Axe DevTools for Web. Find and fix accessibility issues directly in your IDE with Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and other AI coding agents.

Get Started

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Our documentation includes:

Complete setup instructions for major MCP clients
Configuration options and environment variables
Recommended prompts and usage examples
Troubleshooting guides
Advanced features and best practices

What It Does

The Axe MCP Server provides two tools to AI agents:

analyze: Scan web pages for accessibility using axe
remediate: Get AI-powered, code-level guidance to fix accessibility issues (with which coding agents can perform automatic source code remediation)