Teach Your AI Agent to Build Products Everyone Can Use - Jemima Abu, CAIS
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AI Engineer
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Why it matters
Gives a concrete way to make coding agents emit accessible code: define requirements, audit, use a design system, and enforce rules with a skill.
Key takeaways · AI-distilled
Jemima Abu argues AI agents copy the accessibility gaps in the code they learned from, and notes that 96% of top websites still have accessibility issues.
In her informal experiment, giving her AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → an accessibility agent skillA reusable instruction file that teaches an agent how to do one job well — the procedure, the tools, and what counts as done.Full definition → made the same build faster and cheaper.
Abu frames inaccessible code as a cost in lost users, money and legal risk, and her fix ends with making agents follow the accessibility rules every time, after defining requirements, auditing the codebase and adopting a design system.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
agent skill — A reusable instruction file that teaches an agent how to do one job well — the procedure, the tools, and what counts as done.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
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