# Add the accessibility audit to the pipeline

The accessibility audit moved from a report somebody runs to a gate new violations cannot pass.

Category: Audits and budgets
Source: https://letsship.ai/use-cases/gate-the-accessibility-audit
Published: 2026-08-25

## Goal

Add the accessibility audit to the pipeline so new violations cannot merge.

## Acceptance criteria

- The audit runs on every pull request
- A seeded violation fails the build
- Existing violations are recorded as a baseline that can only shrink
- The baseline is visible rather than hidden in configuration

## What lands as proof

A seeded violation failing the build, plus a baseline that ratchets down rather than absorbing new failures.

## Prompt

Copy this to an agent to open the ticket:

```text
Create a Linear issue in my team and assign it to the SHIP agent.

Title: Gate the pipeline on the accessibility audit

Description: Add the accessibility audit to the pipeline so new violations cannot merge.

Acceptance criteria:
- The audit runs on every pull request
- A seeded violation fails the build
- Existing violations are recorded as a baseline that can only shrink
- The baseline is visible rather than hidden in configuration

Before you create the issue, count this repository's current accessibility violations, since they must be baselined before the gate goes on.
```

## Questions

### What does the agent actually change?

The ticket is scoped to one outcome: add the accessibility audit to the pipeline so new violations cannot merge. Work that serves that outcome is in scope, and anything outside it is left for a separate ticket, so the pull request stays reviewable.

### How do I know the work is done?

The pull request carries the evidence, not only the diff. Here that means a seeded violation fails the build, so a reviewer can confirm the result without reproducing the work locally.

### How much oversight does this need?

The run stops for the plan, and the review bar is raised afterwards so that smaller suggestions block the merge too, not only serious findings.