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Accessibility MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Cursor

The Pandus MCP server connects any AI assistant that supports MCP, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini CLI, Cursor and VS Code, to Pandus. Without a key it explains every accessibility rule and WCAG 2.2 criterion. With a Pro or Agency API key it reads what to fix on your sites and starts a new check.

Updated October 20, 2026 · 5 min read · How we write and check our guides

AI assistants already write a large part of the code of many sites. The Pandus MCP server gives them what they lack for accessibility: what is actually wrong on your pages, why it matters for your customers and how to fix it on your platform. The assistant reads the problem, finds the template that renders it in your project, fixes the cause and starts a new check to confirm it.

It works with any assistant that supports remote MCP servers, not with one vendor. Results come from an automated check, not a full audit, and not legal advice.

What the assistant can do

Tool What it does Needs
search_rules Finds rule cards by words, an axe-core rule id or a WCAG criterion nothing
explain_rule One rule: what is wrong, who is affected, how to fix it in code and on Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Shoptet nothing
explain_wcag_criterion A WCAG 2.2 level A or AA criterion in plain words, with manual tests nothing
list_sites Your sites with the latest check and problems by severity API token
what_to_fix Open problems of a site, most important first, from the scanner, real visitors, the extension and reports API token
get_problem One problem: pages, CSS selectors, HTML examples, the fix for your platform, WCAG clauses API token
get_report The latest check: problem types, pages, trend API token
compare_checks What was fixed, what is new and what is still open between the two latest checks API token
start_check Starts a new check of the site within your plan token with write
check_status The progress of a check API token

Two ready prompts come with it: fix the most important problems of a site in your codebase, and write an update for the site owner in their language.

Connect your AI assistant

The server address is https://pandus.online/mcp (streamable HTTP). Without a token it serves the free rule reference. For your own sites, create an API token in Pandus under API and webhooks: a read-only token is enough to read; add "write" to let the assistant start checks. Then add the server to your assistant.

Claude (web and desktop)

In Claude, open Customize → Connectors, choose Add custom connector, enter the address and, for your own sites, add the request header Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds the connector in the organization settings.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pandus https://pandus.online/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

ChatGPT

On paid plans, turn on developer mode in the settings for apps and connectors, then create a connector with the address https://pandus.online/mcp. Without authentication you get the free rule reference. To read your own sites, use token (bearer) authentication with your API token where your plan offers it. On Business and Enterprise workspaces an admin may need to allow custom connectors first.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add --transport http pandus https://pandus.online/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Or in ~/.gemini/settings.json:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pandus": {
            "httpUrl": "https://pandus.online/mcp",
            "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
        }
    }
}

Cursor

In ~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json in the project:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "pandus": {
            "url": "https://pandus.online/mcp",
            "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
        }
    }
}

VS Code

In .vscode/mcp.json:

{
    "servers": {
        "pandus": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://pandus.online/mcp",
            "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
        }
    }
}

Perplexity and other assistants

Perplexity (Pro, Max and Enterprise) adds remote MCP servers under Settings → Connectors as a custom remote connector. Windsurf, Cline and other MCP clients take the same address; where they ask for authentication, send your token as Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN.

Keep tokens out of shared repositories: use your assistant's user settings or an environment variable.

What to ask

  • "Use Pandus: what are the three most important accessibility problems on shop.example, and where are they in this repository?"
  • "Fix the image-alt problem Pandus found on the product pages, then start a new check."
  • "Explain WCAG 2.4.7 and check our button styles for it."
  • "Compare the last two Pandus checks and write a short update for the client in German."

Pandus and open-source axe MCP servers

What you need Pandus MCP server Open-source axe MCP servers
Check one page now Weekly checks of the whole site, plus a check on demand Yes, from your computer
What to fix first Ranked by impact on customers, pages and real visitors A list of axe results
Barriers real visitors met Yes, with the Pandus SDK, as totals No
Fix for Shopify, WooCommerce and code Yes, in 7 languages axe-core help texts
Before and after Comparison of two checks You compare by hand
Pages behind a login, localhost With the browser extension Yes

Both kinds can run side by side: an open-source server for local tests while you develop, Pandus for the whole site and the team.

Security and data

  • Only your team's data. A token sees the sites of its own team, as in the API, and stops working when the plan no longer includes the API.
  • Untrusted HTML. Code snippets from your pages are shortened and marked as untrusted, so text hidden in a page cannot give the assistant orders.
  • No visitor data. Barriers real visitors met come as totals; session recordings are never sent.
  • Limits and history. Requests are limited per token, and every call over your data is written to your team's activity log.

Plans

The rule reference is free for everyone. Your sites, "what to fix", reports and new checks over MCP come with the Pro and Agency plans, the same plans that include the API. See pricing.