InclusifyBot

Our accessibility scanning bot powered by axe-core, the industry-standard WCAG auditing engine.

What is InclusifyBot?

InclusifyBot is Inclusify's automated accessibility scanner. It visits your website's configured pages to analyze them for accessibility issues, including WCAG violations like missing alt text, poor color contrast, and keyboard navigation problems.

The bot runs daily scans for paid plans, providing you with up-to-date accessibility reports in your dashboard.

Powered by axe-core

Under the hood, InclusifyBot uses axe-core, the world's leading accessibility testing engine developed by Deque Systems.

Why axe-core?

  • • Used by Microsoft, Google, and thousands of Fortune 500 companies
  • • Over 50 million npm downloads per year
  • • Zero false positives — only reports real issues
  • • Comprehensive WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2 rule coverage

Best Practices: Which Pages to Scan

To get the most value from InclusifyBot, configure a variety of page types. This helps identify structural issues across your site rather than reporting the same issue repeatedly.

Recommended pages to add:

  • Homepage— Your main landing page, often contains hero, navigation, and footer components
  • Category/Collection page— Tests product grids, filtering UI, and pagination
  • Product page— Tests image galleries, add-to-cart forms, and variant selectors
  • Cart page— Tests tables, quantity inputs, and form controls
  • Blog/Article page— Tests heading hierarchy, long-form content, and embedded media
  • Contact/Form page— Tests form fields, labels, error handling, and submit buttons

Pro tip: By scanning different page templates, developers can identify and fix issues at the component/theme level — fixing the root cause instead of individual pages.

User Agent

InclusifyBot identifies itself with the following user agent string:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; InclusifyBot/1.0; +https://inclusifyapp.com/docs/bot)

Whitelisting InclusifyBot

If your website uses bot protection services like Cloudflare, Sucuri, or similar, you may need to whitelist InclusifyBot to ensure successful scans.

Cloudflare

  1. Go to Security → WAF → Custom Rules
  2. Create a new rule with action "Skip" or "Allow"
  3. Set the condition: http.user_agent contains "InclusifyBot"

robots.txt

Add the following to your robots.txt to explicitly allow InclusifyBot:

User-agent: InclusifyBot
Allow: /

Other WAF/Bot Protection

For other services, create a rule that allows requests where the User-Agent header contains InclusifyBot.

Scan Behavior

  • • Frequency: Daily scans for paid plans (Starter, Pro, Enterprise)
  • • Timing: Scans run at 3:00 AM UTC
  • • Pages: Only configured pages in your dashboard are scanned
  • • Rate limit: Sequential scanning with delays to avoid overloading your server
  • • Impact: Minimal — single page load per configured URL

Troubleshooting

Scans failing? Common causes include:

  • • Bot protection blocking the scanner
  • • Password-protected pages
  • • Pages behind authentication
  • • Geographic restrictions (IP blocking)

Need Help?

If you're having trouble with scans or need assistance whitelisting InclusifyBot, contact us at support@inclusifyapp.com