Page audits
Accessibility, performance, SEO, and security audits that piggyback on VRT page capture — or run standalone.
Four of VisualQ's eight pillars audit VRT page scenarios (URLs in scenarios/). They share one browser navigation when you Run VRT — probes run on the already-loaded page with minimal overhead.
For the full trigger matrix, see Audit trigger matrix. For the eight-pillar overview, see Quality pillars.
Page pillars at a glance
| Pillar | Technical id | Engine | Dashboard tab | Viewer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual | visual | Screenshot diff vs baseline | VRT | Diff viewer |
| Accessibility | a11y | axe-core + RGAA | A11y | A11y viewer |
| Performance | perf | Web Vitals / Lighthouse | Perf | Perf viewer |
| SEO | seo | On-page + Lighthouse SEO | SEO | SEO viewer |
| Security | security | Headers, TLS, CVE | Security | Security viewer |
Privacy also audits VRT pages but uses a separate triple-run protocol — see Privacy.
Run VRT (piggyback batch)
Run VRT dispatches an audit-batch with: visual, a11y, perf, seo, security. One navigation per scenario; all five probes execute on the captured page.
From the project VRT tab, click Run all visual tests or select scenarios and run.
Run a single pillar
From each pillar tab, run only that audit:
| Pillar | Dashboard action | API |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | Run A11y | POST /api/tests/a11y |
| Performance | Run Perf | POST /api/tests/perf |
| SEO | Run SEO | POST /api/tests/seo |
| Security | Run Security | POST /api/tests/security |
Single-pillar runs do not capture VRT screenshots unless Visual is included separately.
CI and MCP
Trigger individual pillars from CI or agents:
POST /api/ci/run
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer $VQ_TOKEN
{
"project": "my-site",
"type": "a11y"
}Supported type values include vrt, a11y, perf, seo, security, full-audit. See Test endpoints.
Plan differences
All plans include basic a11y, perf, SEO, and security probes. Higher tiers add Lighthouse depth, CVE scanning, and CI budgets — see QA pillars by plan.
Related guides
- Accessibility — axe-core workflow, viewer, remediation
- Visual testing — baselines, anti-shift, diff viewer
- Quality pillars — all eight pillars and free audit scope