Check whether your robot vacuum could be watching you
He shares a prompt for Claude Code: attach a photo of your robot vacuum or its About screen, state it is your own device on your own network, and ask the agent to investigate what it can access and whether anyone could watch or listen through it.
Source
@tezzarc on X · 2026-10-20
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-21.
What they did
He shares a prompt for Claude Code: attach a photo of your robot vacuum or its About screen, state it is your own device on your own network, and ask the agent to investigate what it can access and whether anyone could watch or listen through it.
Result (as claimed)
Prompt shared in full for others to reuse.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give Claude Code the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Check whether your robot vacuum could be watching you What the original author did: He shares a prompt for Claude Code: attach a photo of your robot vacuum or its About screen, state it is your own device on your own network, and ask the agent to investigate what it can access and whether anyone could watch or listen through it. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Prompt shared in full for others to reuse. Source: https://x.com/tezzarc/status/2112353511417532645 Tools they used: Claude Code Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Check whether your robot vacuum could be watching you What the original author did: He shares a prompt for Claude Code: attach a photo of your robot vacuum or its About screen, state it is your own device on your own network, and ask the agent to investigate what it can access and whether anyone could watch or listen through it. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Prompt shared in full for others to reuse. Source: https://x.com/tezzarc/status/2112353511417532645 Tools they used: Claude Code Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Check whether your robot vacuum could be watching you What the original author did: He shares a prompt for Claude Code: attach a photo of your robot vacuum or its About screen, state it is your own device on your own network, and ask the agent to investigate what it can access and whether anyone could watch or listen through it. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Prompt shared in full for others to reuse. Source: https://x.com/tezzarc/status/2112353511417532645 Tools they used: Claude Code Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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