Find and block the servers your robot vacuum sends data to
A step-by-step Claude Code prompt: photograph the label under your vacuum, let the agent take apart the vacuum's phone app with the REA tool to list every server it calls, watch one cleaning run on your router, then sort servers into needed to clean, needed for the app and not needed, with one rule to block each unneeded server and one to undo it.
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@ArchiveExplorer on X · 2026-10-22
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-25.
What they did
A step-by-step Claude Code prompt: photograph the label under your vacuum, let the agent take apart the vacuum's phone app with the REA tool to list every server it calls, watch one cleaning run on your router, then sort servers into needed to clean, needed for the app and not needed, with one rule to block each unneeded server and one to undo it.
Result (as claimed)
Prompt and steps shared in full; the agent changes nothing until you say yes, and the vacuum keeps cleaning. 23 likes, 1,600 views.
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: Find and block the servers your robot vacuum sends data to What the original author did: A step-by-step Claude Code prompt: photograph the label under your vacuum, let the agent take apart the vacuum's phone app with the REA tool to list every server it calls, watch one cleaning run on your router, then sort servers into needed to clean, needed for the app and not needed, with one rule to block each unneeded server and one to undo it. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Prompt and steps shared in full; the agent changes nothing until you say yes, and the vacuum keeps cleaning. 23 likes, 1,600 views. Source: https://x.com/ArchiveExplorer/status/2113383438879461601 Tools they used: Claude Code, REA 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: Find and block the servers your robot vacuum sends data to What the original author did: A step-by-step Claude Code prompt: photograph the label under your vacuum, let the agent take apart the vacuum's phone app with the REA tool to list every server it calls, watch one cleaning run on your router, then sort servers into needed to clean, needed for the app and not needed, with one rule to block each unneeded server and one to undo it. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Prompt and steps shared in full; the agent changes nothing until you say yes, and the vacuum keeps cleaning. 23 likes, 1,600 views. Source: https://x.com/ArchiveExplorer/status/2113383438879461601 Tools they used: Claude Code, REA 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: Find and block the servers your robot vacuum sends data to What the original author did: A step-by-step Claude Code prompt: photograph the label under your vacuum, let the agent take apart the vacuum's phone app with the REA tool to list every server it calls, watch one cleaning run on your router, then sort servers into needed to clean, needed for the app and not needed, with one rule to block each unneeded server and one to undo it. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Prompt and steps shared in full; the agent changes nothing until you say yes, and the vacuum keeps cleaning. 23 likes, 1,600 views. Source: https://x.com/ArchiveExplorer/status/2113383438879461601 Tools they used: Claude Code, REA 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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