A Free AI Prompt Can Scan Your Hotel Room for Hidden Cameras

A prompt shared on X by user @Damir_Akaza tells Claude Code, an AI tool that runs on your laptop, to sweep a hotel room or Airbnb for hidden cameras, Bluetooth trackers and phone spyware. The poster says a friend used it to find a camera behind a bathroom mirror in 90 seconds. That is one unverified claim, but the idea is easy to understand.

What changed

The prompt casts the AI as a check-in security assistant with strict read-only rules. It may look and listen, nothing more. No logins, no default passwords, no exploits, and no touching devices that are not yours. It must also explain each command in one line before it runs it, so you can follow along.

How the five steps work

First, a Wi-Fi scan lists every device on the guest network. It checks for ports often used by cameras and flags camera makers such as Hikvision. It is told never to open a video stream. Second, a Bluetooth scan listens for 30 seconds every two minutes over 10 minutes, looking for Apple Find My, Tile and Samsung SmartTag trackers.

• Step three audits your phone with Amnesty International's open-source Mobile Verification Toolkit.
• Step four applies if the hotel isolates guest devices: the AI walks you through a flashlight check of mirrors, vents and angles facing the bed.
• Step five builds a ranked table of suspicious findings, with next steps from asking for another room to calling the police.

What it cannot do

A network scan only sees devices on the network you are connected to. A camera that records to an SD card, runs its own hotspot, or sits behind guest isolation will not show up. Wccftech, which reported on the prompt, says plainly that a clean result does not mean a room is safe.

What to do

If you travel often and are comfortable running a tool like this, it could add a quick extra check. Treat it as a safeguard, not a guarantee. The manual look still matters, especially around mirrors, vents and anything pointed at the bed.

If something looks wrong, the prompt's own advice runs from asking for another room to calling the police, depending on how serious the finding is.