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Use Claude to find anything in a photo

Lost an earbud, a ring or your keys? Snap a photo, send it to Claude, and let it scan the picture piece by piece for you.

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What you need

ClaudeThe free app works; upload photos from your phone
A sharp photoGood light, taken from straight above, before you start digging

Step by step

1

Take the photo first

Before you move anything, take one clear photo from straight above in good light. For a big area, take 2–3 overlapping photos instead of one wide one.

Tap to focus on the area, and don't zoom in with your camera. Claude zooms better than your phone does.
2

Ask Claude to search it

Upload the photo and paste:

Paste into Claude
Find my [object, e.g. white earbud] in this photo. Scan the whole image section by section, zooming in on each part. Tell me exactly where it is (top/bottom, left/right, next to what) and how sure you are. If you can't see it, tell me which spots are most likely hiding it.
3

Narrow it down

If it's not sure, follow up with:

Paste into Claude
Zoom in on the [lower left] area again and describe every small [white] shape you see there. Which one is most likely my [object]?
4

Bonus: compare before and after

Lost something somewhere you photographed earlier? Send both photos:

Paste into Claude
Here are two photos of the same place, one from before and one from now. Find everything that's different between them.
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  • Workflow: Inventory from one photo
  • Workflow: Find the difference
  • Workflow: Read the small print
  • Workflow: Spot problems in your space
  • Workflow: Compare products
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