diff --git a/scanner/migrations/000001_request.down.sql b/scanner/migrations/000001_request.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a175421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner/migrations/000001_request.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+begin;
+
+drop table scanner.requests;
+drop type scanner.request_kind;
+
+commit;
+
diff --git a/scanner/migrations/000001_request.up.sql b/scanner/migrations/000001_request.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ab9e1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanner/migrations/000001_request.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+begin;
+
+create type scanner.request_kind as enum('episode', 'movie');
+
+create table scanner.requests(
+	pk serial primary key,
+	id uuid not null default gen_random_uuid() unique,
+	kind scanner.request_kind not null,
+	title text not null,
+	year integer,
+	external_id jsonb not null default '{}'::jsonb,
+
+	created_at timestamptz not null default now()::timestamptz,
+
+	constraint unique_kty (kind, title, year)
+);
+
+commit;
diff --git a/scanner/shell.nix b/scanner/shell.nix
index 04851876..0b62e6c8 100644
--- a/scanner/shell.nix
+++ b/scanner/shell.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       watchfiles
       langcodes
       psycopg
+      psycopg-pool
     ]);
 in
   pkgs.mkShell {
@@ -15,5 +16,6 @@ in
       python
       ruff
       fastapi-cli
+      pgformatter
     ];
   }