mal/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-06-watchlist-import-transaction.md

Watchlist Import Improvement Implementation Plan

For agentic workers: REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (- [ ]) syntax for tracking.

Goal: Wrap the watchlist import loop in a transaction and log skipped rows.

Architecture: Use db.BeginTx to start a transaction and ensure all operations within the loop use the transaction-aware txQueries.

Tech Stack: Go, standard library database/sql and log.

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Task 1: Refactor ImportWatchlist to use Transaction

Files:

• Modify: /Users/mkelvers/dev/personal/mal/api/watchlist/service.go

• Step 1: Apply transaction wrapper and logging

• Step 2: Commit changes