category-allowed-app (OAPP001)

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Derived from the odoo-app linter.

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What it does

Checks that the category in the __manifest__.py of an Odoo module with a price key (a paid app) is one of the categories listed on the Odoo Apps store.

Why is this bad?

Paid apps are published on apps.odoo.com, which organizes modules by a fixed set of categories. A category outside that set won't match any store section, making the app harder to find.

Example

{
    "name": "My App",
    "price": 100,
    "category": "My Custom Category",
}

Use instead:

{
    "name": "My App",
    "price": 100,
    "category": "Sales",
}