# k-linear categories

I have read several times about $$k$$-linear categories. I understand in general the construction of enriched categories.

But in the special case of vector spaces I am confused about the vector space addition. If the Hom spaces are vector spaces, where does the addition come from? Composing isn't commutative, so that doesn't work...

In particular, I have a semisimple category $$\mathcal{C}$$ which is a module category over $$\mathrm{vect}_k$$ - meaning there exist an action on both objects $$V.C$$ ($$V \in \mathrm{vect}$$ and $$C \in \mathcal{C}$$) and morphisms $$f.\phi$$ with $$f$$ vector morphism and $$\phi \in \mathcal{C}$$.

I want to show that this is $$k$$-linear i.e. that $$\mathrm{Hom}(C, C')$$ is a vector space $$\forall C, C' \in \mathcal{C}$$.

I got the scalar multiplication with help of the action on morphisms, but how does one get the addition?

In general, enrichment is extra structure, and you need to specify it. It's worth understanding in detail the one-object case: for $$V$$ a monoidal category (such as vector spaces with tensor product), a one-object $$V$$-enriched category is a monoid in $$V$$. So, for example, a one-object $$k$$-linear category is a $$k$$-algebra. It has an underlying category which is given by forgetting the vector space structure and remembering only the multiplication; you need to specify the vector space structure, and in particular the addition, as extra data on top of this.