code: def get_checks_paths(checks_paths=None):
      
      p = os.path.join(__file__, os.pardir, os.pardir, os.pardir, "checks")
      p = os.path.abspath(p)
      # let's utilize the default upstream checks always
      if checks_paths:
          p += [os.path.abspath(x) for x in checks_paths]
      return [p]
docs: Get path to checks.
  
      :param checks_paths: list of str, directories where the checks are present
      :return: list of str (absolute path of directory with checks)