diff --git a/pstack/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/pstack/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index 2d9c4a53..b1544741 100644
--- a/pstack/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/pstack/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "pstack",
 	"displayName": "pstack",
-	"version": "0.11.3",
+	"version": "0.11.4",
 	"description": "if you want to go fast, go deep first. pstack helps you write less, but higher quality code. rigorous agent workflows you can parallelize with confidence.",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "Lauren Tan"
diff --git a/pstack/skills/principle-fix-root-causes/SKILL.md b/pstack/skills/principle-fix-root-causes/SKILL.md
index f6161609..5b3b7916 100644
--- a/pstack/skills/principle-fix-root-causes/SKILL.md
+++ b/pstack/skills/principle-fix-root-causes/SKILL.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ When debugging, do not paper over symptoms. Trace every problem to its root caus
 - Reproduce first (if you can't reproduce it, you can't verify your fix)
 - Ask "why" until you hit the root cause
 - Resist the urge to add guards (adding a nil check to silence a crash is a symptom fix)
+- If a workaround needs a paragraph-long comment to justify it, the code is wrong (fix the code, not the comment)
 - Check for the pattern, not just the instance (grep for the same pattern, fix all instances)
 - When stuck, instrument. Don't guess (add logging, read the actual error)