Control Sapat transcription costs in Daytona

[zaixincheng174-ai]

Summary

• add a long-form Daytona guide for budget-aware Sapat transcription workflows
• add a transcription budget guardrail definition and first-time author profile
• include an original workflow diagram plus manifest, budget gate, pilot, batch, and reconciliation steps

Validation

• npx --yes markdownlint-cli guides/20260512_control_sapat_transcription_costs_daytona.md definitions/20260512_definition_transcription_budget_guardrail.md authors/zaixin_cheng.md --ignore node_modules
• git diff --check
• checked referenced source/doc links with curl -L; all returned 200 except OpenAI docs, which returned 403 to curl while using the official docs URL

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[zaixincheng174-ai]

Follow-up summary for review: this submission is intentionally scoped around cost and quota control for Sapat transcription workflows, rather than another generic Sapat setup or transcript-archive guide.

What it adds:

• a budget-gated workflow from manifest -> pilot -> batch -> reconciliation,
• a reusable transcription budget guardrail definition,
• an original workflow diagram,
• and a first-time author profile.

Current public check status: DCO passing. Local validation from the PR body covered markdownlint, git diff --check, and referenced source/doc links.