The while-work-is-in-flight companion to `model-right-sizer-dryrun`: once `work_routing_map[]` is real and being dispatched as sub-agents, the runbook for keeping two things honest — the status ledger (`status`/`status_updated_at`/`status_note` per row, flipped at every real transition) and the token-budget guard (checking real spend against `budget.token_ceiling`; once `budget_threshold.py`'s `threshold_crossed()` trips at `warning_threshold_pct`, sending `format_budget_warning()`'s string into that unit's next turn). Checks at turn boundaries with whatever usage the dispatch mechanism reports — never a fabricated live ticker. Only applies to rows actually dispatched, never design-time-only `blueprint_rows[]`, and never replaces Pass B's usage report. Use when someone says "dispatch the work-routing map", "run the budget guard while units are in flight", "update the status ledger for unit X", or "did unit X cross its warning threshold".