Add high-level schedule() API for scheduling functions

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Summary

This PR implements a clean, high-level API for scheduling functions to run periodically using cron expressions. Closes #328.

✨ Now rebased on main with the new simplified client init from #386.

Problem

Previously, users had to use the low-level schedules API which required many parameters and was complex to use.

Solution

This PR adds a simple, high-level schedule() method that handles all the complexity:

# New high-level API (simple!) - works with new Resonate() constructor
resonate = Resonate()  # Local mode
# or
resonate = Resonate(url="http://localhost:8001")  # Remote mode

resonate.schedule("my_schedule", my_function, "0 9 * * *", arg1, arg2)

Key Features

1. Simple API: resonate.schedule(id, func, cron, *args, **kwargs)
2. Function method: function.schedule(id, cron, *args, **kwargs) for registered functions
3. Options support: Works with .options() for custom timeout, tags, etc.
4. Auto-generation: Automatically generates promise IDs and handles encoding
5. Sensible defaults: Timeout defaults to 24 hours
6. Works with new API: Compatible with the simplified Resonate() constructor from Simplify client init, add token auth, clarify local routing #386

Examples

Basic scheduling

@resonate.register
def generate_report(ctx: Context, user_id: int) -> str:
    return f"Generated report for user {user_id}"

# Schedule to run every day at 9am
schedule = resonate.schedule(
    "daily_report",
    generate_report,
    "0 9 * * *",
    user_id=123
)

With options

schedule = resonate.options(
    timeout=3600,
    tags={"env": "production"}
).schedule(
    "priority_sync",
    sync_data,
    "*/30 * * * *",
    source="api"
)

Function-level scheduling

@resonate.register
def cleanup(ctx: Context, days: int):
    ...

cleanup.schedule("nightly_cleanup", "0 2 * * *", days=30)

Changes

• ✅ Added schedule() method to Resonate class
• ✅ Added schedule() method to Function class
• ✅ Uses new Resonate() constructor (no more .local() or .remote())
• ✅ Comprehensive test suite (tests/test_schedule_api.py)
• ✅ Example script demonstrating usage (example_schedule.py)
• ✅ README documentation with examples
• ✅ Full docstrings with examples

Testing

The implementation has been tested with:

• Local store testing
• Example script validation

Run tests:

python example_schedule.py  # Demonstrates all features

Breaking Changes

None. This is a purely additive change that wraps the existing low-level API.

Related Issues

Closes #328

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Testing complete — ran the example app end-to-end against the local feature branch. Found and fixed two bugs:

Bug 1: Wrong resonate:invoke tag

resonate:invoke was set to the function name (e.g. generate_report) instead of the routing target. This meant the server couldn't route tasks to the correct worker group.

Fix: Use poll://any@{target} format, consistent with how rpc() routes tasks via the Remote convention.

Bug 2: Missing func/version in encoded promise data

The bridge asserts "func" in data and "version" in data when processing task invocations, but schedule() was only encoding {"args": ..., "kwargs": ...}.

Fix: Encode {"func": name, "args": list(args), "kwargs": kwargs, "version": version} — matching the format the bridge expects.

Example apps

• example-schedule-py published and tested
• example-schedule-ts also published and tested

Both verified end-to-end: scheduled promises created, picked up by workers, resolved correctly.