diff --git a/ts/core/index.ts b/ts/core/index.ts
index 9878a50..4d9ef17 100644
--- a/ts/core/index.ts
+++ b/ts/core/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 // Core exports
 export * from './types.js';
 export * from './response.js';
-export { SmartRequest, isUnixSocket, parseUnixSocketUrl } from './request.js';
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+export { CoreRequest, isUnixSocket, parseUnixSocketUrl } from './request.js';
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diff --git a/ts/core/request.ts b/ts/core/request.ts
index 7adceef..158e40a 100644
--- a/ts/core/request.ts
+++ b/ts/core/request.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as plugins from './plugins.js';
 import * as types from './types.js';
-import { SmartResponse } from './response.js';
+import { CoreResponse } from './response.js';
 
 // Keep-alive agents for connection pooling
 const httpAgent = new plugins.agentkeepalive.HttpAgent({
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ const httpsAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.agentkeepalive.HttpsAgent({
 });
 
 /**
- * Modern Request class that handles all HTTP/HTTPS requests
+ * Core Request class that handles all HTTP/HTTPS requests
  */
-export class SmartRequest {
+export class CoreRequest {
   /**
    * Tests if a URL is a unix socket
    */
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ export class SmartRequest {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Execute the request and return a SmartResponse
+   * Fire the request and return a CoreResponse
    */
-  async execute(): Promise<SmartResponse> {
-    const incomingMessage = await this.executeCore();
-    return new SmartResponse(incomingMessage, this.url);
+  async fire(): Promise<CoreResponse> {
+    const incomingMessage = await this.fireCore();
+    return new CoreResponse(incomingMessage, this.url);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Execute the request and return the raw IncomingMessage
+   * Fire the request and return the raw IncomingMessage
    */
-  async executeCore(): Promise<plugins.http.IncomingMessage> {
+  async fireCore(): Promise<plugins.http.IncomingMessage> {
     const done = plugins.smartpromise.defer<plugins.http.IncomingMessage>();
 
     // Parse URL
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ export class SmartRequest {
     this.options.path = parsedUrl.path;
 
     // Handle unix socket URLs
-    if (SmartRequest.isUnixSocket(this.url)) {
-      const { socketPath, path } = SmartRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl(this.options.path);
+    if (CoreRequest.isUnixSocket(this.url)) {
+      const { socketPath, path } = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl(this.options.path);
       this.options.socketPath = socketPath;
       this.options.path = path;
     }
@@ -166,19 +166,19 @@ export class SmartRequest {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Static factory method to create and execute a request
+   * Static factory method to create and fire a request
    */
   static async create(
     url: string,
     options: types.ICoreRequestOptions = {}
-  ): Promise<SmartResponse> {
-    const request = new SmartRequest(url, options);
-    return request.execute();
+  ): Promise<CoreResponse> {
+    const request = new CoreRequest(url, options);
+    return request.fire();
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Convenience exports for backward compatibility
  */
-export const isUnixSocket = SmartRequest.isUnixSocket;
-export const parseUnixSocketUrl = SmartRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl;
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+export const isUnixSocket = CoreRequest.isUnixSocket;
+export const parseUnixSocketUrl = CoreRequest.parseUnixSocketUrl;
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diff --git a/ts/core/response.ts b/ts/core/response.ts
index 032d3c8..cae4ce4 100644
--- a/ts/core/response.ts
+++ b/ts/core/response.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import * as plugins from './plugins.js';
 import * as types from './types.js';
 
 /**
- * Modern Response class that provides a fetch-like API
+ * Core Response class that provides a fetch-like API
  */
-export class SmartResponse<T = any> implements types.ICoreResponse<T> {
+export class CoreResponse<T = any> implements types.ICoreResponse<T> {
   private incomingMessage: plugins.http.IncomingMessage;
   private bodyBufferPromise: Promise<Buffer> | null = null;
   private consumed = false;
diff --git a/ts/legacy/adapter.ts b/ts/legacy/adapter.ts
index fbc1491..699bdbb 100644
--- a/ts/legacy/adapter.ts
+++ b/ts/legacy/adapter.ts
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export async function request(
   responseStreamArg = false,
   requestDataFunc?: (req: plugins.http.ClientRequest) => void
 ): Promise<core.IExtendedIncomingMessage> {
-  const smartRequest = new core.SmartRequest(urlArg, optionsArg, requestDataFunc);
-  const stream = await smartRequest.executeCore();
+  const coreRequest = new core.CoreRequest(urlArg, optionsArg, requestDataFunc);
+  const stream = await coreRequest.fireCore();
   
   if (responseStreamArg) {
     // For stream responses, just cast and return
diff --git a/ts/modern/features/pagination.ts b/ts/modern/features/pagination.ts
index 15ead9d..4bb85cf 100644
--- a/ts/modern/features/pagination.ts
+++ b/ts/modern/features/pagination.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { type SmartResponse } from '../../core/index.js';
+import { type CoreResponse } from '../../core/index.js';
 import { type TPaginationConfig, PaginationStrategy, type TPaginatedResponse } from '../types/pagination.js';
 
 /**
  * Creates a paginated response from a regular response
  */
 export async function createPaginatedResponse<T>(
-  response: SmartResponse<any>,
+  response: CoreResponse<any>,
   paginationConfig: TPaginationConfig,
   queryParams: Record<string, string>,
   fetchNextPage: (params: Record<string, string>) => Promise<TPaginatedResponse<T>>
diff --git a/ts/modern/index.ts b/ts/modern/index.ts
index af6a0f4..b823d3a 100644
--- a/ts/modern/index.ts
+++ b/ts/modern/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 export { SmartRequestClient } from './smartrequestclient.js';
 
 // Export response type from core
-export { SmartResponse } from '../core/index.js';
+export { CoreResponse } from '../core/index.js';
 
 // Export types
 export type { HttpMethod, ResponseType, FormField, RetryConfig, TimeoutConfig } from './types/common.js';
diff --git a/ts/modern/smartrequestclient.ts b/ts/modern/smartrequestclient.ts
index dec04a0..8289784 100644
--- a/ts/modern/smartrequestclient.ts
+++ b/ts/modern/smartrequestclient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SmartRequest, SmartResponse, type ICoreRequestOptions } from '../core/index.js';
+import { CoreRequest, CoreResponse, type ICoreRequestOptions } from '../core/index.js';
 import * as plugins from '../core/plugins.js';
 
 import type { HttpMethod, ResponseType, FormField } from './types/common.js';
@@ -223,35 +223,35 @@ export class SmartRequestClient<T = any> {
   /**
    * Make a GET request
    */
-  async get<R = T>(): Promise<SmartResponse<R>> {
+  async get<R = T>(): Promise<CoreResponse<R>> {
     return this.execute<R>('GET');
   }
 
   /**
    * Make a POST request
    */
-  async post<R = T>(): Promise<SmartResponse<R>> {
+  async post<R = T>(): Promise<CoreResponse<R>> {
     return this.execute<R>('POST');
   }
 
   /**
    * Make a PUT request
    */
-  async put<R = T>(): Promise<SmartResponse<R>> {
+  async put<R = T>(): Promise<CoreResponse<R>> {
     return this.execute<R>('PUT');
   }
 
   /**
    * Make a DELETE request
    */
-  async delete<R = T>(): Promise<SmartResponse<R>> {
+  async delete<R = T>(): Promise<CoreResponse<R>> {
     return this.execute<R>('DELETE');
   }
 
   /**
    * Make a PATCH request
    */
-  async patch<R = T>(): Promise<SmartResponse<R>> {
+  async patch<R = T>(): Promise<CoreResponse<R>> {
     return this.execute<R>('PATCH');
   }
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class SmartRequestClient<T = any> {
   /**
    * Execute the HTTP request
    */
-  private async execute<R = T>(method?: HttpMethod): Promise<SmartResponse<R>> {
+  private async execute<R = T>(method?: HttpMethod): Promise<CoreResponse<R>> {
     if (method) {
       this._options.method = method;
     }
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ export class SmartRequestClient<T = any> {
 
     for (let attempt = 0; attempt <= this._retries; attempt++) {
       try {
-        const response = await SmartRequest.create(this._url, this._options);
-        return response as SmartResponse<R>;
+        const response = await CoreRequest.create(this._url, this._options);
+        return response as CoreResponse<R>;
       } catch (error) {
         lastError = error as Error;