From 9d49fc601b3e861a2cb5a676a9de7c28acbc1722 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Snider <snider@host.uk.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:54:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: build HTTP client in single call, not conditional
 mutation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Services/BrainService.php | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Services/BrainService.php b/Services/BrainService.php
index e76ce49..8cc9c87 100644
--- a/Services/BrainService.php
+++ b/Services/BrainService.php
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ class BrainService
      */
     private function http(int $timeout = 10): \Illuminate\Http\Client\PendingRequest
     {
-        $request = Http::timeout($timeout);
-
-        if (! $this->verifySsl) {
-            $request = $request->withoutVerifying();
-        }
-
-        return $request;
+        return $this->verifySsl
+            ? Http::timeout($timeout)
+            : Http::withoutVerifying()->timeout($timeout);
     }
 
     /**