# The Real Python Podcast - Episode #302: Constructing and Judging Modern Agentic Workflows

DevFeed: [The Real Python Podcast - Episode #302: Constructing and Judging Modern Agentic Workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-real-python-podcast-episode-302-constructing-and-judging-modern-agentic-workflows-4386.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/302/>)

Author: Real Python

Published: 2026-07-10T12:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Real Python](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/real-python.md>)

Topics: [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Test automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test-automation.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [quality-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quality-engineering.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

A podcast episode discusses constructing and evaluating modern LLM agent systems through specification-enrichment loops, LLM-based judging, performance monitoring, and Cohen's kappa for measuring agreement between judgments. It also highlights a video course on testing MCP servers with a Python MCP client.

## Source excerpt

How can you improve your LLM agent systems through specification enrichment? What are the advantages of having an LLM act as a judge within an agent system? This week on the show, Senior IEEE Member and Quality Engineer Suneet Malhotra joins us to discuss building and evaluating agentic architecture.