How would I make it so this function fires every time a new tool is added to a players backpack?

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#1

  1. I’m making a inventory system, and I want a script to fire every time a new tool is added to a player’s backpack.

  2. I don’t know how too, and all solutions I’ve tried haven’t worked.

  3. I’ve tried using a while true do loop, but it just spammed the function and cloned the same tool every time it ran.

Code 
--Client sided
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local backpack = player.Backpack
local frame = script.Parent:WaitForChild("ScrollingFrame") --Find our templates parent
local template = frame:WaitForChild("Template") --Find the template

for _, tool in pairs(backpack:GetChildren()) do --Loops through any tools in our tools folder
		
	print(tool.Name.." is being added to the UI list.")
	local newTemplate = template:Clone() --Clone our template everytime the loop completes 
	newTemplate.Name = tool.Name --Name the clone after the tool(VERY IMPORTANT)
	newTemplate.ItemName.Text = tool.Name  --Switch the textlabels text to the tools name
	newTemplate.Visible = true --Make the button visible
	newTemplate.Parent = frame --Parent the clone to our scrolling frame
	local infoFrame = script.Parent.InfoFrame
	
	newTemplate.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function() --When the button is clicked
		print("Someone clicked the "..newTemplate.Name.." item.")
	
		infoFrame.ToolName.Text = newTemplate.Name
		infoFrame.ToolDrop.Visible = true
		infoFrame.ToolName.Visible = true
		infoFrame.ImageLabel.Visible = true
	end)
	local toolDrop = script.Parent.InfoFrame.ToolDrop
	
	toolDrop.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		local tool2 = infoFrame.ToolName.Text
		game.ReplicatedStorage.DropTool:FireServer(tool2)
	end)
end
#2

Instances have an event called ChildAdded

-- Fires whenever a new instance is added to the backpack
backpack.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child)
  -- Do stuff
end)
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#3

Totally forgot this function exists. Thanks for the help!