diff --git a/lib/thinking_sphinx/processor.rb b/lib/thinking_sphinx/processor.rb
index b2ad823d..7e1e8ded 100644
--- a/lib/thinking_sphinx/processor.rb
+++ b/lib/thinking_sphinx/processor.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def delete
 
     indices.each { |index|
       ThinkingSphinx::Deletion.perform(
-        index, id || instance.public_send(index.primary_key)
+        index, id
       )
     }
   end
@@ -25,9 +25,21 @@ def upsert
     end
   end
 
+  def stage
+    real_time_indices.each do |index|
+      found = index.scope.find_by(model.primary_key => id)
+
+      if found
+        ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Transcriber.new(index).copy found
+      else
+        ThinkingSphinx::Deletion.perform(index, id)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
-  attr_reader :instance, :model, :id
+  attr_reader :instance, :model
 
   def indices
     ThinkingSphinx::Configuration.instance.index_set_class.new(
@@ -39,6 +51,10 @@ def loaded_instance
     @loaded_instance ||= instance || model.find(id)
   end
 
+  def id
+    @id ||= instance.public_send(instance.class.primary_key)
+  end
+
   def real_time_indices
     indices.select { |index| index.is_a? ThinkingSphinx::RealTime::Index }
   end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/real_time_updates_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/real_time_updates_spec.rb
index 7a51c91c..f0803408 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/real_time_updates_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/real_time_updates_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     expect(Admin::Person.search('Mort').to_a).to eq([person])
   end
 
-  it "can use a direct interface for processing records" do
+  it "can use direct interface for upserting records" do
     Admin::Person.connection.execute <<~SQL
       INSERT INTO admin_people (name, created_at, updated_at)
       VALUES ('Pat', now(), now());
@@ -52,4 +52,44 @@
 
     expect(Admin::Person.search('Patrick').to_a).to eq([instance])
   end
+
+  it "can use direct interface for processing records outside scope" do
+    Article.connection.execute <<~SQL
+      INSERT INTO articles (title, published, created_at, updated_at)
+      VALUES ('Nice Title', TRUE, now(), now());
+    SQL
+
+    article  = Article.last
+
+    ThinkingSphinx::Processor.new(model: article.class, id: article.id).stage
+
+    expect(ThinkingSphinx.search('Nice', :indices => ["published_articles_core"])).to include(article)
+
+    Article.connection.execute <<~SQL
+      UPDATE articles SET published = FALSE WHERE title = 'Nice Title';
+    SQL
+    ThinkingSphinx::Processor.new(model: article.class, id: article.id).stage
+
+    expect(ThinkingSphinx.search('Nice', :indices => ["published_articles_core"])).to be_empty
+  end
+
+  it "can use direct interface for processing deleted records" do
+    Article.connection.execute <<~SQL
+      INSERT INTO articles (title, published, created_at, updated_at)
+      VALUES ('Nice Title', TRUE, now(), now());
+    SQL
+
+    article  = Article.last
+    ThinkingSphinx::Processor.new(:instance => article).stage
+
+    expect(ThinkingSphinx.search('Nice', :indices => ["published_articles_core"])).to include(article)
+
+    Article.connection.execute <<~SQL
+      DELETE FROM articles where title = 'Nice Title';
+    SQL
+
+    ThinkingSphinx::Processor.new(:instance => article).stage
+
+    expect(ThinkingSphinx.search('Nice', :indices => ["published_articles_core"])).to be_empty
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/internal/app/indices/article_index.rb b/spec/internal/app/indices/article_index.rb
index c8f611f1..a0c45621 100644
--- a/spec/internal/app/indices/article_index.rb
+++ b/spec/internal/app/indices/article_index.rb
@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@
 
   set_property :morphology => 'stem_en'
 end
+
+ThinkingSphinx::Index.define :article, :name => :published_articles, :with => :real_time do
+  indexes title, content
+
+  scope { Article.where :published => true }
+end